RULE 1.12.1: AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE AS A CUSTOMS AGENCY

For the purposes of articles 167-D and 167-E of the Law, civil companies constituted for such purposes may obtain authorization to operate as a customs agency, for which they must comply with the applicable legal provisions and the provisions of procedure file 30 / LA (Customs Law) of Annex 1-A .

In case of not complying with the provisions of the reference procedure file, the authority will require the applicant to provide the omitted information or documentation within a period of 10 days from the day following notification.

The maximum period that the authority will have to resolve, will be 3 months from the day on which the request for authorization is submitted, or on the expiration of the period indicated in the previous paragraph, whether or not the information and missing documentation have been provided. For this purpose, the authority will issue an official letter in the sense of:

I. Grant authorization.

II. Deny authorization.

III. Have the request not submitted.

The assumptions indicated in sections II and III of the previous paragraph will not be an impediment for civil company to present a new request when it deems it appropriate.

For the purposes of the provisions of article 167-I, section I of the Law, the authority will consider as the affiliated customs of the customs agency, the one authorized by the customs agent that coincides with the fiscal address of the customs agency. In case of not coinciding, the customs agency may choose from among those authorized affiliated customs.

Law 1 , 167-D , 167-E , 167-I (II) , Federal Fiscal Code (Código Fiscal de la Federación) 18 , General Rules of Foreign Trade (Reglas General del Comercio Exterior) 1.2.2. , Annex 1-A