CSMS Message: 94-000492

CUSTOMS ACS EXPECTS TO HAVE PROGRAMMING COMPLETED BY AUGUST 22, 1994 WHICH
WILL ENABLE THE CUSTOMS FDA INTERFACE TO PROCESS FDA REGULATED MERCHANDISE
THROUGH LINE RELEASE AT BORDER PORTS. FDA MERCHANDISE MUST BE APPROVED
FOR LINE RELEASE PROCESSING USING CURRENT PROCEDURES INCLUDING REVIEW BY
FDA. FDA REGULATED MERCHANDISE, CURRENTLY APPROVED FOR LINE RELEASE
PROCESSING, MUST BE RE-EVALUATED AND REAPPROVED BY FDA.
FDA REGULATED MERCHANDISE APPROVED FOR LINE RELEASE PROCESSING WILL
HAVE THE STATUS OF "FDA MAY PROCEED" ONCE THE LINE RELEASE TRANSACTION IS
COMPLETED. FDA MERCHANDISE RELEASED THROUGH LINE RELEASE MUST BE REPORTED
BY THE ENTRY FILER THROUGH ABI ON THE CF7501 TRANSMITTED TO CUSTOMS ON THE
"EI" ENTRY SUMMARY APPLICATION USING THE CURRENT PROCESSING RULES
DOCUMENTED IN THE CUSTOMS AND TRADE AUTOMATED INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS,
PLUS THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:

FILERS USING LINE RELEASE MUST INDICATE BY THE NUMERAL "1" IN POSITION 80
OF THE A10 RECORD THAT THEY ARE TRANSMITTING FDA DATA FOR CARGO RELEASED
THROUGH LINE RELEASE. CHANGE THE A10 RECORD ON PAGE ENS-10-03 IN POSITION
80 AS FOLLOWS: IN POSITION 80, CHANGE THE WORD "FILLER" UNDER THE COLUMN
ENTITLED DATA ELEMENT TO "FDA LINE RELEASE INDICATOR". CHANGE THE STATUS
FROM "M" (MANDATORY) TO "O" (OPTIONAL), AND CHANGE THE DESCRIPTION FROM
"SPACE FILL" TO "INSERT "1" TO INDICATE THAT FDA MERCHANDISE ON THIS ENTRY
IS PROCESSED THROUGH LINE RELEASE AT A BORDER PORT. OTHERWISE LEAVE
BLANK".

AN ENTRY SUMMARY MARKED BY CUSTOMS OR THE FILER FOR
FDA LINE RELEASE PROCESSING MAY NOT BE USED TO TRANSMIT FDA DATA
FOR CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING (APPLICATIONS HI, HN, OR EI). ENTRY
SUMMARIES IN ACS MARKED FOR FDA LINE RELEASE PROCESSING MUST CONTAIN THE
REQUIRED FDA DATA FOR ALL TARIFF RECORDS MARKED FOR FDA. ENTRY
SUMMARIES NOT CONTAINING THE REQUIRED FDA DATA WILL BE REJECTED.

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