Amendment in the AEO Programme Circular No. 33/2016 dated 22/7/2016

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....EO Programme Circular No. 33/2016 dated 22/7/2016-reg. Attention of all concerned is invited towards CBEC's Circular No. 03/2018-Cus dated 7.01.2018, 33/2016 dated 22/7/2016 on AEO Programme and this office Public Notice No 3/2016 dated 02.08.2016. CBEC's vide Circular No. 03/2018-CUs dated 17.01.2018 has dated that consequent to the mid-term review of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) wherein certain additional benefits have been assigned to AEO Certified entities; there is an urgent requirement for modification in the existing CBEC's Circular No.33/201 6-cus, dated 22.07.2016. 2. Additionally, in order to maximize the reach of this programme, it has been decided by the competent authority to decentralize the processing of AEO a....

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.... of International Customs or in case of any doubt, to the AEO Programme Manager, Directorate of International Customs, 10th Floor, Tower Il, Jeevan Bharti Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi (c). Earlier Para 2.5 was read as:- "The Additional Director General, Directorate General of Performance Management, Customs & Central Excise, ID' Block, I.P. Bhawan, I.P. Estate, New Delhi - 1 10002 will be the AEO Programme Manager and AEO Programme Team will comprise officers from the Directorate General of Performance Management and its regional offices." After modification in CBEC's Circular No.33/2016-cus, dated 22.07.2016 vide Board's Circular 03/2018 dated 17.01.2018, Para 2.5 may be read as, "The Commissione....

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.....2016 vide Board's Circular 03/2018 dated 17.01.2018, 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 Tl and T 2 status, can either submit a solvency Certificate by a statutory auditor, or a solvency certificate from an independent reputed chartered accountant made on the basis of audited balance sheet of the company, discussing the parameters of solvency (for last 3 Financial Year).Further, the applicants a....

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....ther any SCN has been issued during last three financial years involving fraud, forgery, outright smuggling, clandestine removal of excisable goods or cases where Service Tax has been collected from customers but not deposited to the Government. If yes, please indicate the details in 'Remarks' column." (h) Section 5 Post-Certification Provisions Earlier Para 5.1 was read as:- "The validity of AEO certificate shall be two years for AEO-TI, three years for AEO-T2, and five years for AEO-T3 and AEO-LO." After modification in CBEC's Circular No.33/2016-cus, dated 22.07.2016 vide Board's Circular 03/2018 dated 17.01.2018, Para 5.1 may be read as "The validity of AEO certificate shall be three years for AEO-Tl....