Manual Filing
for AEO T1 to Continue till End of Financial Year 2018-19
·
T1 and T2 Certification Validity
Extended to Three Years
[CBIC Circular No. 51/2018- Customs dated 7th December
2018]
Subject: - AEO programme digitization - Ease of doing
business - Development of web-based application for AEO-T1.
1. Reference is drawn to the Circular No. 26/201 8- Customs
dated 10.08.2018 wherein it was stated that "The
Online processing of AEO Tl application will commence as soon as the necessary
digital infrastructure is in place." Keeping in line with the target
of digitisation, an online AEO website has been developed under the aegis of
DIC for online filing and processing of AEO Tl applications. This AEO Website
(domain name: aeoindia.gov.in) was launched by the Chairman, CBIC on 30.11.2018
and subsequently the access to the website was made available to both the
applicant, for filing of AEO T1 application (annexures), and Customs officials,
for processing and delivery of digitized AEO Certificate online of newly filed
applications.
2. A Guidance Note for departmental officers for AEO Web
Application has already been circulated among the field formations. Both the
trade and the field formations are requested to make use of the online platform
with immediate effect.
3. Further, for ensuring seamless transition to the online
web-application, it has been decided to concurrently continue with the manual filing and processing of AEO T1
applications up to 31.03.2019. The trade and field formations respectively
would have the liberty to file and process the applications manually up to the
prescribed transition time limit, i.e. up to 31.03.2019 so as to obviate any
delay in time-bound processing of the applications.
However, both trade and field formations should make earnest
effort to use this online mode as much as possible.
4. Reference is also drawn to Para 3 (viii) of the Circular
No. 03/2018- Customs dated 17.01.2018 regarding amendment in the AEO Programme
whereby the validity of AEO Certificate
ofT1 & T2 were extended to 3
years uniformly.
Accordingly, in order to synchronize validity with review
and OSPCA of AEO-T1 certified entities,
their intervals are also being extended to 3 years from existing 2 years,
by modifying the following Paras of Master Circular No. 33/2016- Customs dated
22.07.2016 as below:-
4.1. Para 1.5 (viii) "They will not be subjected to regular transactional PCA, instead
of that onsite PCA will be conducted once in three years only."
4.2. Para 5.4.1 "The
A EO Programme Team will review A EO status periodically to ensure continued
adherence to the conditions and standards of grant of Certificate of AEO
Status. Thus, it is recommended that the AEO status holder should continue to
re assess its compliance with the conditions of certification and act upon any
identified problems as soon as they arise. The frequency of such review will be
three years in case of AEO-T1 &
AEO-T2
and five years in case of AEO-T3 &
AEO-LO.
As far as possible,
the review and the onsite PCA, if applicable, will be conducted simultaneously. "
However, DIC may initiate review of any entity at any point
of time if there are reasons to believe, to the satisfaction of the AEO
Programme Manager, that the adherence to the conditions and standards of AEO
status is compromised or affected.
5. Wide publicity may be given to this Circular by way of
issuance of Trade/Public Notice. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of
this Circular may be brought to the notice of this office at aeo-webapp@gov.in.
F.No. D-20/DIC/AE0/16/2017