Accounting Authorities Clause Samples

Accounting Authorities. Accounting Authorities (AAs) are the billing entities used by the MES operators to conduct the billing process between the MES end-user and the LESO. AAs operate in accordance with ITU Recommendation D-90, however, the AAs have no means of barring the MES when invoices are not paid by the MES end-user. In order to ensure that LESOs continue to be paid by the AAs, barring of end-users that have defaulted in payment to AAs must be undertaken by the LESO/NBAs. This would only take place when an AA requests one or more LESO/NBAs to raise a PMB03. The LES NBA may, therefore, raise a PMB03 at the request of an AA subject to the following conditions: a) The AA invoices have become overdue for a period exceeding three months. The onus is on the AA to ensure that invoices are overdue over three months. b) The facility shall only be available to AAs that are signatory to the CIRM TAG Maritime Accounting Authority Code of Business Practice (MAACOBP). c) The AA shall ensure that the request is submitted to the LESO(s) that have passed traffic contributing to the debt of the MES, which the AA intends to bar. d) The LESOs are not under the obligation to raise the barring requested. The AA will continue to be liable for any traffic generated, should the barring not be effected. The LESO should notify the AA that the barring has not been implemented.