Customs cargo provider approval requires eligibility compliance, periodic review, and continued validity for active authorised economic operator status.

Approval of a Customs Cargo Service provider follows satisfaction that prescribed eligibility conditions are fulfilled and initially lasts two years. Earlier approved providers receive deemed approval for five years from compliance with applicable conditions. Approval is reviewed before expiry and may be extended for successive five-year periods; an earlier review requires recorded reasons. Providers authorised under the Authorised Economic Operator Programme retain deemed approval while their authorisation remains valid and is not suspended or revoked.

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