ARTICLE 55: COMMUNICATION OF ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE TO THE CONTROLLED PREMISE

For the purposes of the provisions of article 15, section V of the Law (LA: Art. 15), in the case of imports made by aerial or maritime traffic, the concessionaire or authorized must notify the consignee or recipient of the merchandise, their entry into the controlled premises.

The communication made to the importer, their legal representative, customs agent, consolidator or deconsolidation, will be made at the address that said people that have registered with the customs to hear and receive notifications, and will be understood as made the day after the date on which record receipt of the document.

The communication referred to in this article must be made personally, by certified mail with acknowledgment of receipt or by courier companies with certified acknowledgment of receipt. Likewise, the concessionaires or authorized ones will be able to carry out the communication by email when they have previously agreed it and receive from the consignee or recipient of the merchandise the confirmation of receipt of the mail, within a period of three days counted from the shipment of that mail. In case it does not have the necessary data to carry out the communication, or if the receipt of the email is not confirmed within the indicated period, it will be carried out by bulletin boards (RGCE 2022: Regla 2.3.5) at customs correspondent.

In the exercise of its faculties of verification, the Customs Authority may require the notices of entry of the merchandise to a controlled premise and the respective acknowledgments.