Authorized Economic Operator Programs
In the Islamic Countries:
Enhancing Customs-Traders Partnership
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4.1.3.2. Verification and Authorization
The verification procedures of Golden List applicants involves three-consecutive steps in
Jordan as shown in Figure 4.1:
Figure 4.1. Verification Steps
Source: Jordan Customs
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The first step of verification procedure is the desk-study undertaken by the Regional and
Headquarters Customs officials by checking against a criteria list that varies with the type of
the operator (Table 4.3).
Field Audit
The second step of the verification procedure is field audit by Customs officials. The objective
of the field visit is to make sure that the company has well-documented “Customs Due
Diligence and Supply Chain Security” procedures and to verify that these procedures have
been already implemented and strictly-followed by the company.
The audit covers procedural security; access control; security of buildings, cargo,
documentation and data, personnel as well as business partners; standard of record keeping
system, electronic information sharing as well as financial and accounting control; awareness,
education and training.
More specifically, in order to be able to qualify for the GL program: (i) the “fundamental”
requirements should be met at 100 percent; (ii) the “important” requirements must again be
met at 100 percent but it is acceptable to present plans to improve the required compliance in
the specified time limits; (iii) the “desirable” requirements are not mandatory and should be
met as much as possible (Table 4.4).
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Field Audit Post-Audit