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....submit such information and/or documents within a reasonable time. 10.4 In case of an application for grant of AEO-T1 status, once the eligibility conditions and criteria for granting the AEO certificate as mentioned under the Section 3 of this circular are found to have been met by the applicant to the satisfaction of the Zonal AEO Programme Manager, the applicant shall be issued the AEO-T1 certificate (wherever applicable, shall be done digitally) within 30 days of submission of the information and/or documents. The time limit for processing of MSME AEO T1 & AEO T2 application has been reduced to fifteen working days and three months respectively, after the submission of complete documents for priority processing by customs zones. 10.5....

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....the applicant for AEO-T2 or AEO LO status. The examination as well as its results shall be documented by the AEO Programme team. 10.10 In case several premises of the applicant are run in a similar way by standard systems of record keeping and security etc. there will be no need for the AEO Programme Team to visit all of them. However, if the business of the applicant covers a range of activities or different premises have different method of operating, then it may be necessary for more visits to be made. 10.11 The duration of visit/verification would depend on the size of business, number of premises, how they operate etc. The AEO Programme Team will give the applicant for AEO-T2 or AEO-LO status an estimate of time required, though this....

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....ogramme Team, the applicant will be suitably informed, including issue of the appropriate AEO certificate for AEOT2 or AEO-LO status, by the AEO Programme Manager. The time limit for processing of MSME AEO T2 application has been reduced to three months (presently six months) after the submission of complete documents for priority processing by customs zones. 10.16 Where the application for grant of AEO-T2 or AEO-LO status is not accepted by the AEO Programme Manager after the verification by the AEO Programme Team, the applicant will be advised of the criteria that have not been met and give the applicant time to adapt procedures to remedy the deficiency. If applicant is unable to make the required changes within the specified time limit....