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Customs:– Special measures to facilitate MSME for AEO T1 & T2 accreditation
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....ures to facilitate MSME for AEO T1 & T2 accreditation- reg.. ******* Attention of all Customs Brokers, Exporters, Importers, Members of the Trade and other stake holders is invited to CBEC Circular No. 33/2016 dated 22.07.2016 as amended, hereinafter referred to as the "Master Circular" regarding the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme. Para 3.1.9 of the Master Circular states that ....
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....xure 3). 3. Accordingly, the Board has decided to facilitate MSMEs by further relaxing the current accreditation process and reducing the compliance burden for their AEO accreditation. The procedural modifications/ relaxations for AEO accreditation of MSMEs are as under: I. The eligibility requirement of handling a minimum of 25 documents during the last financial year has been relaxed....
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....annexures I and 2 are presently being utilized for AEO T1 accreditation only in accordance with the CBIC Circular No. 26/2015- Customs dated 10.05.2015. V. For AEO T2 certification, the present annexures i.e., Annexure E.5.1- E.5.7 for physical verification have been rationalized to a single annexure viz. MSME Annexure 3. The rationalization has been carried out to ensure that the securit....
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.... Line-Ministry. Further, the approved MSME must ensure their continuous MSME status during the validity of its AEO certification, if granted 5. Thus, the AEO accreditation for MSMEs now requires submission of only two annexures for AEO T1 and three annexures for AEO T2 applicants respectively. The two common annexures for AEO T1 and AEO T2 are: MSME Annexure 1 (General Compliance), MSME Annexur....