Regulations Governing the Certification and Management of the Authorized Economic Operators Article 12

The competent Customs office shall complete the AEOS certification process within three months following the date of receipt of an application. Where necessary, the competent Customs office may extend the period needed to complete certification process, and the applicant shall be duly informed of such an extension. The extension may be taken place once only and the extended period shall be no more than three months.An applicant whose fulfillment of the certification criteria for an AEOS has been confirmed shall be bestowed a Certificate by Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance according to the report submitted by the competent Customs office.A status holder of AEOS shall submit documents set forth in the preceding article to the Customs every three years, so as to apply for the renewal of certification, and the Customs shall conduct on-site validation.Where an AEOS status holder has fulfilled the requirement of self-examination pursuant to Article 29 and passed the random check conducted by Customs or completed the required improvements within the deadline set by Customs pursuant to Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 30, the on-site validation referred to in the preceding paragraph may be waived.