Subject: Amendment in the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programme Circular No. 33/2016 dated 22/7/2016- reg.

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....17, 2018((available at: http://www.cbec.gov.in/Customs-Circulars-Instructions) on the above mentioned subject. 2. Consequent to the mid-term review of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) wherein certain additional benefits have been assigned to AEO Certified entities, CBEC vide aforesaid Circular No (Circular No. 3/2018- Customs, dated January 17, 2018) has modified the existing CBEC's Circular No.33/2016-Cus. dated 22.07.2016. 3. Additionally, in order to maximize the reach of this programme, it has been decided by the competent authority to decentralise the processing of AEO applications so as to meet the objective of trade facilitation and ease of doing business. Accordingly, the following modifications have been made in some of the paras of th....

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....e details of the AEO applicants for legal compliance as per para 3.2.1 will be hosted on CBEC Website (Home-> Departmental Officers-> Systems / Home -> Public Information -> Indian AEO Programme), The field formation will directly respond to concerned office (viz. Zonal AEO Cell) with the requisite legal compliance information within 14 days of uploading the details." Para 3.4 may be read as, "An applicant must be financially solvent during the three financial years preceding the date of application. The applicant should not be listed currently as insolvent, or in liquidation or bankruptcy. Further, the applicant should not have defaulted in payment of due Customs duties during the past three years. The applicants applying for AEO T1 and....