Customs Brokers. The Parties shall not require in their respective customs legislation and procedures the mandatory use of customs brokers. The Parties shall apply transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate rules if and when licensing customs brokers.
Customs Brokers. 1. Each Party shall allow an importer and any other person it deems appropriate, in accordance with its laws and regulations, to self-file a customs declaration and other import or transit documentation without the services of a customs broker. For the purposes of electronic filing, self-filing shall include direct access or access through a service provider, to electronic systems for filing and transmitting customs declarations and other import or transit documentation. Each Party shall ensure that access to the electronic systems is available for self-filers on a non- discriminatory basis relative to other categories of users.
2. If a Party establishes requirements for qualifications, licensing, or registration to be a customs broker or to provide customs broker services, the Party shall ensure that the requirements are transparent, based on objective criteria related to providing customs broker services, promote integrity and professionalism among customs brokers, and are administered uniformly in its territory.
3. No Party shall impose arbitrary limits to the number of ports or locations at which a customs broker may operate. A Party shall allow a licensed customs broker to electronically submit a customs declaration and import documentation to the electronic systems referred to in paragraph 1, at any port at which it is licensed to operate in accordance with the preceding sentence.
Customs Brokers. The Parties shall ensure that legislation regarding customs brokers is based on transparent rules. The Parties shall allow legal persons to operate with their own customs brokers, as defined in their respective national law.
Customs Brokers. Sub-Sector: Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Articles 14.4 and 15.3) Level of Government: Central Measures: 19 U.S.C. § 1641(b) Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment Level of Government: Central Description: Investment Level of Government: Central Measures: 47 U.S.C. § 310 (a)-(b)
Customs Brokers. Pay when due all amounts payable to customs brokers, unless such payments are the subject of a Permitted Protest.
Customs Brokers. 1. The Parties shall ensure transparency in their laws and regulations regarding customs brokers.
2. The Parties shall not require mandatory recourse to the services of customs brokers during customs declaration of goods.
Customs Brokers. The customs systems and procedures of each Party shall enable exporters and importers to submit their customs declaration without requiring recourse to customs brokers.
Customs Brokers. Schedule 1.47..... Existing Real Property Schedule 1.89..... Permitted Holders Schedule 8.4...... Existing Liens
Customs Brokers. Borrowers and Guarantors shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, use any Customs Brokers other than those listed on Schedule 8.14 hereof, except if (a) Agent shall have received not less than ten (10) days' prior written notice of the intention of such Borrower or Guarantor to use any other Customs Broker; (b) Agent shall have received an agreement in writing from such other Customs Broker, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, acknowledging the security interests of Agent in the Collateral, waiving any security interest, lien or other claim of such Customs Broker in any Collateral at any time in the custody, control or possession of such person and agreeing to follow the instructions of Agent with respect thereto upon Agent's request, duly authorized, executed and delivered by such other Customs Broker; (c) such Customs Broker shall be reasonably acceptable to Agent; and (d) no Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing.
Customs Brokers. All of the Customs Brokers used by Borrowers and Guarantors as of the date hereof are set forth on Schedule 8.14 hereto.
