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The Ministry of Finance (MOF)’s Customs and Tariff Bureau (CTB) and Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc. (NACCS) jointly held seminars on Sept. 2, 2013 in Yokohama and the following day in Tokyo, at which time they briefed ways that users can comply with the Advance Filing Rules.
The tests will be conducted in three phases from October to allow users to connect with the Japanese version of the U.S.’ 24-Hour Rule.
The first phase of the series of tests, Phase 0, will be given for users complying with the Advance Filing Rules via service providers or on their own, according to NACCS.
More specifically, they will confirm connections from their service providers’ or their own systems to NACCS.
The second phase, Phase 1, will be run for shipping companies and non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) that will submit cargo data through service providers and other carriers that will be linked with the new system on their own.
To confirm the functions of shipping lines’ and NVOCCs’ systems, whether or not messages can be sent to and from them will be tested.
The third phase of the tests, Phase 2, will be made up of two sessions, which will be held immediately before the commencement of the Advance Filling Rules, or in mid-January and mid-February 2014.
During the sessions, both of which will last approximately five days, all attending parties will send and receive messages, assuming that they are actually conforming to the new rules, to confirm whether or not they can really work.
Seminars will be held at a total of 19 locations across Japan, starting from the one held in Yokohama on Sept. 2.
