What is an authorized economic operator – AEO?
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What is an authorized economic operator – AEO?
The Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) is defined by the Union Customs Code (CAU) as a person who, within the scope of their professional activities, carries out activities subject to customs legislation. The Tax Agency (AEAT) defines the Authorized Economic Operator as a trustworthy, compliant and reliable economic operator for customs operations.Depending on the type of AEO authorization it has, the operator will obtain advantages throughout the European Union in terms of customs simplifications, as well as security and protection facilities. Economic operators are granted an AEO authorization as proof of their trusted status with Customs.
CAU• REGULATION (EU) Nº 952/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 October 2013 establishing the code Union customs officer.• COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No. 952/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council with implementing rules relating to certain provisions of the Union Customs Code.• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 establishing rules for the development of certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union Customs Code.
What advantages do our clients obtain by being represented before Customs by an Authorized Economic Operator?
There are numerous concessions and procedures allowed for the AEOs, in an easy and simple way before the administration. Benefits for our clients include:
- Guarantee and economic solvency: OAS status grants absolute economic confidence when audited by the AEAT, which facilitates compliance with obligations in matter of guarantees and bank guarantees for imports, internal transits, intra-community transits, introductions and permanence in customs warehouses and ADT.
- Centralized National Clearance: capacity to attend to customs procedures throughout the Spanish customs territory.
- Fewer Physical / Documentary Controls when submitting Import, Export and Re-export declarations.
- Authorization to be able to undergo the Physical Reviews requested by the AEAT in its own OAS facilities or in other OAS with which there is some type of agreement /formal written contract.
- Priority in carrying out physical inspections.
- Ease of obtaining special regimes (RPA, RPP, temporary import, final destination, transit of goods in the EU) and to benefit from procedures simplified customs.
- Ability to submit customs declarations at any customs office in the customs territory of the European Union (TAU).
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