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Customs - Board's Circulars31.07.2021

Amendment in AEO Programme: Auto-Renewal of AEO-T1 validity for continuous certification based on continuous compliance monitoring- regarding (Circular No. 18/2021 dated 31.07.2021).

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ANNUAL SELF-DECLARATION (A) General Information Entity Legal Name Whether the AEO Status Holder is a Manufacturer or Trader? Whether the AEO Status Holder is an MSME or not? AEO Certificate Number and Validity Name of Primary Point of Contact Contact Details & E-mail Address Relevant Period (Financial Year) Date of Submission S. No Compliance Parameter (B) Compliance Information Yes No ☐ ☐ Whether there is any case of infringement/Show Cause Notice/Order-in-Original of Customs or GST (erstwhile Central Excise and Service Tax) Laws booked against the AEO status holder and / or the directors / partners / sole proprietor / persons in charge of the applicant’s business for Customs related matter, during the last financial year? If yes, please provide the details of the SCN/OIO issued. Whether the Net Worth and Net Current Assets as per the Balance Sheet/IT returns duly audited/filed, are positive during the last financial year? ☐ ☐ Whether any Insolvency, Bankruptcy or Liquidation proceeding has been initiated against the AEO Status holder during the last financial year? ☐ ☐ Whether any new location/site is added during the last financial year? ☐ ☐ Whether the details of such new location/site (at point 4) was communicated to the Zonal/National AEO Programme Manager within 14 days of such addition. ☐ ☐ If no, please provide the details and site plan of the site added. Note: Please leave this blank in case there is no new addition of location/site during the last financial year. Whether the existing system for back-up, recovery, archiving and retrieval of company’s records and information continues to ensure that there is no breach or intrusion or dysfunction noticed in the procedures related to back-up, recovery, archiving and retrieval of the company’s records and information and same is secured against misuse, loss and unauthorized access. ☐ ☐ Whether, if required, the relevant commercial/financial records for the last financial year can be presented to Customs immediately. ☐ ☐ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. # Period of Submission of this Annual Self-Declaration is between 1st October and 31st December, each year.

Source: Government of India — Customs - Board's Circulars, dated 31.07.2021. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

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