To better attain its objectives, two provisions of CMO 16-95 are hereby amended to read as follows:

1. "3.1. Applications for tentative release citing as reason Delayed Transmittal/Receipt of CRF may be granted only when the following shall have been established:

3.1.1 The shipment has undergone pre-shipment inspection under CISS and Five (5) working days HAVE lapsed from date of submission by shipper/importer of all documentary requirements to the SGS affiliate without the CRF being received at the MLO as evidenced by the SGS-MLO's indorsement of the application for Tentative Release. THE INDORSEMENT SHALL BE INCORPORATED IN THE ADVANCED CLEAN REPORTS, AND SHALL BE BAR CODED EFFECTIVE 01 SEPTEMBER 1995. THE DETERMINATION OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE ADVANCED CLEAN REPORTS SHALL BE THE SAME AS IN THE DETERMINATION OF AUTHENTICITY OF REGULAR CRFS."

2. "4.1. ALL APPLICATIONS FOR TENTATIVE RELEASE OF SHIPMENTS WITH DELAYED CRFS SHALL BE LODGED WITH THE CHIEF, FED OR EQUIVALENT UNIT, WHO shall be authorized to approve OR DISAPPROVE THE SAME, subject to compliance with all the requirements, conditions and procedural steps prescribed under this Order. The FED Chief shall have responsibility for monitoring all approved tentative releases to insure their proper resolution."

B.
Effectivity

This Order shall take effect on 01 September 1995.

Adopted: 10 Aug. 1995

(SGD.) GUILLERMO L. PARAYNO, JR.
Commissioner