Period of Use of Origin and Movement Certificates

Dear Member,
With reference to the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, as stated in the letter dated 01.08.2024 and numbered 99367182 received from the Ministry of Trade and forwarded to our Union; applications made by our Chambers to our Union regarding practices in the issuance, sale and approval of origin and movement certificates are submitted, where deemed necessary, for the opinion and instruction of the Ministry of Trade.
In this context, requests received by our Union on various dates regarding the extension of the periods of use of origin and movement certificates were also forwarded to the said Ministry.
The letter referenced above states that the Communiqué (Customs Procedures) (Serial No: 205) on the Amendment of the General Customs Communiqué (Customs Procedures) (Serial No: 148) and the Communiqué (Customs Procedures) (Serial No: 206) on the Amendment of the General Customs Communiqué (Customs Procedures) (Serial No: 149) have been published in the Official Gazette dated 1 August 2024 and numbered 32619. The letter provides the information that, with the said Communiqués, the period of use of origin and movement certificates has been increased from six (6) months to one (1) year.
Accordingly, the necessary arrangement has been made in our Union's Origin and Movement Certificates Automation System (MEDOS), and the technical work enabling the period of use of the said certificates to be one (1) year following the date of sale by our Chambers has been completed. In addition, as of 1 August 2024, the validity periods of certificates whose period of use is still ongoing have also been extended to one (1) year based on their dates of sale by our Chambers.

Kind regards,
Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry