How ImportaMT works
Determining which legislation applies to a product, and declaring conformity with it, is the manufacturer’s and the importer’s obligation. ImportaMT does not take that obligation over. It checks the file.
The problem it addresses
An importer usually discovers a documentary gap at the worst possible moment: after the goods have shipped, when the cost of a missing Declaration of Conformity is measured in demurrage and lost selling season. Nothing in the ordinary course tells an importer, in advance, whether their file will stand up.
What the service does
A designated verifier assesses the documentation you supply against the published checklist for that product type. The review records whether the file is complete, whether the supporting documents are formally valid, whether the legislation cited fits the declared intended use, whether those citations are still current, and whether the markings, labels and instructions agree with the documentation.
What it deliberately does not do
ImportaMT publishes no table telling importers which legislation applies to their product. The legislation recorded on your decision is the legislation your documents declare. The service does not cover, among other things, food or medicinal products.
Who governs it
A Committee chaired by the Director of Market Surveillance, with the Directors of Standardisation and of Enforcement as members, governs the scheme.
The five steps, in order
Choose the product type
Pick your product’s category. If it falls to another authority we tell you which one, before anything is payable.
Work through its checklist
Each product type carries a reusable checklist — typically an EU Declaration of Conformity plus photographs of the product and its marking.
Upload and declare
Add your documents, the trader and applicant details, and the product’s intended use.
A verifier vets the file
A designated verifier assesses the documentation you supply against the published checklist for that product type.
You receive a formal decision
VERIFIED or NOT VERIFIED, published at its own address with a QR-coded PDF receipt Customs can resolve.