REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS MANILA @ APRIL 2016 MEMORANDUM TO q VALUE ADDED SERVICE PROVIDERS PSUEDO-VASPS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES NON-GOVERNMENT ENTITIES WITH E2M ACCESS PRIVILEGES PHILIPPINE CLEARING HOUSE CORPORATION DISTRICT COLLECTORS / PORT COLLECTORS: DEPUTY COLLECTORS FOR OPERATIONS: DEPUTY COLLECTORS FOR ASSESSMENT AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS DIVISION PIER AND INSPECTION DIVISION PORT OPERATIONS DIVISION BAY SERVICE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE DESK ALL OTHERS CONCERNED SUBJECT ‘i E2M SCHEDULED TRANSACTION WINDOWS While the Management Information Systems Technology Group is currently undertaking parallel enhancement activities to stabilize the technology environment, we need to be cognizant that the 2M mission-critical system supporting the daily operations of the Bureau of Customs is a legacy system. Environmental conditions such as the quality of internet services employed by Stakeholders and internal operating units connecting to our environment amplifies delays in the transactional throughput of E2M. Cognizant of these constraints, the following directives to reduce transactional latencies experienced by all external and internal stakeholders connecting to the E2M environment the following directive is hereby issued: SCHEDULED TRANSACTION WINDOWS 1. All Value Added Service Providers (VASPs) are directed to strictly conform according to the following transaction windows or schedule: pare + a. 01:00 am - 06:45 am : Strictly for manifest submissions only (set) b. 07:00 am - 07:00 pm: Strictly for CPRS, Payments, and BOC transactions only c. 07:15 pm - 11:45 pm: Strictly for lodgment of declarations only = 44 ah oir 2, ‘To maintain the integrity of transaction windows, VASPs are directed to submit the last transaction for each scheduled window no later than ten (10) minutes before the prescribed cut-off time. All transactions committed beyond the cut-off requirement will be completely truncated and purged from the system; 3, VASPs are hereby mandated to inform their respective clients such as shipping Iines, ae sec rmoardine the scheduled transaction windows.8. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS MANILA Only CPRS and Payment related transactions originating from VASPs will be allowed during the course of regular operating hours or between 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. All other transactions will be purged from the system; VASPs found to be in material violation of submitting disallowed transactions shall be penalized as follows: a. First Offense : 1 hour suspension of access privileges to E2M b. Second Offense : 1 day suspension of access privileges to E2M c. Third Offense : 1 month suspension of access privileges to E2M Following this schedule, sea-cargo lodgments entered during the prescribed window between 7:15 pm to 11:45 pm will be processed by BOC during the following working day. ‘As such, only those entries lodged on a Thursday night will be processed by the Bureau of Customs on Friday. Aircraft and Operations Divisions / Pier and Inspection Division will tag the Actual Date and Time of Arrival of the aircraft / vessel a day after the actual arrival to jibe with the adjusted hours of manifest submission. For guidance and implementation on April 18, 2016. So ordered. ALBERTO D. LINA Customs Commissioner cc DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, AOCG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, RCMG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, IG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, EG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MISTG