The DGN and the DGFCCE issued an Official Communication (Oficio - normative document) DGN 191.01.2023.1221 DGFCCE.516.2023.1345, which nullifies past Official Communications 414.2020.827 and 414.2020.963, issued due to the health emergency caused by COVID-19 that permitted the entry of merchandise with the application sheet "Folio" (generated with the application submitted to the Certification Body (OC) or Verification Unit (UV) for compliance with the NOMs).
Key Resolutions
- Requests received by certifying bodies until 05/25/23 for the conformity assessment may be transmitted to the Standards - Customs Certificate System (SCN-A) until July 06, 2023 (30 business days).
- Current folios registered in SCN-A will lose their validity on August 23, 2023 (90 calendar days).
Finally, as we are no longer in a health emergency and the Conformity Assessment Bodies (OEC) have normalized their activities, importers, companies, and manufacturers must contact the OEC to continue or start a new certification process to obtain the documents related to compliance with the NOMs corresponding to their merchandise. It will no longer be possible to import merchandise with the applications submitted to the Certification Body, as these will soon no longer be considered valid. A certificate will now be mandatory.