RULE 1.9.16: ELECTRONIC QUOTA LETTER

To allocate merchandise to the fiscal deposit regime in a general warehouse of deposit, the electronic document "Electronic quota letter" of Annex 1 (RGCE 2020: Anexo 1), must be transmitted, accessing the module of electronic quota letters of the Automated Integral Customs System (Sistema Automatizado Aduanero Integral), in accordance with the following procedure:

I. The authorized general warehouse of deposit must electronically transmit the following data to Automated Integral Customs System (Sistema Automatizado Aduanero Integral):

a) Folio of the "Electronic Quota Letter", in accordance with the filling instructions, the reference letter must indicate the location of the general warehouse of deposit in which the merchandise will be kept under the fiscal deposit regime.

b) Name and Federal Taxpayer Registration (Registro Federal de Contribuyentes) of the importer.

c) Patent or authorization number, as well as the Federal Taxpayer Registration (Registro Federal de Contribuyentes) of the customs agent, customs agency, customs representative, importer or exporter that will promote the clearance.

d) Code of customs or customs clearance section, in accordance with Appendix 1 of Annex 22 (RGCE 2020: Apendice 1).

e) Code of the customs in whose circumscription is located the local from the general deposit of warehouse in which the merchandise will be kept under the fiscal deposit regime, in accordance with Appendix 1 of Annex 22 (RGCE 2020: Apendice 1).

f) Tariff fraction in which the merchandise is classified, according to the Tariff of the Law on General Import and Export Taxes (Tarifa de la Ley de los Impuestos Generales de Importación y de Exportación).

g) Codes corresponding to the Tariff of the Law on General Import and Export Taxes (Tarifa de la Ley de los Impuestos Generales de Importación y de Exportación) application measurement unit, in accordance with Appendix 7 of Annex 22 (RGCE 2020: Apendice 7).

h) Quantity of the merchandise according to the Tariff of the Law on General Import and Export Taxes (Tarifa de la Ley de los Impuestos Generales de Importación y de Exportación) units of measurement.

i) The value in dollars of the merchandise according to the Digital Tax Receipt Online (Comprobante Fiscal Digital por Internet) or equivalent document.

The customs agent, customs representative, customs agency, importer or exporter who intends to allocate the merchandise to the fiscal deposit regime, must provide the general warehouse of deposit to which they will be submit, the information referred to in paragraphs b), f), g), h) and i) of this section, as well as the warehouse or authorized unit in which it is intended that the merchandise remain.

II. The Automated Integral Customs System (Sistema Automatizado Aduanero Integral) will transmit to the general warehouse of deposit, the electronic acknowledgment which will be composed of eight characters, upon receiving the information indicated in the previous section.

III. The Automated Integral Customs System (Sistema Automatizado Aduanero Integral) will transmit to the customs or customs clearance section, the information of the "Electronic Quota Letter".

IV. The general warehouse of deposit will transmit by any means to the customs agent, customs agency, customs representative, the importer or exporter, the corresponding "Electronic Quota Letter", once it has the electronic acknowledgment of the Automated Integral Customs System (Sistema Automatizado Aduanero Integral).

V. The customs agent, customs representative, customs agency, the importer or exporter, must submit the folio of the electronic quota letter in the respective customs declaration (pedimento), declaring the corresponding identifiers in accordance with Appendix 8 of Annex 22 (RGCE 2020: Apendice 8) and transmit it to the customs or customs clearance section.

VI. The "Electronic Quota Letter" must be validated in a customs declaration (pedimento) within 4 days of its issuance, otherwise, the system will automatically cancel it and it cannot be used.

VII. Once the customs clearance is concluded, the Automated Integral Customs System (Sistema Automatizado Aduanero Integral) will electronically transmit the respective customs declaration (pedimento) to the general warehouse of deposit that has issued the "Electronic Quota Letter".

Once the "Electronic quota letter" has been transmitted, under the terms of this rule, it will not be necessary to accompany the customs declaration (pedimento) with the quota letter referred to in article 119, fourth paragraph (LA: Art. 119) of the Law.

Law 6 (LA: Art. 6), 36-A (LA: Art. 36A), 119 (LA: Art. 119), General Rules of Foreign Trade (Reglas General del Comercio Exterior) 1.2.1. (RGCE 2020: Regla 1.2.1), Annexes 1 (RGCE 2020: Anexo 1) and 22 (RGCE 2020: Anexo 22)