(March 18, 2003 Customs announced 99th) first for the improvement of the administration of the customs brokers qualifying examination, in accordance with the People's Republic of China Customs law, these provisions are formulated. Article customs implement unified national examination for the qualification of customs declaration system.
    Customs brokers must pass a unified national examination for the qualification of customs declaration, made the Declaration eligibility certificate.
    Article customs organizations, leading the unified national examination for the qualification of customs declaration, principle of determining examination, exam syllabus, rules, validation testing, instructing and supervising Customs Organization examination, examination of major issues.
    Fourth local customs according to the General Administration of customs authority, responsible for contractor registration, qualification, work organization of the examination and the issuance of certificates.
    Article fifth customs brokers qualifying examination implementing principles of openness, equality, competition, and national unity, unity of propositions, the registration time unseen written examination, unified standard, unified scoring, and admitted to United way. Sixth article customs brokers qualifying examination to test the declaration process prerequisite business knowledge and ability.
    Subjects include customs operations base, foreign trade base and basic English.
    The General Administration of Customs announced 3 months before the examination examination methods. Article seventh unified national examination for the qualification of customs declaration for the whole society.
    Persons meeting the following conditions can apply to participate in qualifying examination: (a) the People's Republic of China nationality, (ii) the law, decency, (iii) 18 years of age, with full civil capacity; (d) has graduated high school or secondary school and higher education.
    Eighth the following persons shall not be entered for the examination: (a) for contravention of the law subject to criminal penalties, penalty completed 5 years of age; (b) for smuggling in the customs declaration or serious violations of customs regulations and revoked by the Customs certificate of less than 5 years, and (iii) constitutes a crime of offering bribes to a customs officer. Nineth section personnel applying for exam exam. Registration should be required to pay the related costs.
    Customs to meet the conditions for admission application and issued ticket, ticket taking qualifying examinations of candidates. The tenth article customs according to the test established by the General Administration of customs requirements and scoring standards organization of the examination and marking.
    Centrally by the General Administration of Customs released test scores or delegated to Customs examination disclosed. 11th and approved by the General Administration of Customs announced a national pass mark.
    To announce the list of those who pass the Customs examination, the customs declaration eligibility certificate issued to those who pass, and submitted to the General Administration of customs records. 12th article customs declaration eligibility certificate is engaged in the work of professional qualifications, the General Administration of customs formulated and effectively across the country, certificate holders may be required to apply for registration as a customs broker.
    Any of the following circumstances, the automatic failure of the customs declaration eligibility certificate: (a) the certificate issued is not registered within 3 years from the date of the customs declaration, (ii) 2 years in a row from the customs post. 13th article is strictly prohibited exam work in the of fraud and engages in behavior: (a) candidates to forged file, and fake generation test or other cheat behavior participate in exam or made customs qualification certificate of, by Customs verified, should announced results invalid or cancellation its qualification certificate, and Yu 3 years within shall not participate in qualification exam; (ii) has holds qualification certificate who fake instead of others exam of, by Customs verified, should announced was generation test people results invalid, while cancellation generation test people of qualification certificate,
    Being an examination and an examination within 3 years are not allowed to take the qualification examination; (c) the Customs officers have leaked exam questions and condoning acts of cheating or tampering with test scores, given administrative punishments.
    14th the provisions interpreted by the General Administration of customs. 15th these provisions come into effect May 1, 2003.
                        Released on April 21, 1997, the provisional regulations on the unified national examination for the qualification of customs declaration (customs, 63rd) and released on April 8, 1997, the People's Republic of China Customs regulations on Customs (customs, 62nd), sixth and seventh of the rules repealed simultaneously.