Withdrawal of membership in the Pilot Program to support and encourage enterprises in Vietnam to voluntarily comply with customs laws?
- The customs authority assigns and arranges civil servants and customs professionals at all levels to directly support, consult, and contact to solve problems in the process of carrying out customs procedures?
- Propagating and implementing partnerships to implement pilot programs to support and encourage enterprises in Vietnam to voluntarily comply with customs laws?
- The customs authority revokes the membership when the enterprise is assessed as having high risk or risk related to criminal activities, smuggling, tax evasion, violation of environmental laws?
The customs authority assigns and arranges civil servants and customs professionals at all levels to directly support, consult, and contact to solve problems in the process of carrying out customs procedures?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 5, the Program promulgated together with Decision 1399/QD-TCHQ in 2022 stipulates the following support activities:
“Article 5. Specific activities of customs authorities
1. Support activities
a. Provide consultancy, support and guidance according to the commitments in the Memorandum of Understanding for Program member enterprises upon request.
b. Record the membership, the process of participating in the Pilot Program to support and encourage businesses to voluntarily comply with the customs law on business records and the professional information systems of the customs authorities for enterprises participating in the Program to ensure the timely, effective and effective implementation of support activities for the right audience.
c. Assign and arrange customs officers and experts at all levels to directly support, consult, and solve problems in the process of carrying out customs procedures for imported, exported and transited goods. member enterprises.
d. Exchange information, warn of factors that reduce the compliance level of enterprises; warn enterprises of risk trends in supply chain security, infringement of intellectual property in the field of import and export, internal risks of enterprises in import and export activities according to recommendations from agencies competent, responsible organizations in the country and in the world.
e. Coordinate with the business community and relevant agencies to organize seminars on the contents mentioned in point d above, and at the same time advise and support measures for businesses to cooperate with customs authorities, proactively prevent and avoid customs violations, avoid risks in the import and export supply chain, and ensure to maintain or improve the level of legal compliance.
f. Prioritize considering and creating favorable conditions in the application of inspection measures by scanners when enterprises request support, creating conditions to remove difficulties and reduce costs for the implementation of import and export procedures. import and transit goods of enterprises.
g. In special cases, at the request of the enterprise, the customs authority may coordinate with relevant agencies to support and advise the enterprise on measures to overcome and minimize the consequences of errors and violations for the enterprise. enterprises in the process of carrying out customs procedures, ensuring compliance with the provisions of law.
H. Organize cooperation and training programs to improve compliance so that businesses can promptly update, master and comply with new regulations related to customs risk management in particular and the import and export sector. , transit in general.”
Accordingly, the customs authority shall assign and arrange customs officers and experts at all levels to directly support, consult, and solve problems in the process of carrying out customs procedures for goods. import, export and transit of member enterprises.
Propagating and implementing partnerships to implement pilot programs to support and encourage enterprises in Vietnam to voluntarily comply with customs laws?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clauses 2 and 3, Article 3 of the Program promulgated together with Decision 1399/QD-TCHQ in 2022, stipulating the propaganda and implementation of the program implementation partnership as follows:
"2. Propaganda and partnership activities
a. Coordinate with organizations and business associations to organize conferences to propagate, introduce and promote the Program.
b. Periodically organize preliminary reviews, summaries and dialogue meetings to measure and assess satisfaction, absorb recommendations and additional comments to amend commitments made within the framework of the Program.
c. Implement propaganda contents on mass media, disseminate and post activities and results of the Program on industry websites such as: https://customs.gov.vn, https:// haiquanonline.com.vn
3. Other activities
a. Monitor and evaluate the process of activities within the framework of the Program. Organizing commendation and commendation of businesses that comply well, make positive contributions to the Program, and warn, remind, and revoke the Program member's status in cases of failure to perform or violate the Program's membership. breach of commitment.
b. Participating in international research and cooperation related to partner program activities and business facilitation.”
Accordingly, the customs authority needs to coordinate with organizations and business associations to organize conferences to propagate, introduce and promote the Program.
Withdrawal of membership in the Pilot Program to support and encourage enterprises in Vietnam to voluntarily comply with customs laws? (Image from the internet)
The customs authority revokes the membership when the enterprise is assessed as having high risk or risk related to criminal activities, smuggling, tax evasion, violation of environmental laws?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 of the Program promulgated together with Decision 1399/QD-TCHQ in 2022, stipulating the mechanism for recognition and revocation of Program membership as follows:
"Article 6. Mechanism for recognition and revocation of Program membership.
1. On the basis of analysis and assessment of information on import-export enterprises, the customs authority shall select enterprises that need support and encouragement to improve the level of compliance according to each scope. vi, specific period to actively invite businesses to participate in the Program.
2. If the enterprise agrees to participate in the Program, the enterprise shall notify the customs authority to cooperate in the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and recognition of the Program's membership.
3. The customs authority organizes business meetings to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with enterprises agreeing to participate in the Program on commitments to ensure the implementation of the rights and obligations of each party in the framework. program and in accordance with the law. The Memorandum of Understanding signed by both parties is a written recognition of the participating enterprise's Program membership.
4. During the implementation process, the customs authority shall revoke the membership status and benefits of enterprises participating in the program in the following cases:
a. Being assessed by the customs authority as having high risks and risks related to criminal activities, smuggling, tax evasion, violations of environmental laws.
b. Being handled for customs violations according to Appendix VI of Circular 81/2014/TT-BTC dated November 15, 2019.
c. Failure to fulfill or violate commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding.
d. There is no sense of cooperation with the customs authority in improving compliance, so a violation occurs after the customs authority has repeatedly warned and reminded.
e. In cases where the enterprise is dissolved, bankrupt, stops operating or has a written request not to continue participating in the Program.
5. In case an enterprise whose membership is revoked from the Program has an application to re-join, the customs authority will only consider accepting it after 1 year since the enterprise's membership is revoked. . The re-recognition of membership is based on the assessment of the enterprise's self-correction process, error correction, breach of commitment and compliance with customs laws."
Thus, in case an enterprise is assessed by the customs authority as having a high risk or risk related to criminal activities, smuggling, tax evasion, environmental law violations, it will be subject to the customs authority. revoke membership.
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