Regulations Governing the Establishment and Management of Customs Brokers Article 17

The customs clearance agent may only practice in a customs broker within the same customs district. However, where customs broker has applied for cross-jurisdiction area online declaration processing under the proviso to paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Regulations, the customs clearance agent may also attend to cross-jurisdiction operations.The customs broker employer of the customs clearance agent should submit the special qualification examination or qualifying test certificates of the customs clearance agent to the customs office, thereby facilitating the registration of the customs clearance agent and the application of his/her customs broker identification card. The application form should clearly state the following information:1. Full name, date of birth, citizen's ID no. and address of the customs clearance agent;2. Customs clearance agent special qualification examination or qualifying test certificate number;3. Name and address of the customs broker employer;4. An oath expressing the customs clearance agent's commitment to comply with the provisions of the Regulations; and5. A declaration stating the absence of the circumstances presented in paragraph 1 of Article 18.Upon the resignation of a customs clearance agent, his/her customs broker employer is required to process his/her customs registration cancellation with the local customs office and thereafter cancel his/her customs broker identification card. In addition, the customs clearance agent may process his/her cancellation by providing relevant supporting documents to the Customs.