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Chapter 6 Prior Release
Article 19
Due to requiring five or more days for examination, or sampling of such products is difficult in a container yard, or the product is perishable, or the products in bulk and no warehouse in wharf, after the obligatory inspection applicant sign an affidavit of custodial responsibility, the inspection authority may issue a Notice of Prior Release for import for customs clearance.
The products designated for batch-by-batch inspection are not subject to the preceding paragraph and shall be retained at the border temporarily with the exception of putrescible products and products mentioned in Paragraph 2 of Article 10.
Article 19-1
If the product which applicated or labeled as Organic Agricultural Product, is substantiation of their compliance with the Act and other related laws and regulations, after the obligatory inspection applicant sign an affidavit of custodial responsibility, the inspection authority may issue a Notice of Prior Release for import for customs clearance before the applicant gets Approval Documents for Organic Agricultural Products.
Article 20
Products that falls into one of the following categories, and conformed to the preceding two Articles by the inspection authority, the authority may issue a prior release notice after the obligatory inspection applicant has paid a guarantee bond:
1.Product subject to Batch-by-batch inspection.
2.Product subject to Reinforced randomly-selected batch inspection.
3.Product subject to Oversee inspection that yield non-conforming results during the inspection period.
4.The obligatory inspection applicant fails to finish the process of inspection after elapse of ninety days from the inspection authority issued a prior release notice and applies for prior release notice again.
The amount of the guarantee bond shall be four-times of the product Duty-paying value for the products listed in subparagraph 1 of the preceding article, and double for the products listed in subparagraph 2 to 4 of the preceding article.
Article 21
Paying the guarantee bond in accordance with preceding article by an obligatory inspection applicant shall be by financial-institutions-issued cashier's check or check, or postal order.
With any of the following conditions and no violation of Subparagraph 3 of Article 51 of the Act, the obligatory inspection applicant may request the inspection authority to refund the guarantee bond.
1. After the products applied for inspection conform to the regulations, and earned a permission notice.
2. The products applied do not conform to the regulations but deal with them in accordance with the provisions Article 24.