PARAMETERS FOR REGULARIZING THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY TO IMPORT RESIN THROUGH THE WAREHOUSING SCHEME GRANTED PURSUANT TO CAO 4-2008 A

To assist the Customs Bonded Warehouse Committee (CBWC) and the
Office of the Commissioner in regularizing the authority provisionally
granted to import resin through warehousing to Customs Bonded Warehouses
(CBWs).

II. SCOPE:

This Order covers all CBWs which have been granted a provisional authority to import resin through warehousing.

III. GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS:

1. Having monitored the compliance of CBWs which were granted
provisional authority to import resin through the warehousing scheme
with customs rules and regulations, the CBWC, may now consider
applications for the regularization of such provisional authority
granted.

2. Only CBWs which were granted provisional authority by the Office
of the Commissioner to import resin through warehousing scheme may
request for the regularization of such authority. Such request shall be
filed with the Operating Division/unit concerned of the District Office
having jurisdiction over such CBWs, attaching with such request a
certified true copy of the provisional authority granted.

3. The application together with the latest import/export performance
of the applicant shall then be forwarded to the CBWC by the District
Office concerned together with its recommendation/s.

4. After receipt of such application and recommendation, the CBWC
shall deliberate on the matter and act pursuant to CAO 4-2008 as
implemented by CMO 33-2008. Approved application shall be transmitted to
the Office of the Commissioner for clearance citing among others the
date of the expiration of the applicants’ regular license to operate CBW. Any application denied by the CBWC shall be communicated in writing
to the District Collector and the applicant concerned together with the
reasons for such denial.

5. Upon clearance by the Office of the Commissioner of the
application, as favorably recommended by the CBWC, OCOM shall issue a
certification to this effect duly signed by the Commissioner of
Customs, regularizing the CBW’s authority to import resin through
warehousing for a period which shall coincide with the period of the
latter’s License to Operate, or any renewal thereof.

6. After such cycle, any renewal application for the license to
operate filed by a CBW shall likewise indicate a request for the renewal
of the authority to import resin through warehousing, subject to the
required clearance from the Office of the Commissioner.

7. Henceforth, the cycle shall expire simultaneously and may be renewed as may be warranted.

IV. REPEALING CLAUSE:

All issuance/s inconsistent herewith are hereby deemed superseded/amended accordingly.

V. EFFECTIVITY:

This Order shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 3 April 2009

(SGD.) NAPOLEON L. MORALES
Commissioner