February 4, 2021，The Government of China and the Government of Serbia formally signed the Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Serbia on the Mutual Recognition of the Enterprise Credit Management System of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the "Certified Business Operator" System of the Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia (hereinafter referred to as the Mutual Recognition Agreement).，The decision will come into effect on October 1, 2023。The relevant matters are hereby announced as follows:
1. According to the provisions of the Mutual Recognition Agreement, China and Serbia recognize each other's "Certified Business operators" (AEOs) at each other's customs to facilitate customs clearance for goods imported from each other's AEO enterprises。Among them, the Serbian Customs recognized the Chinese Customs advanced certification enterprises as mutually recognized AEO enterprises, and the Chinese Customs recognized the Serbian Customs "certified operators" as mutually recognized AEO enterprises。
2. The customs authorities of China and Serbia are clearing import and export goods，Give each other AEO enterprises the following customs clearance facilitation measures: apply a lower document review rate;Lower inspection rates are applicable;Give priority to goods requiring physical inspection;Designate Customs liaison officers，Responsible for communicating and solving AEO enterprises' problems in customs clearance;Priority is given to customs clearance after international trade is interrupted and resumed。
3. When Chinese AEO enterprises export goods to Serbia，The AEO code (AEOCN+ 10-digit enterprise code registered and filed with the Chinese Customs) is required，For example AEOCN0123456789) inform the Serbian importer，They shall fill in the declaration in accordance with Serbian customs regulations，Serbian Customs confirmed the AEO enterprise identity of Chinese Customs and provided relevant facilitation measures。
Iv. When Chinese enterprises import goods from Serbian AEO enterprises, they shall fill in Serbian AEO enterprise code in the column of "Foreign Shipper" in the import declaration form and in the column of "Shipper AEO Enterprise Code" in the water and air cargo manifests respectively。Fill in for: "country code (RS) + AEOF coding/AEOS + 24 enterprises", for example, RSAEOF123456789012345678901234 or RSAEOS123456789012345678901234。The Chinese Customs confirmed the identity of Serbian AEO enterprises and provided relevant facilitation measures。
Hereby announce。
General Administration of Customs
August 21, 2023
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