Release of Goods Sample Clauses

Release of Goods. 1. Each Party shall adopt or maintain simplified customs procedures for the efficient release of goods in order to facilitate trade between the Parties. 2. Pursuant to paragraph 1, each Party shall adopt or maintain procedures that: (a) provide for the immediate release of goods upon receipt of the customs declaration and fulfillment of all applicable requirements and procedures; (b) provide for the electronic submission and processing of documentation and data, including manifests, in advance of the arrival of the goods in order to expedite the release of goods from customs control upon arrival; (c) allow goods to be released at the point of arrival without requiring temporary transfer to warehouses or other facilities; and (d) require that the importer be informed if a Party does not promptly release goods, including, to the extent permitted by its law, the reasons why the goods are not released and which border agency, if not the customs administration, has withheld release of the goods. 3. Each Party shall adopt or maintain procedures that provide for the release of goods prior to a final determination and payment of any customs duties, taxes, fees, and charges imposed on or in connection with importation of the goods, when these are not determined prior to or promptly upon arrival, provided that the goods are otherwise eligible for release and any security required by the importing Party has been provided. 4. If a Party allows for the release of goods conditioned ona security, it shall adopt or maintain procedures that: (a) ensure that the amount of the security is no greater than that required to ensure that obligations arising from the importation of the goods will be fulfilled; (b) ensure that the security shall be discharged as soon as possible after its customs administration is satisfied that the obligations arising from the importation of the goods have been fulfilled or, for instruments covering multiple entries, until it is no longer required by the customs administration; and (c) allow an importer to provide security using a non-cash financial instrument, including, if applicable, when an importer frequently enters goods, an instrument covering multiple entries. 5. Nothing in this Article requires a Party to release a good if its requirements for release have not been met nor prevents a Party from liquidating a security in accordance with its law. 6. Each Party shall allow, to the extent practicable, goods intended for import to be moved wit...
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Release of Goods. 1. Each Party shall adopt or maintain simplified customs procedures for the efficient release of goods in order to facilitate trade between the Parties. 2. In accordance with paragraph 1, each Party shall ensure that its customs administration or competent authority adopt or maintain procedures that: (a) provide for the release of goods within a period no longer than that required to ensure compliance with its customs laws and to the extent possible within 48 hours following the goods' arrival; (b) provide for advance electronic submission and processing of information before physical arrival of goods to enable the release of goods on arrival; (c) allow goods to be released at the point of arrival without temporary transfer to warehouses or other facilities; and (d) allow importers to withdraw goods from customs before, and without prejudice to, the final determination by its customs administration of the applicable customs duties, taxes, and fees. 3. A Party may require an importer to provide sufficient guarantee in the form of a surety, a deposit, or other appropriate instrument, covering the ultimate payment of the customs duties, taxes, and fees in connection with the importation of the good.
Release of Goods. 1. Each Party shall adopt or maintain simplified customs procedures for the efficient release of goods in order to facilitate trade between the Parties and reduce costs for importers and exporters. 2. Each Party shall ensure that these simplified procedures: (a) allow for the release of goods within a period of time no longer than that required to ensure compliance with its law; (b) allow goods, and to the extent possible controlled or regulated goods, to be released at the first point of arrival; (c) endeavour to allow for the expeditious release of goods in need of emergency clearance; (d) allow an importer or its agent to remove goods from customs' control prior to the final determination and payment of customs duties, taxes, and fees. Before releasing the goods, a Party may require that an importer provide sufficient guarantee in the form of a surety, a deposit, or some other appropriate instrument; and (e) provide for, in accordance with its law, simplified documentation requirements for the entry of low-value goods as determined by each Party. 3. Each Party, in its simplified procedures, may require the submission of more extensive information through post-entry accounting and verifications, as appropriate. 4. Each Party shall allow for the expedited release of goods and, to the extent possible and if applicable, shall: (a) provide for advance electronic submission and processing of information before physical arrival of goods to enable their release upon arrival, if no risk has been identified or if no random checks are to be performed; and (b) provide for clearance of certain goods with a minimum of documentation. 5. Each Party shall, to the extent possible, ensure that its authorities and agencies involved in border and other import and export controls cooperate and coordinate to facilitate trade by, among other things, converging import and export data and documentation requirements and establishing a single location for one-time documentary and physical verification of consignments. 6. Each Party shall ensure, to the extent possible, that its import and export requirements for goods are coordinated to facilitate trade, regardless of whether these requirements are administered by an agency or on behalf of that agency by the customs administration.
Release of Goods. Each Party shall adopt or maintain procedures which allow goods to be released within 48 hours of arrival unless: (a) the importer fails to provide any information required by the importing Party at the time of first entry; (b) the goods are selected for closer examination by the competent authority of the importing Party through the application of risk management techniques; (c) the goods are to be examined by any agency, other than the competent authority of the importing Party, acting under powers conferred by the domestic legislation of the importing Party; or (d) fulfilment of all necessary customs formalities has not been able to be completed or release is otherwise delayed by virtue of force majeure.
Release of Goods. Each Party shall adopt or maintain procedures allowing, to the greatest extent possible, goods to be released: (a) within 48 hours of arrival; and (b) at the point of arrival, without temporary transfer to warehouses or other locations.
Release of Goods. 1. Each Party shall adopt and apply simplified and efficient customs and other trade- related requirements and procedures in order to facilitate trade between the Parties. 2. Pursuant to paragraph 1, each Party shall ensure that its customs authorities, border agencies or other competent authorities apply requirements and procedures that: (a) provide for the release of goods within a period no longer than that required to ensure compliance with its customs and other trade-related laws and formalities. Each Party shall work to further reduce release time; (b) provide for advance electronic submission and eventual processing of information before physical arrival of goods, “pre-arrival processing”, to enable the release of goods on arrival; (c) allow importers to obtain the release of goods from customs before, and without prejudice to, the final determination by its customs authority of the applicable customs duties, taxes and fees;3 and (d) allow goods to be released for free circulation at the point of arrival, without temporary transfer to warehouses or other facilities.
Release of Goods. 1. To the extent possible, each Party shall adopt or maintain procedures allowing, goods to be released: (a) within 48 hours of arrival or as soon as practicable; and (b) where possible, at the point of arrival, without temporary transfer to warehouses or other locations. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not prevent the Customs Administration of a Party from holding a shipment: (a) for the purpose of determining, in accordance with risk management techniques, whether an examination of the goods is necessary; (b) if permits need to be obtained for restricted goods; or (c) in any situation if it has concerns in relation to the goods.
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Release of Goods. 1. Each Party shall adopt or maintain the performance of customs procedures and operations for the efficient release of goods in order to facilitate trade between the Parties. This shall not require a Party to release goods where its requirements for the release of such goods have not been met. 2. Pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, each Party shall: a) provide for the release of goods within a period of time no longer than 48 hours from the registration of a customs declaration except in the circumstances stipulated in the customs laws and regulations of the Parties; and b) endeavour to adopt or maintain electronic submission and processing of customs information in advance of arrival of the goods to expedite the release of goods upon arrival.
Release of Goods. Each Party shall: (a) adopt or maintain procedures providing for the release of goods within a period no greater than that required to ensure compliance with its customs laws and, to the extent possible, within 48 hours of arrival, provided that necessary data submission requirements are fulfilled; (b) adopt or maintain procedures allowing, to the extent possible, goods to be released at the point of arrival, without interim transfer to warehouses or other locations; (c) adopt or maintain procedures allowing the release of goods prior to, and without prejudice to, the final determination by its customs authority of the applicable customs duties, taxes, and fees, and as part of such procedures may require an importer to provide sufficient guarantee in the form of a surety or other appropriate instrument to ensure payment of any customs duties, taxes, and fees that may ultimately be assessed; and (d) otherwise endeavor to adopt or maintain simplified procedures for the release of goods.
Release of Goods. 1. Each Party shall adopt or maintain simplified customs procedures for the efficient release of goods in order to facilitate trade between the Parties. This paragraph shall not require a Party to release a good where its requirements for release have not been met. 2. In accordance with paragraph 1, each Party shall adopt or maintain procedures that: (a) provide for the release of goods as rapidly as possible after arrival, provided all other regulatory requirements have been met; and (b) as appropriate, provide for advance electronic submission and processing of information before the physical arrival of goods with a view to expediting the release of goods. 3. Each Party shall endeavour to adopt and maintain a system under which goods in need of urgent clearance can obtain prompt customs clearance.
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