Regulations Governing the Certification and Management of the Authorized Economic Operators Article 8

The competent Customs office shall complete the AEOG certification process within one month 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 take place once only and the extended period shall be no more than one month.A status holder of AEOG shall submit documents set forth in the preceding article to the original competent Customs office every three years so as to apply for the renewal of certification.Applications filed pursuant to the preceding paragraph and proved to comply with Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 6 by an affidavit may be exempted from Customs examination under Paragraphs 3 and 4.While the name of the company/business has been changed, the AEOG shall report to the competent Customs office with copy of relevant certificates within 15 days starting from the next day such change been made.