RULE 4.6.8: TRANSMISSION OF DOCUMENTATION BY THE RAIL TRANSPORT CONCESSION COMPANIES THAT CARRY OUT THE TRANSFER OF MERCHANDISE DESTINED FOR THE TRANSIT REGIME

For the purposes of articles 6 (LA: Art. 6), 20, section VII (LA: Art. 20), 125 (LA: Art. 125), 127 (LA: Art. 127), 129, penultimate and last paragraphs (LA: Art. 129), 130 (LA: Art. 130), 131 (LA: Art. 131) and 133 (LA: Art. 133) of the Law and 33 (RLA: Art. 33) of the Regulation, the rail transport concession companies that carry out the transfer of merchandise destined for the internal and international transit regime, must provide the customs authority, through the Digital Window, the following electronic documents:

I. Document in which it will transmit the information on the merchandise to be transported, as well as the means of transport, with the following information:

a) Carrier code.

b) Type of operation: import or export.

c) Customs of commencement of transit, total quantity and gross weight of the merchandise indicated in the transport document.

d) Transport document number.

e) Quantity, description, gross weight, identification numbers and brand, when these exist, for each of the merchandise transported.

f) Data of the railway equipment: initials, number, and type, as well as the numbers of stamps, seals or padlocks when placed by the rail transport concession company.

g) Code of the controlled premises where the merchandise is located at the beginning of the transit.

h) When the transit begins at a maritime custom, must declare the number of the transport document with which the merchandise arrived in national territory.

II. The exchange list that must be transmitted to both the customs of initiation and the customs of destination, with the following information:

a) Carrier code.

b) Country of origin.

c) Train identification number.

d) Place of entry / exit.

e) Estimated date and time of arrival.

f) Railway equipment data: initials, number, and type.

g) Document number transmitted in accordance with section I of this rule.

For the purposes of this rule, the customs agent, customs agency, or customs representative must make the electronic presentation of the customs declaration (pedimento), under the terms of rule 3.1.22. (RGCE 2020: Regla 3.1.22)

The information of the electronic documents referred to in this rule must be transmitted in terms of the guidelines established for this purpose by the Service Tax Administration (Servicio de Administración Tributaria), which will be published on the Service Tax Administration (Servicio de Administración Tributaria) Portal.

Law 6 (LA: Art. 6), 20-VII (LA: Art. 20), 37 (LA: Art. 37), 37-A (LA: Art. 37A), 125 (LA: Art. 125), 127 (LA: Art. 127), 129 (LA: Art. 129), 130 (LA: Art. 130), 131 (LA: Art. 131), 133 (LA: Art. 133), Regulation 33 (RLA: Art. 33), General Rules of Foreign Trade (Reglas General del Comercio Exterior) 3.1.22. (RGCE 2020: Regla 3.1.22)