Chapter II Application Procedures
Article 5
The Customs bureau eligible to implement automated clearance procedures and the coverage of online operations thereof shall be, prior to the implementation of such practice, publicly announced by Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance.
Article 6
Online transmission of the following through-Customs documents shall be made in standard electronic data exchange formats:
(1) import or export Customs declaration;
(2) duty memo;
(3) fees memo;
(4) transit Customs declaration;
(5) transit permit;
(6) cargo release notice;
(7) short- and over-landed report on import and transit cargoes;
(8) warehousing discrepancy report on import cargoes;
(9) cargo examination notice; and
(10) other documents related to Customs clearance procedures.
The standard electronic data exchange formats referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be publicly announced by Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance.
Article 7
The application of online declarations for online traders shall be made as follows:
1. Online declarations by way of computer online transmission: Applicants shall register with specific certificates at CPT Single Window and obtain permissions to make online declarations.
2. Online declarations by way of electronic data transmission: Applicants shall file an application to and enter into a contract in this regard with a through-Customs value-added network, and the above-mentioned contract shall be forwarded to the Customs bureau concerned for registration. Applicants shall also register with specific certificates at CPT Single Window and obtain permissions to make online declarations. Nevertheless, where the applicant is a Customs broker, it shall, before the entry into of the above-mentioned contract, notice the Customs bureau concerned and acquire the IP address of its electronic mail box.
Article 8
An online switching service provider shall not be allowed to extend its business to Customs brokerage. In addition, provisions of the second subparagraph of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to procedures of its application, contracting, and registration.