Advantages of Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Certificate
I- SUMMARY
Reliable companies that fulfill their customs obligations, have a regular and traceable registration system, have financial adequacy, safety and reliability standards, and can perform their own self-control, in customs transactions; Allowed sender, authorized consignee, on-site customs clearance in imports, approved exporter, incomplete declaration, partial guarantee, lump sum guarantee applications, facilitations for the control of the declaration, facilitations for safety and security, other simplified applications arising from the customs legislation, which will provide some convenience and privileges within the scope of the certificate they will receive. is given an international status.
Natural and legal persons for whom a certificate has been issued can personally benefit from the rights and practices recognized within the scope of this certificate. The said rights and the authority to benefit from the applications cannot be made available to other persons. The rights, practices and facilitations granted under the certificate can only be used as long as the certificate is valid.
WHAT ARE THE GENERAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN APPROVED PERSON STATUS AND AUTHORIZED LIABILITY?
Authorized obliged parties can benefit from all permissions and authorizations that approved persons benefit from. It is also possible for authorized obliged parties to benefit from on-board blue line, on-site customs clearance in export and authorized sender authority, unlike approved persons.
The authorized operator certificate is issued indefinitely and while the conditions are examined through periodic controls, the validity period of the approved person status certificate is 2 years and must be updated at the end of the period.
While certain performance (import-export volume) conditions are considered in order to have the approved person status, there are no performance conditions that must be met in order to be an authorized obligor.
Compliance with customs rules and financial adequacy are required in order to have the status of approved person, while in order to be an authorized obligor, a proper and traceable record system and safety and security standards are required.
Authorized obligor status is an international practice and the conditions sought for this status are of a global nature, and the approved person status is a more local application.
While the approved persons can only use the facilities they have in our country, the authorized obliged parties can also use the facilities they have in other countries with which they do business within the framework of mutual recognition agreements to be signed.
Authorized obliged parties can declare that they are companies whose reliability has been approved with a special logo that they can use, while there is no logo that approved persons can use.
A. 1-DIRECT AND INDIRECT BENEFITS TO THE STATUS OF AUTHORIZED OBLIGATION
DIRECT BENEFITS OF AUTHORIZED OBLIGATION STATUS
Benefits Enumerated in the Regulation on Facilitating Customs Procedures
Authorized liable status holders are allowed to benefit from the following simplified applications, without the need for a separate request:
Understatement procedure.
Partial guarantee application.
Authorized obliged parties are allowed to benefit from the following facilitations regarding the control of the declaration, without the need for a separate request:
Green line application (Not subjecting the goods to document control and inspection)
If the declaration is subject to document checks, the checks are made first.
If the goods within the scope of the declaration are subject to inspection, the inspection must be carried out first.
The documents regarding the declarations of the persons with the authorized operator certificate, which are processed on the green line, are not submitted to the customs administration. These documents are kept to be submitted when requested by the customs administration.
The goods covered by the customs declaration belonging to the holders of the authorized obliged certificate are subject to less inspection than the other obliged parties.
Import and export goods within the scope of customs declaration belonging to holders of AEO-I and AEO-II statuses may be subject to less inspection than certificate holders who do not have these statuses.
Authorized obliged parties are allowed to benefit from the following safety and security controls at the entrance and exit to the Customs Territory of Turkey, without the need for a separate request:
Ease of making a summary statement consisting of reduced mandatory information.
Reducing and prioritizing customs controls regarding safety and security based on summary declaration or documents replacing summary declaration or information used as summary declaration.
Provided that they have authorized sender authorization, authorized obligor status holders are allowed to benefit from the priority right of way application at border gates without the need for a separate request.
Authorized liable status holders are allowed to benefit from the following simplified applications if they request and also provide the relevant additional terms or conditions related to that application:
lump sum collateral application,
Within the scope of approved exporter authority;
1) Permission to issue A.TR Movement Certificates by the person and organization authorized by the Ministry and to issue them without having to be submitted to the customs administrations for visa processing,
2) Invoice statement or EUR, regardless of the value of the goods, in preferential trade with countries or groups of countries with which a Free Trade Agreement is signed, in the preferential trade of agricultural products between Turkey and the European Union, and in preferential trade carried out within the scope of the Generalized System of Preferences regime unilaterally recognized by our country. Permission to issue MED invoice statement,
3) On-site customs clearance permit for export,
Authorized sender authorization
Authorized buyer authorization,
On-site customs clearance permit for import.
B. OTHER DIRECT BENEFITS OF AUTHORIZED OBLIGATION STATUS
Costs such as loading, unloading, waiting for goods and vehicles are reduced.
Better relations and increased cooperation with customs administration.
To be able to get to know better the people in business relations.
Reduction in delays in shipments.
Further planning.
More customer loyalty.
Decrease in cases caused by safety and security vulnerabilities.
Reduction in theft cases and losses.
Reduction in damage to property.
Getting to know their employees better.
Increased reliability and communication between supply chains.
Reduced procurement costs and increased cooperation with suppliers.
Reduction in insurance costs.
Widespread simplified procedure with full declaration without limitation according to the type of goods (customs procedures can benefit from unloading the goods from the vehicle)
To be able to submit an analysis report taken up to 6 months before the import of the goods specified in the Customs Regulation.
Receiving the goods specified in the Customs Regulation without the analysis results.
The list of the Customs Tariff Statistics Position (GTIP-Hs Code) regarding the goods in the nature of raw materials and intermediate products that will benefit from the provisions of the Communiqué that can be used as an input in domestic production coming to the Customs Territory of Turkey by maritime container transport within the scope of free circulation and inward processing regime is announced on the website of the Ministry. Changes or updates are carried out by the General Directorate of Customs.) Holders of Authorized Operator status (AEO) directly benefit from the provisions of the Communiqué within the framework of the procedures and principles regarding the entry of the goods into the relevant regime before their arrival in the Turkish Customs Territory.
AEO-I Status is granted in addition to the Authorized Economic Operator Status, provided that the following conditions are met, to the Authorized Economic Operator Status Holders.
AEO-I Status Conditions:
1) To be a manufacturer.
2) To have exported at least five million US dollars within a year retrospectively from the calendar year preceding the year in which the AEO-I status application was made or the first day of the month in which the AEO-I status application was registered.
3) Employing at least fifty workers on average within a year from the first day of the month in which the AEO-I status application was registered, or the calendar year preceding the year in which the AEO-I status application was made, or the first day of the month in which the AEO-I status application was registered To have exported a minimum of ten million US dollars in a given year.
Must have.
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AEO-II Status is granted in addition to the Authorized Economic Operator Status, provided that the following conditions are met, to the Authorized Economic Operator Status Holders.
AEO-II Status Conditions:
1) To be a manufacturer.
2) To have exported at least one million USD within a year retrospectively from the calendar year preceding the year in which the AEO-II status application was made or the first day of the month in which the AEO-II status application was registered.
3) Employing at least thirty workers on average within a year from the first day of the month in which the AEO-II status application was registered, or the calendar year preceding the year in which the AEO-II status application was made, or the first day of the month in which the AEO-II status application was registered To have exported at least five million US dollars in a given year.
Must have.
D. INDIRECT BENEFITS OF AUTHORIZED OBLIGATION STATUS
1. BENEFITS FOR CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS
Reducing the workload of customs administrations.
The customs administration can focus more on risky shipments and fight against smuggling activities more effectively.
Prevention of backlog in customs.
Accelerating the movement of goods and vehicle shipments at customs.
2. MACRO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE APPLICATION
Facilitate legal trade and increase effectiveness in combating illegal trade.
Increasing the country’s international competitiveness.
Making the country more attractive for foreign investments.
Recognition as a country where foreign trade is done quickly and easily.
Being preferred more as a trading partner in international markets.
Promoting safe trade by reducing safety and security gaps in international trade.
Supporting exports by making transactions less costly and faster.
Increasing the number of companies that work more effectively and efficiently at international standards, have higher competitive power and better internal control processes.
3. INTERNATIONAL BENEFITS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION
Competitiveness increase due to cost reduction and time saving.
Ability to deliver goods to overseas buyers on time.
Being preferred more as a supplier in international markets.
Recognition as reliable in international markets.
Being preferred by foreign investors in business partnership.
Being accepted as an authorized obligor in the countries with which a mutual recognition agreement is made and being able to benefit from the privileges provided for the obligors authorized in that country on the basis of reciprocity.
AUTHORIZED OBLIGATION STATUS (AEO) CONDITIONS FOR APPLICATION
It is possible to summarize the Authorized Economic Operator Status (AEO) Application Conditions under the following headings.
1-According to customs legislation, real or legal persons and public institutions and organizations residing in the Customs Territory of Turkey, including free zones, and having been active for at least three years, may be authorized liable parties.
2- Reliability condition to be sought for the application for the authorized operator certificate
2.1- Members of the Board of Directors, real persons with ten percent or more of the capital, employees authorized to represent in customs and foreign trade transactions, and foreign nationals, if any, permanently residing abroad; The members of the board of directors, real persons with more than ten percent of the capital, and employees who have the authority to represent in customs and foreign trade transactions do not have a penalty or conviction for violating the Law regarding the offenses listed in the regulation (Regulation on Facilitating Customs Transactions G.İ.K.Y. 5/1-a, b) .
2.2- Not exceeding the penalty amounts specified in the regulation due to violation of customs legislation within three years retrospectively from the first day of the month in which the application is registered, for three periods of twelve months, separately (G.İ.K.Y 5/1-c) , ç, d, e, f, g, ğ, h, ı), the issues to be taken into consideration for those who will apply for a certificate in the calculation of penalties (G.İ.K.Y 5/2) and some reductions in penalties in favor of the applicant.
2.2- GIKY Article 5/i) Absence of finalized tax and penalty debts pursuant to customs legislation.
2.3- GIKY Article 5/j) Absence of finalized tax debt pursuant to tax legislation.
2.4- GIKY Article 5/k) No social security premium debt that has been finalized pursuant to the relevant legislation.
2.5- GIKY Article 5/l) In the calendar year preceding the year in which the certificate application was made, or within a year retrospective from the first day of the month in which the application was made, at least one hundred declarations were made at the customs administration.
3- The condition of the reliability and traceability of the commercial records to be sought for the application for the Authorized Obligation Certificate
4-The financial adequacy condition to be sought for the application for the authorized operator certificate
5- The safety and security condition to be sought for the application for the authorized operator certificate
6- AEO-I status and AEO-II status are given to the holders of authorized obliged parties status, provided that the conditions are met.
GIKY Article 4/A – (1) Authorized obliged party status holders are given AEO-I status in addition to the authorized operator status, provided that the following conditions are met:
a) Being a manufacturer.
b) To have exported at least five million USD within a year from the calendar year preceding the year in which the AEO-I status application was made or the first day of the month in which the AEO-I status application was registered.
c) Employing an average of at least fifty workers within a year from the first day of the month in which the AEO-I status application was registered, or the calendar year preceding the year in which the AEO-I status application was made, or the first day of the month in which the AEO-I status application was registered. To have exported a minimum of ten million US dollars in a given year.
NOTE: For AEO applications other than AEO I and AEO II status, employment of workers is not required.
8- Temporary Restriction for the Application for the Authorized Economic Operator Certificate
According to the temporary article 4 of the Regulation on Facilitating Customs Procedures; (1) Certificate applications made before 31/12/2024 by persons who do not meet at least one of the conditions stated below will not be accepted;
a) To have at least one of the documents listed in the seventh, eighth, eleventh paragraphs of Article 10 and subparagraph (a) of the twenty-third paragraph,
b) In the calendar year preceding the year in which the certificate application was made, or within a year retrospectively from the first day of the month in which the application was registered;
1) To have an actual export amount of at least five million US dollars.
2) To have made a total of at least twenty million USD in total exports and imports.
3) To have made a total import of at least twenty million USD.
c) ………………………… Repealed.
ç) To be determined as a known sender by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation in accordance with the civil aviation legislation,
d) To have the R&D center certificate issued by the Ministry of Industry and Technology,
e) To have a document regarding repair, maintenance and repair activities given by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation.
(2) Applications made by companies that do not meet the conditions in the first paragraph before the date of entry into force of the Regulation establishing this article and which have not been finalized yet are rejected.
