#BUDD0260247ADecree Establishing Home Customs Clearance Procedures
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This law allows most goods to be cleared through customs at home, enhancing flexibility for businesses. It requires eligible companies to sign an agreement with customs offices and follow specific notification and record-keeping protocols. Affected businesses must ensure their bookkeeping systems meet all regulatory requirements and allow customs authorities to verify data as needed.
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Key Changes
- Establishes home customs clearance procedures for most goods
- Requires agreements between businesses and customs
- Implements specific record-keeping and notification rules
Obligations
What this law requires
Sign a formal agreement (convention) with the customs office receiver at the bureau where customs clearance procedures will be completed
Transmit an 'avis d'arrivée' (arrival notice) to the customs bureau before unloading sealed shipments, via fax, telex, or electronic message, containing information specified in administrative decision
Record customs clearance operations in approved bookkeeping records ('comptabilité-matières') containing all required identification elements including registration number, date-time group, commodity nomenclature, customs regime, and invoice price
Record merchandise operations in bookkeeping immediately upon completion of unloading, removal from temporary storage, or transfer between customs regimes
Transmit a 'préavis de chargement' (loading notification) to the home bureau before beginning merchandise loading for exports subject to prior notification