Circular No. ES/246/2020-21 6th July, 2020
To : Members of the Council
Sub.: Extension of validity of AEO certification for ease of renewal process –Amendment of PN.91/2020
Dear Member,
Air Cargo Complex (Sahar) has issued Public Notice No. 93/2020 dated 1st July, 2020 regarding extension of validity of AEO certification for ease of renewal process –Amendment of PN.91/2020.
Para 5.1 of CBIC’s Circular No. 33/2016-Customs dated 22nd July, 2016 amended vide Para (viii) of Circular 03/2018-Customs dated 17th January, 2018, which relates to “Validity of AEO Certificate” and reads as —
"The validity of AEO certificate shall be three years for AEO-T1 and AEO-T2, and five years for AEO-T3 and AEO-LO"
In view of Circular No. 27/2020-Customs dated 2nd June, 2020 read with Public Notice No. 91/2020 dated 7th June, 2020, the validity of all the AEO certificates expired/expiring between 1st March, 2020 and 31st May, 2020, was extended to 30th June, 2020.
In view of Circular No.31/2020-Customs dated 30th June, 2020, “the validity of all the AEO certificates expired/expiring between 1st March, 2020 and 30th September, 2020 has been extended to 30th September, 2020, except for those entities against which a negative report is received during this period”
Accordingly, Public Notice No. 91/2020 dated 7th June, 2020, stands modified as above.
Members may kindly make a note of the above.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
S.BALARAJU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR