My situation is a little different, my gripe is that I spend literally hours on a commercial invoice declaring the items together with SDS sheets, pictures of every single item, eori, tax codes and a description of what the item is used for. There's even a section on my courier portal that they say UPS needs in which I have to sign which they then pass onto UPS declaring legitimacy to import. I needlessly repeat the same information, this just slows everything down.
My guess is there's some legacy UPS procedure still in place where they're waiting for a new system to bridge. The form is just to cover their ass.
"Their restricted list is a different subject. Restricted and prohibition lists for carriers relates to what is not permitted to be carried and/or where there are particular controls on carrying them.
It is not about the legislation covering controls such as VCRA defences"
Yes, I don't think anyone is under any illusion that this is not the case. My concern is that for some couriers their lists are not comprehensive enough - maybe they do this on purpose.