RULE 1.9.10: AERIAL CARGO INFORMATION NOTICE

For the purposes of the provisions of articles 6 (LA: Art. 6), 7 (LA: Art. 7), 20, sections II and VII (LA: Art. 20); 36 (LA: Art. 36), and 36-A (LA: Art. 36A) of the Law, it will be as follows:

Aerial transportation companies must provide the information related to the merchandise they transport consigned in the Master Air Waybill and in the aerial cargo manifest, by means of the electronic transmission of data to the customs authorities through the Digital Window, without it being necessary the presentation of said documents to customs, for which they may choose to provide the information in Spanish or English.

In the case of importation, the information referred to in the previous paragraph must be transmitted within the following periods:

I. For all those flights coming from abroad from countries in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America (north of Ecuador), the information must be transmitted between the moment it is generated until the moment of taking off from the last airport in the foreigner bound for national territory and;

II. For all those flights from countries other than those indicated in the previous section, the information must be transmitted from the moment it is generated up to 4 hours before the arrival of the plane at the first airport in national territory.

In the case of export, the information related to the merchandise transported consigned in the Master Air Waybill and in the aerial cargo manifest, must be transmitted within the following deadlines:

I. The information of the Master Air Waybill, between the moment in which it is generated until before the merchandise is withdrawn from the controlled premises.

The courier and parcel companies must transmit the information of the Master Air Waybill between the moment it is generated up to one hour after the takeoff of the plane to foreign countries.

II. The information of the aerial cargo manifest, between the moment it is generated, up to one hour after the takeoff of the plane bound for abroad.

The notice referred to in articles 7, second paragraph (LA: Art. 7) of the Law and 5 of the Regulation (RLA: Art. 5), must be transmitted electronically.

In order to carry out the electronic transmission referred to in the second paragraph of this rule, aerial transportation companies must be registered in the Carrier Harmonized Alphanumeric Code (Código Alfanumérico Armonizado del Transportista) under the terms and conditions indicated in rule 2.4.4. (RGCE 2020: Regla 2.4.5)

The information that appears in the Master Air Waybill and in the aerial cargo manifest, must be transmitted through the Digital Window, in accordance with the provisions of the "Guidelines for the electronic transmission of the House and Master Cargo Manifest and Air Waybills to the Digital Window" issued by the General Customs Administration (Administración General de Aduanas), which can be consulted on the Service Tax Administration (Servicio de Administración Tributaria) Portal, with the following information:

I. For the Master Air Waybill:

a) Transmitter (Carrier Harmonized Alphanumeric Code (Código Alfanumérico Armonizado del Transportista), username and password).

b) Master Air Waybill Number.

c) Place of origin.

d) Place of destination.

e) Name and address (street and number, city, and country) of the Shipper.

f) Name and address (street and number, city, and country) of the Consignee.

g) Scheduled takeoff location.

h) Scheduled takeoff date and time.

i) Scheduled place of arrival.

j) Date and scheduled time of arrival.

k) Type of movement (import, export, or transshipment).

l) Origin currency.

m) Information for each merchandise heading:

1. Description of the merchandise.

2. Number of pieces.

3. Gross weight.

4. Complementary information (handling information), it is only declared if it is dangerous merchandise, diplomatic bag, live animals, human remains, etc.

n) Total number of pieces.

o) Total gross weight.

II. For the Aerial Cargo Manifest:

a) Transmitter (Carrier Harmonized Alphanumeric Code (Código Alfanumérico Armonizado del Transportista), username and password).

b) Manifest number.

c) Flight number.

d) Place of loading.

e) Date and Time of loading.

f) Scheduled place of arrival.

g) Date and scheduled time of arrival.

h) Type of Cargo (bulk, containerized).

i) Information required by each Master Air Waybill:

1. Aerial document number or Master Air Waybill.

2. Place of origin.

3. Place of destination.

4. Description of the merchandise.

5. Type of shipment (split or full load).

6. Number of pieces.

7. Gross weight.

8. Type of movement (import, export, or transshipment).

9. Complementary information (handling information), only declared if it is dangerous merchandise, diplomatic bag, live animals, human remains, etc.

j) Total number of pieces.

k) Total weight of the load.

l) Controlled premises.

In the event that the merchandise is transported in a single aircraft, the information regarding the Master Air Waybill must be transmitted, in the event that the merchandise is transported in more than one aircraft, the information of the Master Air Waybill must first be transmitted and subsequently the information of each shipment divided into each aerial cargo manifest in which the merchandise are transported.

In the case of merchandise that are going to be transshipped in national territory with destination abroad, the transmission referred to in this rule must be made.

In the case of merchandise that are going to be transshipped from abroad with final destination to national territory, and that make stops at another point of the same, either to carry out loading or unloading maneuvers and not even carry out any, the transmission must be made to referred to in this rule.

The data that have been transmitted electronically to the Digital Window through the aerial cargo manifest may be rectified, without any sanction, in the case of:

I. Imports, for a single occasion until before the merchandise is deposited with customs.

II. Exports, up to 48 hours after takeoff of the aircraft that will transport them to their destination.

When the aerial transportation companies are forced to change the planned airport of arrival due to unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure, duly justified before the aeronautical authority, they must eliminate the transmission made and replace it with a new electronic transmission to the Digital Window, in which it will only be allowed, without any sanction, the modification of the data relating to the date, time and scheduled place of arrival and, where appropriate, the controlled premise where the merchandise will enter, provided that the declared merchandise have not entered the controlled premise.

For the purposes of the provisions of articles 6 (LA: Art. 6), 20, section VII (LA: Art. 20) and 36-A, section I, subsection b) (LA: Art. 36A) of the Law, in the case of imports, once the Digital Window sends the message of acceptance of the aerial cargo manifest to the aerial transportation companies, the corresponding transport document number must be declared in the customs declaration (pedimento).

Law 6 (LA: Art. 6), 7 (LA: Art. 7), 20-II, VII (LA: Art. 20), 36 (LA: Art. 36), 36-A-I-II (LA: Art. 36A), Regulation 5 (RLA: Art. 5), General Rules of Foreign Trade (Reglas General del Comercio Exterior) 2.4.4.