Title: Circular No. 13/2020/TT-BTC dated March 06, 2020 on amendments to Circular 13/2015/TT-BTC on inspection, supervision and suspension of customs procedures for imports and exports that are subject matters of intellectual property rights;...

Type: Circular

Issuing Agency: Ministry of Finance

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Finance

Issuing Date: 06-03-2020

Additional cases of rejection of applications for import and export inspection

On March 6, 2020, the Ministry of Finance issued Circular 13/2020/TT-BTC amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular 13/2015/TT-BTC dated January 30, 2015 on inspect, supervise and suspend customs procedures for exported and imported goods that require protection of intellectual property rights; control counterfeit goods and goods infringing intellectual property rights.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Finance shall supplement the case of refusing to receive applications for inspection and supervision of exported and imported goods that require protection of intellectual property rights of organizations and individuals, specifically: agencies Customs may refuse to accept an application if the additional submission is delayed 10 working days from the date of the notice of additional submission.

In addition, in addition to 03 cases of terminating the application of inspection and supervision measures according to the old regulations, the Circular also adds additional cases: the customs authority has a basis to determine the documents in the application for inspection. invalid or fake inspection or supervision. In addition, unlike the old regulations, the person requesting the suspension of customs procedures can extend the deadline (if there is a good reason), provided that the additional money or guarantee documents are paid.

The Circular takes effect from April 20, 2020.

This Circular amends and supplements a number of articles of Circular 13/2015/TT-BTC

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