diff --git a/mdx/at_aconet/verbs.xml b/mdx/at_aconet/verbs.xml
index e5acf639..877be2a3 100644
--- a/mdx/at_aconet/verbs.xml
+++ b/mdx/at_aconet/verbs.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
         <property name="stages">
             <list>
                 <ref bean="at_aconet_edugainEntities"/>
-                <ref bean="standardVerifyActions"/>
+                <ref bean="standardImportActions"/>
+                <ref bean="errorTerminatingFilter"/>
             </list>
         </property>
     </bean>
diff --git a/mdx/common-beans.xml b/mdx/common-beans.xml
index fedcdc83..5989ab38 100644
--- a/mdx/common-beans.xml
+++ b/mdx/common-beans.xml
@@ -675,6 +675,10 @@
         Standard actions performed on any metadata import channel.  Assumes that the
         collection has been acquired, had its signature validated, and disassembled into
         individual entities.
+        
+        The result is a collection of entities, some of which may be labelled with
+        errors.  No announcement of removal of those entities is performed here;
+        that is left to the caller.
     -->
     <bean id="standardImportActions" parent="CompositeStage"
         p:id="standardImportActions">
@@ -698,45 +702,6 @@
                 <ref bean="removeEmptyExtensions"/>
                 <ref bean="checkSchemas"/>
                 <ref bean="CHECK_imported"/>
-                <ref bean="errorAnnouncingFilter"/>
-            </list>
-        </property>
-    </bean>
-    
-    <!--
-        standardVerifyActions
-        
-        Standard actions performed on any metadata import channel when verifying the
-        entities instead of importing them.  The only difference between this and
-        standardImportActions is that an errorTerminatingFilter is used at the end
-        instead of an errorAnnouncingFilter.
-        
-        Assumes that the collection has been acquired, had its signature validated, and
-        disassembled into individual entities.
-    -->
-    <bean id="standardVerifyActions" parent="CompositeStage"
-        p:id="standardVerifyActions">
-        <property name="composedStages">
-            <list>
-                <ref bean="populateItemIds"/>
-                <ref bean="populateRegistrationAuthorities"/>
-                
-                <!--
-                    The following three namespaces are always stripped because they are
-                    specific to the UK registrar and can't be valid when imported from
-                    some other source.
-                -->
-                <ref bean="stripUkfedlabelNamespace"/>
-                <ref bean="stripWayfNamespace"/>
-                
-                <!-- Strip all entity attributes from this source. -->
-                <ref bean="stripMdattrNamespace"/>
-
-                <ref bean="cleanImport"/>
-                <ref bean="removeEmptyExtensions"/>
-                <ref bean="checkSchemas"/>
-                <ref bean="CHECK_imported"/>
-                <ref bean="errorTerminatingFilter"/>
             </list>
         </property>
     </bean>
@@ -759,6 +724,8 @@
         p:id="standardImportTail">
         <property name="composedStages">
             <list>
+                <!-- announce and remove any entities with errors -->
+                <ref bean="errorAnnouncingFilter"/>
                 <ref bean="assemble"/>
                 <ref bean="normaliseNamespaces"/>
             </list>
diff --git a/mdx/conventions.md b/mdx/conventions.md
index 8b34e5c6..72b8daaa 100644
--- a/mdx/conventions.md
+++ b/mdx/conventions.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Aggregate names such as the above are used in the construction of bean names:
 * `channel_xxxAggregate` is a composite stage that fetches the channel's `xxx` aggregate.  The result will normally be a single `DomDocumentItem` whose document element is an `EntitiesDescriptor`.  Execution will be terminated via `errorTerminatingFilter` if, for example, the signature does not verify.
 * `channel_xxxEntities` is a composite stage that fetches the channel's `xxx` aggregate, checks that aggregate's global properties (signature, validity) and then disassembles it into a collection of entites each represented by a `DomDocumentItem` whose document element is an `EntityDescriptor`.  Channel-specific rules such as presence of and appropriate values for `registrationAuthority` are checked but not enforced by this stage.  Channel-independent checks and the enforcement of all checks (announcement, filtering or termination) are the responsibility of the caller.
 
-**Note:** The conventions around which part of the system are responsible for performing and enforcing checks were changed around 2013-08-12.  Previously, `channel_xxxEntities` beans both performed checks and enforced them.  Now, `beans.xml` beans perform only channel-specific checks and never enforce.  In most cases, this means the movement of `standardImportActions` and `stripMdattrNamespace` from the `...Entities` bean to all callers.  `stripMdattrNamespace` has therefore been included in both `standardImportActions` and `standardVerifyActions` to make this transition simpler.
+**Note:** The conventions around which part of the system are responsible for performing and enforcing checks were changed around 2013-08-12.  Previously, `channel_xxxEntities` beans both performed checks and enforced them.  Now, `beans.xml` beans perform only channel-specific checks and never enforce.  In most cases, this means the movement of `standardImportActions` and `stripMdattrNamespace` from the `...Entities` bean to all callers.  `stripMdattrNamespace` has therefore been included in `standardImportActions` to make this transition simpler.
 
 As well as the physical aggregates published by a federation, the name `exported` is used (as for example in the bean name `channel_exportedEntities`) to represent the aggregate that either is that used for import by the UK federation, or is closest in spirit to that purpose.  This aggregate is usually selected as follows, in descending order of preference:
 
diff --git a/mdx/se_swamid/verbs.xml b/mdx/se_swamid/verbs.xml
index b9a94af4..e281a6fa 100644
--- a/mdx/se_swamid/verbs.xml
+++ b/mdx/se_swamid/verbs.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
         <property name="stages">
             <list>
                 <ref bean="se_swamid_edugainEntities"/>
-                <ref bean="standardVerifyActions"/>
+                <ref bean="standardImportActions"/>
+                <ref bean="errorTerminatingFilter"/>
             </list>
         </property>
     </bean>
diff --git a/mdx/uk/generate.xml b/mdx/uk/generate.xml
index e7692fa6..098162b5 100644
--- a/mdx/uk/generate.xml
+++ b/mdx/uk/generate.xml
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
                 <ref bean="removeUKEntities"/>
                 <ref bean="removeBlacklistedEntities"/>
                 <ref bean="standardImportActions"/>
+                <ref bean="errorAnnouncingFilter"/>
                 <ref bean="uk_fix_mailto"/>
                 <ref bean="uk_hide_idps"/>
             </list>