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Latest developments in the changes made within the scope of the certificate in an

the implementation of urgent manner and will take appropriate action according to
the conditions of the AEO in the new service procurement
“Authorized Economic situations to be made under the certificate.
Operator” 4. Application requirements for authorized

sender and receiver
Significant amendments have been made on the Authorized
Economic Operator (AEO)and certain obligations have been Following the changes on the application requirements for
introduced particularly for companies entitled to hold that authorized sender and receiver,
status, through the Regulation Requiring Amendments to the it is expected that the companies that will apply to these
Regulation on Facilitation of Customs Transactions (GİKY) authorities will have provided at least one of the following
published in the Official Gazette dated 25.06.2018. conditions within one year from the first calendar year of the
application year or the first day of the month in which the
In that context, the topic of this article consists of some application is submitted;
significant amendments made over the GİKY on 25 June.
• Having transmitted goods within the scope of at least five
1. Internal audit, structure of internal control hundred transit declarations (including TIR Carnets),
and training
• Handling transactions in the context of a total of five
hundred transit declarations and summary declarations,
Regarding the requirement for reliability and traceability of provided that at least three hundred of them are transit
commercial records, the customs administration expects declaration (including the TIR Carnets).
from those companies to have an in-house system to verify
and certify that the customs procedures are legally compliant In addition to these conditions, there is also a requirement
and that the goods are appropriately declared to the customs that companies have at least one facility to be used under
authorities.
their authority.
Accordingly, the requirements provided below are sought
concerning the implementation of internal check and internal 5. Questionnaire and site survey assessment
audit; form

• Staff/units handling the internal audit/internal check The 3.2.version of new Annex-2 (V.3.0) questionnaire which
should be different from the direct representative of the was published through the amendment on 13 October has
customs procedures or the units of those persons if they been published by the regulatory amendment on 25 June.
are carried out in-house, In the existing questionnaire, some changes have been made
to the Regulation amendment and new questions have been
• In the circumstance that they are handled through service added on certain processes such as production, physical
purchase, staff/units handling the internal audit/internal security and compliance with customs legislation.
check should be different from the direct representative of
the customs procedures or the units of those persons. The ANNEX-7 On-Site Investigation and Assessment
Form updated under the latest questionnaire contains
2. Amendments following the entitlement of arrangement on how replies from the companies should be
certificate evaluated.

Following the entitlement of AEO certificate, in cases of 6. Activity report
assignment of new persons and changes in the physical
structure of the existing facilities or changes in the new Through the Regulatory amendment on June 25, the format
facility, warehouse opening or leasing under the authority of of the annual report and the party that should draft the
the members of the board of directors, the real persons who report have been identified.
have more than ten percent of the capital and the personnel
who have the authority to represent in the customs and "Annual Activity Report" is a sort of document prepared
foreign trade transactions, it has been determined that the in accordance with the procedures set out in Annex-22 /
situation should be submitted by the required documents A and Annex-22 / B by examining the customs procedures
within 5 work-days following the date of change. performed within the scope of the AEO certificate at the end
of each twelve month period after the date of issuance of the
3. Liabilities of companies entitled with certificate.
Authorized Economic Operator
The annual report can be prepared in accordance with GIKY
As the number of companies holding the AEO certificate 158-1 in-house or through service procurement. Following
increases, the significance of ensuring the continuity of 12 months after the certificate is issued, it is expected
that certificate as well as obtaining it has increased. Within to prepare the report within 3 months by making an
that context, the Customs Administration expects that the examination within the scope of the topics mentioned below.
companies entitled with an AEO certificate should notify
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