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COTE D’IVOIRE
REGULATIONS
Waivers / ECTN
Pre-Shipment
Inspection
Prohibited /
Restricted Imports
COTE D’IVOIRE >> Regulation Overview
Waiver Control
BSC Details
Type: BSC
General Agent: Office Ivoirien des Chargeurs
Representative France - Dunkerque : Syndicats des Transitaires, Dunkerque, France Tel : 03.28.59.07.65 Fax :
03.28.63.35.42 E-mail: umc@umcdk.com
Representative France - Le Havre: Syndicats des Transitaires, Le Havre, France Tel :02 35 21 04 44
Documentation requirements: Mention the FRI and the BSC number on the Bill of Lading & the manifest
Inspection Agency: Bivac & Cotecna
Creation of Cargo Tracking Notes - 08/03/13
In order to achieve greater efficiency in clearing procedures of goods, the exceptional decision of creating Cargo
Tracking Notes/Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons [CTN/BSC] at destination in the Ivorian seaports is repealed.
Effective 25/03/13 [Announcement #01/PCA/DFAC/2013 signed by Fako Kone 11/03/13] on it is essential that
cargo tracking notes be handled in the country of loading of the imported goods or the exporter’s country on the
website www.oic.ci
New Deliverance Procedure Of Bordereau De Suivi des Cargaisons [BSC] via the Internet - Office Ivoirien
Des Chargeurs [OIC]
As from 1st of May 2005 the OIC has made available to all Shippers and Forwarding Agents an Internet
application accessible via: www.oic.ci
The system will enable the economic operators to create and manage their BSC through the Internet. The entry
into force of this new system will put an end to the present procedure, which demands the intervention in the
loading ports of the OIC representatives. Thus, the creation of the BSC by the Exporter or his Forwarding Agent
from their offices, will be held according to the following procedure:
1. Registration of Member
2. Validation of Member's Accounts
3. Provisioning of Member's Accounts
4. Registration of the BSC On-line
5. Submission of the registered BSC for validation
6. Validation of the BSC submitted by the Member
7. Printing of the BSC by the Member concerned with the corresponding transaction
All of the above steps are described in the ‘Users Guide’ containing the principals to adhere to,. You can find this
as an ‘Appendix’ at the end of this document.
Additional Information will be available via the following contacts:
BSC Technical Centre ( Centre Technique BSC )
Tel: (225) 21.75.22.11/58
Fax: (225) 21.75.22.33 / 21.75.22.34
E-mail: ctbsc@oic.ci
CMA CGM / DELMAS trained staff members are available to assist customers in all aspects of the documentary
requirements of the trade to Cote d’Ivoire. Please contact your local agency office for advice.
Pre-Shipment Inspection
BIVAC Advice
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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Kindly note the following in respect of shipments to Cote d'Ivoire Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI). For your
guidance, BIVAC (Bivac International Company) is a subsidiary of Bureau Vertias. BIVAC exclusively supervises
the control of goods PRIOR to stuffing/transport overseas.
Please note that it is the exporter and consignee who are responsible for obtaining the following certificate:
Instructions
1) Any imports into Côte d'Ivoire must be subject BIVAC control (PSI) during stuffing at Port of Loading (POL)
2) This control is requested by the cargo, not the Line, to the inspection representative
3) The BIVAC Inspector MUST attend the stuffing of the container from beginning to end (FCL container) IF it is
an LCL container, then each exporter MUST request individually an Inspector for their own cargo
4) Exemptions are as follows:
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Personal effects
Donation/charity goods
Fruit/vegetable/plants (Full list of exempted cargo can be requested to BIVAC Representative from the POL
region)
Any container having FOB commercial value of cargo below cfa 500.000 (Equivalent US$800 TEU)
Containers in transshipment via Abidjan
Empty containers
5) After inspection, a certificate is remitted by the Inspector to the Shipper, and a Bivac Seal is put on the
container
6) This certificate is requested by Custom to the Importer to clear his cargo
7) If no certificate and no seal, then the said container will be automatically inspected in Abidjan Port by Bivac
rep, under Customs control. All costs will be beared by the consignee. This post control will affect the flow of
cargo at Discharge port.
8) If the consignee is not able to request a post control, then cargo will be seized by Customs after 20 days, and
sold on auction after 3 months according to Port regulations with Customs.
9) The Shipping agent is authorised to exchange b/l against delivery order to the consignee, even if no certificate
Bivac in hands of Consignee. The Agent is not responsible for any lack of Bivac certificate.
10) Regulation in force as from 1st of June 2003 (Customs reminded us that the international text are dated from
more than 30 years, but never strictly applied by Ivory Coast)
Additional information:
1) Initial request is applied by the consignee who fills in a FRI form (Import Request Form) in Abidjan, along with
a proforma invoice sent by the shipper.
2) The FRI form is sent by the BIVAC office in Abidjan to his counterpart at the Port of Loading (BV Regional
Center). At the same time, the consignee sends a copy to his supplier.
3) The BV Regional Center has the duty to contact the shipper to inform him about their responibility to carry out
a visit to inspect the stuffing of all the container at a date requested by the shipper.
4) After stuffing, the FRI number (supplied by BIVAC Abidjan) MUST be mentioned in the body of the Billof
Lading (b/l) (In absence of said number on the b/l for floating cargo, the copy of certificate will be enough for
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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Customs). Also the BIVAC seal number and FRI number MUST be mentioned on the certificate issued and
supplied by BIVAC Port of Loading.
5) If several invoices are involved for the same container, several FRI numbers are needed (1 FRI = 1 proforma
invoice). Now 1 invoice can be split for several shipments; Then the same FRI number will be mentioned till
completion full export regarding this very invoice /Validity 6 months max. to export all concerned cargo related to
that same FRI number
6) IF there is no FRI issued prior shipment, then the container can ONLY be imported in Abidjan with * the
approval of the Minister of Commerce in Abidjan * and then the Customs of Ivory Coast
Any queries regarding this notice please contact BIVAC direct - see the BIVAC website for full agency list
http://www.bivac.com/
Also please find a BIVAC data sheet for reference.
BIVAC-BV COTE D'IVOIRE
Immeuble les Hévéas
14 Boulevard Carde - Hall B - 7ème Etage
17 BP 1155 ABIDJAN 17
Tel: (225) 20.300.400
Fax: (225) 20.300.427 (AV)
Liaison Officer - Michel OBERDORFF
Tel: (225) 20.300.421
E-mail: michel.oberdorff@bureauveritas.com
List of sensitive products submitted to PSI
The following products imported in containers are submitted to PSI:
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Food products (salt, milk and dairy products, juices and drinks, preserve and semi-preserved products, meat,
frozen and deep frozen fish, rice and flour);
Pharmaceutical products;
Electrical devices;
Roofing plates.
Listing Of Goods Exempted From PSI
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Containerized products except: food products (salt, milk and dairy products, juices and drinks, preserve and
semi-preserved products, meat, frozen and deep frozen fish, rice and flour), pharmaceutical products,
electrical devices, roofing plates.
Imports with a FOB value equal or below XOF 500,000;
Gold;
Precious stones;
Objects of art;
Scrap metals;
Explosives, weapons, ammunition and other materials for the Army and the Police;
Live animals;
Fish, vegetables and fruits fresh or refrigerated (neither frozen nor deep frozen);
Plants and flowers;
Cinematographic films, exposed and developed;
Current newspaper and periodicals, postal and fiscal stamps, stamped papers, bank notes and check books,
passports;
Used personal and household effects;
Used vehicles;
Personal gifts;
Post parcels;
Crude Oil;
Commercial samples;
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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23. Donations offered by foreign governments or international organizations to the government, to charities, to
foundations and to philanthropic organizations recognized as being helpful towards the public;
24. Imports for diplomatic entities and for United Nations organizations for their own use in Côte d’Ivoire;
25. Goods imported on a non-commercial and non-repetitive basis, for a personal use and whose value does not
exceed XOF 3,000,000.
FRI Numbers
We remind you that according to Ivorian Customs regulations, importers are requested to mention on the B/L the
Fiches de Renseignement a l'Importation (FRI) numbers given by Bivac and Cotecna inspection agencies.
B/L Details
Detailed description: The goods description on the B/L should be as precise as possible (type, number, brands,
nature and place of loading) to avoid any interpretation. Mentions such as 'miscellaneous', 'general cargo', etc..
are now prohibited. Besides, the complete address of the notify or consignee should also be mentioned, as well
as their telephone or fax numbers in order to provide consignees with a better service.
Prohibited Imports
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Drugs and narcotics
Weapons and war ammunition except collector's items
Pornographic publications
Hallucinogen products except those authorised by the Ministry of Health
Counterfeit goods
Products containing asbestos
All beef and beef products from the UK and from Ireland
Meat flour and bones from ruminants are forbidden for import in Côte d’Ivoire (Custom codes 02.10.90.90.99
and 05.06.90.00.00);
Counterfeit goods;
Toxic wastes.
Plastic bags [See Appendix]
Restricted Imports
Hazardous Class 6.1 [09/04/14]
With immediate effect new regulations are now enforced by the Port and Defence Ministry of Ivory Coast on
hazardous cargo class 6.1. Such cargo is subject to a special authorization from the Ministry of Defence. If
permitted to enter the Ivory Coast the cargo would also require a compulsory military escort at expense - for both
inland carriage or cargo in transit.
Types of Restricted Imports
Please refer to Decree no. 93-313 of 11/03/93 for the complete listing or contact SGS. There are two types of
restricted imports: (in brackets, name of the item covered or of the whole HS chapter)
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The goods subject to Government's approval: ("REGIME D'AGREMENT") - They cover restrictions in
customs chapters or customs headings 02.01 to 02.09 (Meat and edible meat offal), 03.02, 03.03, 03.04,
03.06 and 03.07 (fish and crustaceans), 10.05 / 10.06 (maize and rice for sowing), 12.07/ 12.09 (other oil
seeds, seeds fruit & spores for sowing), 29.05 (methanol), 30 (pharmaceutical products), 33.02 (mixtures of
odoriferous substances), 85.24 (records, tapes and other recorded media for sound), 93 (arms and
ammunition)
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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The goods subject to import licence: ("QUOTA/REGIME DE LIMITATION") - They cover products in
chapters: 27 (mineral oils and products of their distillation) and 52 (cotton). In addition to above, import
restrictions apply to the following goods:
o Used vehicles 10 years old and over are forbidden
o Bovine meat: must comply with Ministerial Order nr. 310 / MINAGRA, of Oct. 18, 1993
o Meat and offal’s: specific certificates required
o Wheat flour: must comply with Ministerial Order nr. 54, of May 8, 1995
o Iodized salt: must comply with Ministerial Order nr. 18 of April 3, 1996
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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Appendix – BSC Online Users Guide
“BSC online” - Instructions Manual
Introduction
This Instructions Manual introduces the new “BSC online" management system, which will come into force from
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the 1 of May 2005, and its objectives. It also gives the general workflow of BSC management, as well as the
system functionalities.
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" to create
The new system is an Internet application which will allow the economical operators "adherents
and submit to validation their BSC on line.
The system will be initially operational for the imports of the Côte d’Ivoire
Legal Base
This new service will be servicing the international trade with the Côte d’Ivoire on the following legal basis:
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Decree n° 95-820 of September 29 n granting to OIC a concession of public utility to do the tracking of
sea traffic maritime, following the liberalization in Côte d’Ivoire in 1995 of the maritime transport
services.
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Decree n° 340 of November 12 , 2001, rendering compulsory to all importer or exporter to or from Côte
d’Ivoire the provision of a BSC for each import / export of goods.
I - Objectives of the New “BSC online” Management System
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To modernize import and export procedures, allowing Côte d’Ivoire to be pioneer while proposing to
importers and exporters reliable tools to satisfy the new requirements of security of imports and
exports in force in the USA and soon in Europe and Asia.
To facilitate the exchanges and to increase speed and fluidity of the transaction process for all the
players.
To ensure to all the players of the international trade the solution to the problem of OIC Port Agents
geographical representation.
To enable follow-up of the BSC validation process;
The competitiveness of the international trade with Côte d’Ivoire
The transparency offered to importers and exporters
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Any person or entity registered and having created an account in the “BSC online” management system.
Adherents thus, comprises Importers, Exporters and Forwarding Agents at loading or unloading ports and able to
connect themselves to the “BSC online” application, either to create or to follow-up the concerned BSC’s.
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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II – Flow Process of BSC « online »
ADHERENTS
Exporter / Forwarding Agent at
export port
Importer / Forwarding Agent at
import port
Creation of an adherent account
Validation of the adherent
account
Credit the account
Creation of a BSC « online »
Validation of a BSC « online »
Printing of a BSC « online » by
the adherent
Transmission of BSC « online »
to the Importer or its Forwarding
Agent
Customs Clearance of Goods
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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III – Stages of use
III – 1 – Home page presentation.
Access to the application done through the site
www.oic.ci
After its entry on the site entry, the visitor can choose between several languages (French, English and Spanish).
He will then have a copy of all the instructions related with the service “BSC on line”, as well as assistance
modules.
III – 2 – How to become adherent
To become adherent, the visitor must first of all create an Adherent account
Create an adherent account
Potential
Adherent
Adherent
This is the first stage that any member must do before being able to connect himself to the system. When
reached the home page of the site, the user can:
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Connect himself to the system (login / password), if he is already registered and has the status of
"member adherent".
Create an account and become "adherent" to the system.
During the creation of an account, the following information will be requested
Name or corporate name;
Address;
Zip code;
Telephone, Fax, E-mail (in the event of false information, the system will not be able to
communicate).;
Desired language;
Password + confirmation (between 4 and 8 characters);
Adherent type: exporter, importer, forwarding agent at loading port, forwarding agent at unloading
port;
Official document stating identity document certifying the legal commercial registration of the
entity (to attach electronically);
Import / Exporter Code;
An adherent account may have the following different status:
Creation - The visitor does not have still accomplished all the creation formalities
On standby of account validation. Two cases are then possible:
O Absence of official document – when any of the above-mentioned documents is missing,
the system returns as confirmation an impossible account
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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O On standby of validation – as soon as the creation procedure is completed, OIC is
committed to confirm creation of the account within 24 hours.
Validated – from this moment, the account is active and a confirmation will be addressed by mall
to the holder.
Invalidated: each time that an account have to be cancelled
It arises from the above mentioned, that it is particularly important for all exporter or exporter representative to
provide all necessary documents as mentioned above, as quick as possible.
III – 3 – Connection to the system
This stage explains how a simple visitor, having become member, can use the application and profit from the
service of BSC on line
Connecting to the system
Adherent
This corresponds to the identification phase, an authentication that all adherents must go through, before having
the access to system functionalities.
To be connected the user have to provide the following information:
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Login (number of adherent)
Password
In the event of loss of password, the system proposes to the member to receive it by email (to the address
provided at the time of account creation) or as a last solution to get in contact with the BSC Technical Centre, to
re-create the access.
The adherent number and the password are confidential information. It is a member’s responsibility, to ensure
their safeguard and to prevent any abusive use. Adherent number and password are private and corresponds to
one person only. In the case of a company with several users, it is highly recommended to proceed with the
creation of as much accounts as users.
III – 4 – Credit an account
To run the application, the member must supply its account. This procedure is the same that is being done today,
when the exporters or their representatives buy one or several virgin BSC in paper.
This phase represents the case where an adherent wants to credit his account to be able to ask for the BSC
validation.
Once the adherent is connected, the system will show the necessary instructions, available in the module
MANAGEMENT OF ACCOUNT.
The system will also indicate to the adherent the bank account references to where transfer the money credited
in its account to pay the BSC.
III – 5 – Create a BSC
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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For each export to Côte d’Ivoire, a BSC have to be created during or right after shipment of goods. The exporter
or its Forwarding Agent, thus, constitutes the heart of the system, looking to it by the “Adherents” point of view.
List of necessary data:
N° BSC (generated automatically by the system)
N° BL (bill of lading)
Role to play in the transaction: Exporter; Importer; Forwarding Agent at loading; Forwarding Agent at
Unloading (should correspond to the role played by the adherent who is creating the BSC)
Groupage (Yes /No)
Humanitarian donations (Yes/No)
Payment of the BSC by the importer (or its Forwarding Agent) (Yes/No): in case of No, the adherent
opening the BSC will hold payment.
A BSC may concern several parties or "adherents". For each party concerned, the system will require:
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Either a member number, if already an "adherent"
Or the following information:
Name or corporate name
Address
Zip code + City + Country
Telephone, Fax, E-mail (in the event of false information, the system will not be able to
communicate).
The shipping steps shall contain the following elements:
Loading and Unloading Ports
City and/or country of shipment of goods (and not "country of origin")
Method of transport (road, railway, aerial, fluvial)
Final destination: city
Method of post-transfer (road, railway, aerial, fluvial)
Transhipment port
Sailing date
Estimated arrival date (ETA)
Ship: either the member chooses a ship in the existing list, or he has the possibility of adding a ship to
such list:
• Ship-owner
• Ship’ name
• Ship’ type (crude oil tanker; other type of tanker; ore bulk carrier, general cargo liner, containers
carrier; Ro-Ro, fishing-boat / trawler)
Voyage n°
Goods concerned Information:
Goods commercial description
Type of packing + packing capacity (unit + quantity)
HS Code (first 4 digits)
Exporter and importer (only in case of “groupage”)
Dangerous goods (Yes/No).
Transaction value related information:
Total value of goods
Currency
Incoterm
Freight elements
• Ocean freight
• CIF (Currency Adjustment Factor)
• BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor)
Insurance
Other charges
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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• THC (Terminal Handling Charges)
• Other expenses
Shipping data:
• Type: container or Conventional
• Volume + unit (by default M3): obligatory if shipped by container
• Gross weight + unit (by default MTons)
Container’ data:
Container n°
Seal n°
Seal type (name of the sealing company)
Container type (Dry; refrigerator, ventilated)
Container size (20 feet; 40 feet).
Cargo documents to attach
The adherent has to attach (according to the procedure detailed hereunder) to every
documents:
BL (bill of lading)
Final invoice: one or more, but at least one
Packing list (only in the case of “groupage”)
Customs Declaration at export country
BSC the following
III – 6 – Attach documents to the system
Adherent
Attach documents
BSC Technical Centre
This is the phase where the adherent wishes to attach documents, either to its account, to a BSC that he is
creating or a BSC that he wants to validate.
Two solutions are available:
The necessary documents exists in electronic format: then the system enables to attach them to the
correspondent BSC, as done by the majority of the mailing tools available in the market (attachments to
sending mails).
The necessary documents does not exists in electronic format: then it is given the member the possibility
of sending its documents by fax to the BSC Technical Centre using the numbers mentioned at the end
of this manual
The BSC Technical Centre will then scan and attach the documents to the concerned BSC. All the documents
received by fax will thus have to mention or contain the number of the BSC to attach the aforementioned
documents.
In the case of the documents sent to the Technical Centre, OIC reserves his rights to invoice further this service.
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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III - 7 – Validate a BSC
Validate a BSC
BSC Technical Centre
This case represents the phase where the BSC Technical Centre has to validate a BSC.
This validation consists in checking: 1) that all the necessary information was provided (validation of a BSC will
not be allowed in the absence of a document or a blank field in the application) and 2) the information provided in
the BSC corresponds to the information available in the attached documents. OIC does not check the validity of
the data supplied through the service BSC on line, but simply the concordance between the recorded data with
the one in the attached documents.
III – 8 – To debit and account
Debit an account
BSC Technical Centre
This is the phase where the BSC Technical Centre, after the validation of a BSC, has to debit the correspondent
fee on the adherent bank account.
Once the BSC is validated, the adherent bank account defined to pay the BSC, is debited of the correspondent
amount.
In certain exceptional cases, payments by importers in Côte d’Ivoire will be accepted by the OIC and the importer
will be held to bring a proof of its payment to the Technical Centre. However, in these exceptional cases, on top
of the BSC tariff, the importers will have to pay a penalty which amount will be informed by the OIC.
The account to debit is:
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Either, the one from the adherent who requested BSC validation
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Or the one from the Importer / Forwarding Agent as requested by the adherent who created the
BSC (in this case, the importer / forwarding agent shall give its agreement before beginning of the
BSC’ validation process).
III – 9 – Search / Consult / Print a BSC
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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OIC (Maritime Direction + statistics)
Search/Consult/Print un BSC
Adherent
BSC Technical Centre
This case represents the phase where an adherent to the system search a BSC recorded in the system to
consult or to print.
Search a BSC
The system will offer the possibility to search for a BSC by the following criteria:
N° of the BSC
N° of BL (Bill of lading)
Importer or forwarding agent with the unloading
Exporter or forwarding agent with the loading
Creation date (between 2 dates)
Statute of the BSC
Go back to passage in this statute (between 2 dates)
Code HS
Type of forwarding: container or conventional
Ship
Transporters
Country or loading port
Country or unloading port
Ship’s Sailing and Estimated arrival dates
Once the concerned BSC is found, the adherent can consult, print or even change , if he have such right, the
BSC.
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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To consult a BSC
The system offers the possibility to consult all the information contained into a BSC
Glossary
BSC
= Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons (Cargo Track Note)
HS Code
= Harmonised System Code
OIC
= Office Ivoirien des Chargeurs (Chamber of Ivorian Shiipers)
SGS
= Société Générale de Surveillance, SA
* Information in bold in the application, is obligatory any time during the creation of an account or a BSC
Contacts :
BSC Technical Centre
Km 1- Bd de Marseille
01 BP 795 Abidjan 01
Tél. : + (225) 21 .75. 22.58
Fax: + (225) 21.75.22.33 / 21.75.22.34
Email : ct.bsc@sgs.com
Office Ivoirien des Chargeurs (OIC)
Face Grand Moulin d’Abidjan
01 BP 3709 Abidjan 01
Tél. : (225) 21.25.99.33
Fax: + (225) 21.25.27.20
Email: oic@aviso.ci
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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Appendix – BSC Online Users Guide
“BSC online” - Instructions Manual
Introduction
This Instructions Manual introduces the new “BSC online" management system, which will come into force from
st
the 1 of May 2005, and its objectives. It also gives the general workflow of BSC management, as well as the
system functionalities.
[ 1 ]
" to create
The new system is an Internet application which will allow the economical operators "adherents
and submit to validation their BSC on line.
The system will be initially operational for the imports of the Côte d’Ivoire
Legal Base
This new service will be servicing the international trade with the Côte d’Ivoire on the following legal basis:
th
•
Decree n° 95-820 of September 29 n granting to OIC a concession of public utility to do the tracking of
sea traffic maritime, following the liberalization in Côte d’Ivoire in 1995 of the maritime transport
services.
th
•
Decree n° 340 of November 12 , 2001, rendering compulsory to all importer or exporter to or from Côte
d’Ivoire the provision of a BSC for each import / export of goods.
I - Objectives of the New “BSC online” Management System
•
•
•
•
•
•
To modernize import and export procedures, allowing Côte d’Ivoire to be pioneer while proposing to
importers and exporters reliable tools to satisfy the new requirements of security of imports and
exports in force in the USA and soon in Europe and Asia.
To facilitate the exchanges and to increase speed and fluidity of the transaction process for all the
players.
To ensure to all the players of the international trade the solution to the problem of OIC Port Agents
geographical representation.
To enable follow-up of the BSC validation process;
The competitiveness of the international trade with Côte d’Ivoire
The transparency offered to importers and exporters
[ 1 ]
Any person or entity registered and having created an account in the “BSC online” management system.
Adherents thus, comprises Importers, Exporters and Forwarding Agents at loading or unloading ports and able to
connect themselves to the “BSC online” application, either to create or to follow-up the concerned BSC’s.
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
African Marketing I 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM / DELMAS
II – Flow Process of BSC « online »
ADHERENTS
Exporter / Forwarding Agent at
export port
Importer / Forwarding Agent at
import port
Creation of an adherent account
Validation of the adherent
account
Credit the account
Creation of a BSC « online »
Validation of a BSC « online »
Printing of a BSC « online » by
the adherent
Transmission of BSC « online »
to the Importer or its Forwarding
Agent
Customs Clearance of Goods
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
African Marketing I 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM / DELMAS
III – Stages of use
III – 1 – Home page presentation.
Access to the application done through the site
www.oic.ci
After its entry on the site entry, the visitor can choose between several languages (French, English and Spanish).
He will then have a copy of all the instructions related with the service “BSC on line”, as well as assistance
modules.
III – 2 – How to become adherent
To become adherent, the visitor must first of all create an Adherent account
Create an adherent account
Potential
Adherent
Adherent
This is the first stage that any member must do before being able to connect himself to the system. When
reached the home page of the site, the user can:
•
•
Connect himself to the system (login / password), if he is already registered and has the status of
"member adherent".
Create an account and become "adherent" to the system.
During the creation of an account, the following information will be requested
Name or corporate name;
Address;
Zip code;
Telephone, Fax, E-mail (in the event of false information, the system will not be able to
communicate).;
Desired language;
Password + confirmation (between 4 and 8 characters);
Adherent type: exporter, importer, forwarding agent at loading port, forwarding agent at unloading
port;
Official document stating identity document certifying the legal commercial registration of the
entity (to attach electronically);
Import / Exporter Code;
An adherent account may have the following different status:
Creation - The visitor does not have still accomplished all the creation formalities
On standby of account validation. Two cases are then possible:
O Absence of official document – when any of the above-mentioned documents is missing,
the system returns as confirmation an impossible account
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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O On standby of validation – as soon as the creation procedure is completed, OIC is
committed to confirm creation of the account within 24 hours.
Validated – from this moment, the account is active and a confirmation will be addressed by mall
to the holder.
Invalidated: each time that an account have to be cancelled
It arises from the above mentioned, that it is particularly important for all exporter or exporter representative to
provide all necessary documents as mentioned above, as quick as possible.
III – 3 – Connection to the system
This stage explains how a simple visitor, having become member, can use the application and profit from the
service of BSC on line
Connecting to the system
Adherent
This corresponds to the identification phase, an authentication that all adherents must go through, before having
the access to system functionalities.
To be connected the user have to provide the following information:
•
•
Login (number of adherent)
Password
In the event of loss of password, the system proposes to the member to receive it by email (to the address
provided at the time of account creation) or as a last solution to get in contact with the BSC Technical Centre, to
re-create the access.
The adherent number and the password are confidential information. It is a member’s responsibility, to ensure
their safeguard and to prevent any abusive use. Adherent number and password are private and corresponds to
one person only. In the case of a company with several users, it is highly recommended to proceed with the
creation of as much accounts as users.
III – 4 – Credit an account
To run the application, the member must supply its account. This procedure is the same that is being done today,
when the exporters or their representatives buy one or several virgin BSC in paper.
This phase represents the case where an adherent wants to credit his account to be able to ask for the BSC
validation.
Once the adherent is connected, the system will show the necessary instructions, available in the module
MANAGEMENT OF ACCOUNT.
The system will also indicate to the adherent the bank account references to where transfer the money credited
in its account to pay the BSC.
III – 5 – Create a BSC
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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For each export to Côte d’Ivoire, a BSC have to be created during or right after shipment of goods. The exporter
or its Forwarding Agent, thus, constitutes the heart of the system, looking to it by the “Adherents” point of view.
List of necessary data:
N° BSC (generated automatically by the system)
N° BL (bill of lading)
Role to play in the transaction: Exporter; Importer; Forwarding Agent at loading; Forwarding Agent at
Unloading (should correspond to the role played by the adherent who is creating the BSC)
Groupage (Yes /No)
Humanitarian donations (Yes/No)
Payment of the BSC by the importer (or its Forwarding Agent) (Yes/No): in case of No, the adherent
opening the BSC will hold payment.
A BSC may concern several parties or "adherents". For each party concerned, the system will require:
•
•
Either a member number, if already an "adherent"
Or the following information:
Name or corporate name
Address
Zip code + City + Country
Telephone, Fax, E-mail (in the event of false information, the system will not be able to
communicate).
The shipping steps shall contain the following elements:
Loading and Unloading Ports
City and/or country of shipment of goods (and not "country of origin")
Method of transport (road, railway, aerial, fluvial)
Final destination: city
Method of post-transfer (road, railway, aerial, fluvial)
Transhipment port
Sailing date
Estimated arrival date (ETA)
Ship: either the member chooses a ship in the existing list, or he has the possibility of adding a ship to
such list:
• Ship-owner
• Ship’ name
• Ship’ type (crude oil tanker; other type of tanker; ore bulk carrier, general cargo liner, containers
carrier; Ro-Ro, fishing-boat / trawler)
Voyage n°
Goods concerned Information:
Goods commercial description
Type of packing + packing capacity (unit + quantity)
HS Code (first 4 digits)
Exporter and importer (only in case of “groupage”)
Dangerous goods (Yes/No).
Transaction value related information:
Total value of goods
Currency
Incoterm
Freight elements
• Ocean freight
• CIF (Currency Adjustment Factor)
• BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor)
Insurance
Other charges
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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• THC (Terminal Handling Charges)
• Other expenses
Shipping data:
• Type: container or Conventional
• Volume + unit (by default M3): obligatory if shipped by container
• Gross weight + unit (by default MTons)
Container’ data:
Container n°
Seal n°
Seal type (name of the sealing company)
Container type (Dry; refrigerator, ventilated)
Container size (20 feet; 40 feet).
Cargo documents to attach
The adherent has to attach (according to the procedure detailed hereunder) to every
documents:
BL (bill of lading)
Final invoice: one or more, but at least one
Packing list (only in the case of “groupage”)
Customs Declaration at export country
BSC the following
III – 6 – Attach documents to the system
Adherent
Attach documents
BSC Technical Centre
This is the phase where the adherent wishes to attach documents, either to its account, to a BSC that he is
creating or a BSC that he wants to validate.
Two solutions are available:
The necessary documents exists in electronic format: then the system enables to attach them to the
correspondent BSC, as done by the majority of the mailing tools available in the market (attachments to
sending mails).
The necessary documents does not exists in electronic format: then it is given the member the possibility
of sending its documents by fax to the BSC Technical Centre using the numbers mentioned at the end
of this manual
The BSC Technical Centre will then scan and attach the documents to the concerned BSC. All the documents
received by fax will thus have to mention or contain the number of the BSC to attach the aforementioned
documents.
In the case of the documents sent to the Technical Centre, OIC reserves his rights to invoice further this service.
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
African Marketing I 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM / DELMAS
III - 7 – Validate a BSC
Validate a BSC
BSC Technical Centre
This case represents the phase where the BSC Technical Centre has to validate a BSC.
This validation consists in checking: 1) that all the necessary information was provided (validation of a BSC will
not be allowed in the absence of a document or a blank field in the application) and 2) the information provided in
the BSC corresponds to the information available in the attached documents. OIC does not check the validity of
the data supplied through the service BSC on line, but simply the concordance between the recorded data with
the one in the attached documents.
III – 8 – To debit and account
Debit an account
BSC Technical Centre
This is the phase where the BSC Technical Centre, after the validation of a BSC, has to debit the correspondent
fee on the adherent bank account.
Once the BSC is validated, the adherent bank account defined to pay the BSC, is debited of the correspondent
amount.
In certain exceptional cases, payments by importers in Côte d’Ivoire will be accepted by the OIC and the importer
will be held to bring a proof of its payment to the Technical Centre. However, in these exceptional cases, on top
of the BSC tariff, the importers will have to pay a penalty which amount will be informed by the OIC.
The account to debit is:
•
Either, the one from the adherent who requested BSC validation
•
Or the one from the Importer / Forwarding Agent as requested by the adherent who created the
BSC (in this case, the importer / forwarding agent shall give its agreement before beginning of the
BSC’ validation process).
III – 9 – Search / Consult / Print a BSC
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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OIC (Maritime Direction + statistics)
Search/Consult/Print un BSC
Adherent
BSC Technical Centre
This case represents the phase where an adherent to the system search a BSC recorded in the system to
consult or to print.
Search a BSC
The system will offer the possibility to search for a BSC by the following criteria:
N° of the BSC
N° of BL (Bill of lading)
Importer or forwarding agent with the unloading
Exporter or forwarding agent with the loading
Creation date (between 2 dates)
Statute of the BSC
Go back to passage in this statute (between 2 dates)
Code HS
Type of forwarding: container or conventional
Ship
Transporters
Country or loading port
Country or unloading port
Ship’s Sailing and Estimated arrival dates
Once the concerned BSC is found, the adherent can consult, print or even change , if he have such right, the
BSC.
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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To consult a BSC
The system offers the possibility to consult all the information contained into a BSC
Glossary
BSC
= Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons (Cargo Track Note)
HS Code
= Harmonised System Code
OIC
= Office Ivoirien des Chargeurs (Chamber of Ivorian Shiipers)
SGS
= Société Générale de Surveillance, SA
* Information in bold in the application, is obligatory any time during the creation of an account or a BSC
Contacts :
BSC Technical Centre
Km 1- Bd de Marseille
01 BP 795 Abidjan 01
Tél. : + (225) 21 .75. 22.58
Fax: + (225) 21.75.22.33 / 21.75.22.34
Email : ct.bsc@sgs.com
Office Ivoirien des Chargeurs (OIC)
Face Grand Moulin d’Abidjan
01 BP 3709 Abidjan 01
Tél. : (225) 21.25.99.33
Fax: + (225) 21.25.27.20
Email: oic@aviso.ci
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
African Marketing I 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM / DELMAS
Appendix – BSC Online Users Guide
“BSC online” - Instructions Manual
Introduction
This Instructions Manual introduces the new “BSC online" management system, which will come into force from
st
the 1 of May 2005, and its objectives. It also gives the general workflow of BSC management, as well as the
system functionalities.
[ 1 ]
" to create
The new system is an Internet application which will allow the economical operators "adherents
and submit to validation their BSC on line.
The system will be initially operational for the imports of the Côte d’Ivoire
Legal Base
This new service will be servicing the international trade with the Côte d’Ivoire on the following legal basis:
th
•
Decree n° 95-820 of September 29 n granting to OIC a concession of public utility to do the tracking of
sea traffic maritime, following the liberalization in Côte d’Ivoire in 1995 of the maritime transport
services.
th
•
Decree n° 340 of November 12 , 2001, rendering compulsory to all importer or exporter to or from Côte
d’Ivoire the provision of a BSC for each import / export of goods.
I - Objectives of the New “BSC online” Management System
•
•
•
•
•
•
To modernize import and export procedures, allowing Côte d’Ivoire to be pioneer while proposing to
importers and exporters reliable tools to satisfy the new requirements of security of imports and
exports in force in the USA and soon in Europe and Asia.
To facilitate the exchanges and to increase speed and fluidity of the transaction process for all the
players.
To ensure to all the players of the international trade the solution to the problem of OIC Port Agents
geographical representation.
To enable follow-up of the BSC validation process;
The competitiveness of the international trade with Côte d’Ivoire
The transparency offered to importers and exporters
[ 1 ]
Any person or entity registered and having created an account in the “BSC online” management system.
Adherents thus, comprises Importers, Exporters and Forwarding Agents at loading or unloading ports and able to
connect themselves to the “BSC online” application, either to create or to follow-up the concerned BSC’s.
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
DELMAS Marketing 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM Group Company
II – Flow Process of BSC « online »
ADHERENTS
Exporter / Forwarding Agent at
export port
Importer / Forwarding Agent at
import port
Creation of an adherent account
Validation of the adherent
account
Credit the account
Creation of a BSC « online »
Validation of a BSC « online »
Printing of a BSC « online » by
the adherent
Transmission of BSC « online »
to the Importer or its Forwarding
Agent
Customs Clearance of Goods
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
DELMAS Marketing 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM Group Company
III – Stages of use
III – 1 – Home page presentation.
Access to the application done through the site
www.oic.ci
After its entry on the site entry, the visitor can choose between several languages (French, English and Spanish).
He will then have a copy of all the instructions related with the service “BSC on line”, as well as assistance
modules.
III – 2 – How to become adherent
To become adherent, the visitor must first of all create an Adherent account
Create an adherent account
Potential
Adherent
Adherent
This is the first stage that any member must do before being able to connect himself to the system. When
reached the home page of the site, the user can:
•
•
Connect himself to the system (login / password), if he is already registered and has the status of
"member adherent".
Create an account and become "adherent" to the system.
During the creation of an account, the following information will be requested
Name or corporate name;
Address;
Zip code;
Telephone, Fax, E-mail (in the event of false information, the system will not be able to
communicate).;
Desired language;
Password + confirmation (between 4 and 8 characters);
Adherent type: exporter, importer, forwarding agent at loading port, forwarding agent at unloading
port;
Official document stating identity document certifying the legal commercial registration of the
entity (to attach electronically);
Import / Exporter Code;
An adherent account may have the following different status:
Creation - The visitor does not have still accomplished all the creation formalities
On standby of account validation. Two cases are then possible:
O Absence of official document – when any of the above-mentioned documents is missing,
the system returns as confirmation an impossible account
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
DELMAS Marketing 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM Group Company
O On standby of validation – as soon as the creation procedure is completed, OIC is
committed to confirm creation of the account within 24 hours.
Validated – from this moment, the account is active and a confirmation will be addressed by mall
to the holder.
Invalidated: each time that an account have to be cancelled
It arises from the above mentioned, that it is particularly important for all exporter or exporter representative to
provide all necessary documents as mentioned above, as quick as possible.
III – 3 – Connection to the system
This stage explains how a simple visitor, having become member, can use the application and profit from the
service of BSC on line
Connecting to the system
Adherent
This corresponds to the identification phase, an authentication that all adherents must go through, before having
the access to system functionalities.
To be connected the user have to provide the following information:
•
•
Login (number of adherent)
Password
In the event of loss of password, the system proposes to the member to receive it by email (to the address
provided at the time of account creation) or as a last solution to get in contact with the BSC Technical Centre, to
re-create the access.
The adherent number and the password are confidential information. It is a member’s responsibility, to ensure
their safeguard and to prevent any abusive use. Adherent number and password are private and corresponds to
one person only. In the case of a company with several users, it is highly recommended to proceed with the
creation of as much accounts as users.
III – 4 – Credit an account
To run the application, the member must supply its account. This procedure is the same that is being done today,
when the exporters or their representatives buy one or several virgin BSC in paper.
This phase represents the case where an adherent wants to credit his account to be able to ask for the BSC
validation.
Once the adherent is connected, the system will show the necessary instructions, available in the module
MANAGEMENT OF ACCOUNT.
The system will also indicate to the adherent the bank account references to where transfer the money credited
in its account to pay the BSC.
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
DELMAS Marketing 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM Group Company
III – 5 – Create a BSC
For each export to Côte d’Ivoire, a BSC have to be created during or right after shipment of goods. The exporter
or its Forwarding Agent, thus, constitutes the heart of the system, looking to it by the “Adherents” point of view.
List of necessary data:
N° BSC (generated automatically by the system)
N° BL (bill of lading)
Role to play in the transaction: Exporter; Importer; Forwarding Agent at loading; Forwarding Agent at
Unloading (should correspond to the role played by the adherent who is creating the BSC)
Groupage (Yes /No)
Humanitarian donations (Yes/No)
Payment of the BSC by the importer (or its Forwarding Agent) (Yes/No): in case of No, the adherent
opening the BSC will hold payment.
A BSC may concern several parties or "adherents". For each party concerned, the system will require:
•
•
Either a member number, if already an "adherent"
Or the following information:
Name or corporate name
Address
Zip code + City + Country
Telephone, Fax, E-mail (in the event of false information, the system will not be able to
communicate).
The shipping steps shall contain the following elements:
Loading and Unloading Ports
City and/or country of shipment of goods (and not "country of origin")
Method of transport (road, railway, aerial, fluvial)
Final destination: city
Method of post-transfer (road, railway, aerial, fluvial)
Transhipment port
Sailing date
Estimated arrival date (ETA)
Ship: either the member chooses a ship in the existing list, or he has the possibility of adding a ship to
such list:
• Ship-owner
• Ship’ name
• Ship’ type (crude oil tanker; other type of tanker; ore bulk carrier, general cargo liner, containers
carrier; Ro-Ro, fishing-boat / trawler)
Voyage n°
Goods concerned Information:
Goods commercial description
Type of packing + packing capacity (unit + quantity)
HS Code (first 4 digits)
Exporter and importer (only in case of “groupage”)
Dangerous goods (Yes/No).
Transaction value related information:
Total value of goods
Currency
Incoterm
Freight elements
• Ocean freight
• CIF (Currency Adjustment Factor)
• BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor)
Insurance
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
DELMAS Marketing 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM Group Company
Other charges
• THC (Terminal Handling Charges)
• Other expenses
Shipping data:
• Type: container or Conventional
• Volume + unit (by default M3): obligatory if shipped by container
• Gross weight + unit (by default MTons)
Container’ data:
Container n°
Seal n°
Seal type (name of the sealing company)
Container type (Dry; refrigerator, ventilated)
Container size (20 feet; 40 feet).
Cargo documents to attach
The adherent has to attach (according to the procedure detailed hereunder) to every
documents:
BL (bill of lading)
Final invoice: one or more, but at least one
Packing list (only in the case of “groupage”)
Customs Declaration at export country
BSC the following
III – 6 – Attach documents to the system
Adherent
Attach documents
BSC Technical Centre
This is the phase where the adherent wishes to attach documents, either to its account, to a BSC that he is
creating or a BSC that he wants to validate.
Two solutions are available:
The necessary documents exists in electronic format: then the system enables to attach them to the
correspondent BSC, as done by the majority of the mailing tools available in the market (attachments to
sending mails).
The necessary documents does not exists in electronic format: then it is given the member the possibility
of sending its documents by fax to the BSC Technical Centre using the numbers mentioned at the end
of this manual
The BSC Technical Centre will then scan and attach the documents to the concerned BSC. All the documents
received by fax will thus have to mention or contain the number of the BSC to attach the aforementioned
documents.
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
DELMAS Marketing 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM Group Company
In the case of the documents sent to the Technical Centre, OIC reserves his rights to invoice further this service.
III - 7 – Validate a BSC
Validate a BSC
BSC Technical Centre
This case represents the phase where the BSC Technical Centre has to validate a BSC.
This validation consists in checking: 1) that all the necessary information was provided (validation of a BSC will
not be allowed in the absence of a document or a blank field in the application) and 2) the information provided in
the BSC corresponds to the information available in the attached documents. OIC does not check the validity of
the data supplied through the service BSC on line, but simply the concordance between the recorded data with
the one in the attached documents.
III – 8 – To debit and account
Debit an account
BSC Technical Centre
This is the phase where the BSC Technical Centre, after the validation of a BSC, has to debit the correspondent
fee on the adherent bank account.
Once the BSC is validated, the adherent bank account defined to pay the BSC, is debited of the correspondent
amount.
In certain exceptional cases, payments by importers in Côte d’Ivoire will be accepted by the OIC and the importer
will be held to bring a proof of its payment to the Technical Centre. However, in these exceptional cases, on top
of the BSC tariff, the importers will have to pay a penalty which amount will be informed by the OIC.
The account to debit is:
•
Either, the one from the adherent who requested BSC validation
•
Or the one from the Importer / Forwarding Agent as requested by the adherent who created the
BSC (in this case, the importer / forwarding agent shall give its agreement before beginning of the
BSC’ validation process).
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
DELMAS Marketing 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM Group Company
III – 9 – Search / Consult / Print a BSC
OIC (Maritime Direction + statistics)
Search/Consult/Print un BSC
Adherent
BSC Technical Centre
This case represents the phase where an adherent to the system search a BSC recorded in the system to
consult or to print.
Search a BSC
The system will offer the possibility to search for a BSC by the following criteria:
N° of the BSC
N° of BL (Bill of lading)
Importer or forwarding agent with the unloading
Exporter or forwarding agent with the loading
Creation date (between 2 dates)
Statute of the BSC
Go back to passage in this statute (between 2 dates)
Code HS
Type of forwarding: container or conventional
Ship
Transporters
Country or loading port
Country or unloading port
Ship’s Sailing and Estimated arrival dates
Once the concerned BSC is found, the adherent can consult, print or even change , if he have such right, the
BSC.
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
DELMAS Marketing 09/04/14 I CMA-CGM Group Company
To consult a BSC
The system offers the possibility to consult all the information contained into a BSC
Glossary
BSC
= Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons (Cargo Track Note)
HS Code
= Harmonised System Code
OIC
= Office Ivoirien des Chargeurs (Chamber of Ivorian Shiipers)
SGS
= Société Générale de Surveillance, SA
* Information in bold in the application, is obligatory any time during the creation of an account or a BSC
Contacts :
BSC Technical Centre
Km 1- Bd de Marseille
01 BP 795 Abidjan 01
Tél. : + (225) 21 .75. 22.58
Fax: + (225) 21.75.22.33 / 21.75.22.34
Email : ct.bsc@sgs.com
Office Ivoirien des Chargeurs (OIC)
Face Grand Moulin d’Abidjan
01 BP 3709 Abidjan 01
Tél. : (225) 21.25.99.33
Fax: + (225) 21.25.27.20
Email: oic@aviso.ci
The information given has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot
accept liability for any consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.
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DATA SHEET –
Government Services &
International Trade (GSIT)
PRE-SHIPMENT INSPECTION AND SCANNER
CONTROL OF IMPORTS FOR
Côte d’
Ivoire
1. Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) - Scanner control mandate
IS THE COUNTRY A MEMBER OF THE WTO? :
MANDATE AUTHORISED BY:
Yes
No
Ministère du Commerce
Ministère Délégué auprès du Premier Ministre, chargé de l’
Economie
et des Finances
APPLICABLE REGULATION(S):
Avis aux importateurs et exportateurs,
N° 2007-002 dated 13th February 2007
Circulaire N°1344/MDPMEF/DGD/ dated 13th February 2007
Direction Générale des Douanes
Arrêté interministériel N° 001 dated 19th February 2007
Note aux Importateurs / Bivac N° 003/2007
APPOINTED PSI COMPANY (IES):
BIVAC INTERNATIONAL- BIVAC SCAN CI
SELECTION OF PSI COMPANIES:
Not applicable
SCOPE OF DUTIES:
Pre-shipment Inspection only
Quality, quantity
Export market price (for foreign exchange purposes)
Export market price (for Government information purposes)
Customs classification per item
Value for Customs purposes
Assessment of import duties and taxes
Import eligibility
Pre-shipment inspection and Scanner control
Quality, quantity
Export market price (for foreign exchange purposes)
Export market price (for Government information purposes)
Customs classification per item
Value for Customs purposes
Assessment of import duties and taxes
Import eligibility
Scanner control
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DATA SHEET –
Government Services &
International Trade (GSIT)
1. Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) - Scanner control mandate (cont.)
Quality, quantity
Export market price (for foreign exchange purposes)
Export market price (for Government information purposes)
Customs classification per item
Value for Customs purposes
Assessment of import duties and taxes
Import eligibility
MINIMUM VALUE SUBJECT TO PSI AND /OR SCANNER CONTROL
Pre-shipment inspection only (not containerized products only):
XOF 500,000 FOB
Pre-shipment inspection and Scanner control: not applicable
Scanner only: not applicable
PART SHIPMENTS:
Subject to PSI and/or Scanner as per above values.
EXEMPTIONS FROM PSI:
All containerized products except those listed below:
- Food products (salt, milk and dairy products, juices and drinks,
preserve and semi-preserved products, meat, frozen and deep
frozen fish, rice and flour)
- Pharmaceutical products
- Electrical devices
- Roofing plates
EXEMPTIONS FROM SCANNER CONTROL: All products not containerized
2. Pre-Shipment Inspection Order (P.I.O.) - The instruction for BIVAC to inspect
P.I.O. NAME:
Fiche de Renseignements d’
Importation (FOB value higher than XOF
500,000)
ISSUED BY:
Ministère du Commerce
VALIDITY:
FRI: 6 months
AMOUNT BY WHICH P.I.O. VALUE
MAY BE EXCEEDED:
10% of the FOB value of the FRI
CHANGES FROM SEA TO AIR:
Applicable
DESTINATION INSPECTION:
Accepted further to acceptance from Ministère du Commerce
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International Trade (GSIT)
3. Inspection requirements/restrictions
SEALING OF F.C.L.CONTAINERS
Compulsory in case of Pre-Shipment Inspection
SECOND-HAND GOODS:
Authorised as per description of goods in the FRI if submitted to PSI
PROHIBITED IMPORTS:
See Section 8
RESTRICTED IMPORTS:
Subject to Licence approval by the Ministère du Commerce
LABELLING REQUIREMENTS:
Tobacco, match boxes, printed fabrics, alcoholic beverages and meat
and poultry imports are subject to specific labelling requirements;
Other products as: fruit or vegetables juices and drinks, mineral salt,
concentrated milk, sterilized milk and UHT sterilized milk, preserved
and semi-preserved products, pharmaceutical products are also
submitted to special labelling requirements.
OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Meat, cover plates, electrical devices, wheat flour and salt are subject
to special requirements
4. Price verification/Seller's invoice requirements
BUYING/CONFIRMING COMMISSIONS: Rapatriable commissions should be declared
INSURANCE:
Insurance coverage is compulsory in Côte d’
Ivoire
FINANCIAL INTEREST:
No specific requirement
FINAL INVOICE TO SHOW:
FOB per item, freight, ancillary charges and total value according to
commercial contract Incoterms
5. Reporting requirements
FINAL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY
BIVAC INTERNATIONAL TO ISSUE REPORT:
Final Invoice, Transport documents and packing list
TYPE OF REPORT ISSUED:
Certified Final Invoice
Attestation de Vérification (AV)
Avis de Résultat d’
Inspection (ARI)
Avis de Refus d’
Attestation (ARA)
Attestation de Vérification Documentaire (AVD)
Attestation de Vérification Documentaire et Qualitative (AVQ)
REPORT PURPOSE:
A Certified Final Invoice is supplied upon request to the
seller/exporter for payment purposes
An Attestation de Verification is supplied to the Importer and
Customs authorities for Customs clearance purpose
An Avis de Résultat d’
Inspection is sent to the importer to gather
transport documents further to inspection
An Avis de Refus d’
Attestation is supplied to the Importer and
Customs Authorities in case of quality or quantity discrepancy.
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Government Services &
International Trade (GSIT)
5. Reporting requirements (Cont.)
An Attestation de Vérification Documentaire is supplied to the
Importer and Customs Authorities in case of Scanner control (only)
for Customs clearance purpose
An Attestation de Vérification Documentaire et Qualitative is
supplied to the Importer and Customs Authorities in case of
Scanner control added to a pre-shipment inspection.
6. Inspection and Scanner control fees
Paid by the importer at the Ministry of Commerce while opening an FRI, and at BIVAC SCAN CI Liaison Office in
case of containerized merchandise:
At the Ministry of Commerce:
Case of PSI only: A fee of 0.75% of the FOB value of the Pro-Forma Invoice is paid, with a minimum fee of XOF
100,000
At BIVAC SCAN CI Liaison Office
A « Taxe de Sûreté » is paid for each container
Container 20 feet: XOF 84,892
Container 40 feet: XOF 169,784 (2*84,892)
Nevertheless, Bureau Veritas/BIVAC may invoice the Seller in the event of supplementary inspection visits (in
vain or unsatisfactory results). The costs incurred by the Seller in presenting the goods for inspection, such as
unpacking, handling, testing, sampling, repacking... are for the account of the Seller.
8. List of sensitive products submitted to PSI
The following products imported in containers are submitted to PSI:
Food products (salt, milk and dairy products, juices and drinks, preserve and semi-preserved products, meat,
frozen and deep frozen fish, rice and flour);
Pharmaceutical products;
Electrical devices;
Roofing plates.
7. List of goods exempted from PSI
Containerized products except: food products (salt, milk and dairy products, juices and drinks, preserve and
semi-preserved products, meat, frozen and deep frozen fish, rice and flour), pharmaceutical products,
electrical devices, roofing plates.
Imports with a FOB value equal or below XOF 500,000;
Gold;
Precious stones;
Objects of art;
Scrap metals;
Explosives, weapons, ammunition and other materials for the Army and the Police;
Live animals;
Fish, vegetables and fruits fresh or refrigerated (neither frozen nor deep frozen);
Plants and flowers;
Cinematographic films, exposed and developed;
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Government Services &
International Trade (GSIT)
7. List of goods exempted from PSI (Cont.)
Current newspaper and periodicals, postal and fiscal stamps, stamped papers, bank notes and check
books, passports;
Used personal and household effects;
Used vehicles;
Personal gifts;
Post parcels;
Crude Oil;
Commercial samples;
Donations offered by foreign governments or international organizations to the government, to charities, to
foundations and to philanthropic organizations recognized as being helpful towards the public;
Imports for diplomatic entities and for United Nations organizations for their own use in Côte d’
Ivoire;
Goods imported on a non-commercial and non-repetitive basis, for a personal use and whose value does
not exceed XOF 3,000,000.
8. List of prohibited goods
Drugs, Narcotics;
Weapons and war ammunition except collector's item;
Pornographic publications;
Hallucinogen products except those authorized by the Ministère de la Santé;
Imports of meat, which are not meeting the national specifications;
th
Asbestos and products containing asbestos (Ministerial decree No 96-682, dated September 4 1996);
Wheat flour which is not meeting the national standards;
Meat flour and bones from ruminants are forbidden for import in Côte d’
Ivoire (Custom codes
02.10.90.90.99 and 05.06.90.00.00);
Counterfeit goods;
Toxic wastes.
9. List of restricted goods
Restricted goods are subject to licence approval from the Ministry of Commerce.
10. Other relevant information
None
11. Geographical inspection zones
Worldwide
The information contained herein is for the purpose of facilitating Pre-Shipment Inspection and does not relieve Exporters or Importers from
their obligations in respect of compliance with the import regulations of the country of importation. Although every effort has been made to
ensure the correctness of the information, as at the date of issuance of this data sheet, BIVAC International does not accept any
responsibility for errors or omissions and, furthermore, the information may subsequently be subject to change as may be announced by
the Authorities in the country of importation. Consequently, Exporters are advised to check with Bureau Veritas/BIVAC, prior to shipment of
the goods, if there is any doubt concerning the issuance of a Clean Report of Findings.
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Public organizations
Local authorities
SOLUTION OVERVIEW
X-RAY SCANNING CONTAINERS
FOR BETTER CUSTOMS CONTROL
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
Togo
After
periods
of
civil
Senegal
disturbance, the Côte d'Ivoire
Burkina
government
needed
to Gambia
Faso
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
reinforce
the
country’s
Benin
economy. One way was to
Ghana
modernize customs control.
Côte
Sierra Leone
d’Ivoire
The Ministry of Finance
Liberia
wanted
to
encourage
international trade, while also
making sure that correct
import duties and taxes are
paid. To achieve these goals,
the government focused on
the country’s sea ports, especially its main port in Abidjan. To
attract trade, it was important to make the ports more efficient
and secure. New customs and security systems were needed to
maximize revenues and also to prevent illegal trade.
Client: Ministry of Finance,
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Client industry: Customs
Client size:
• Imports $3.36 billion FOB*
• Exports $5.124 billion FOB*
• GDP $24.78 billion
*Free on board. 2004 estimates
Client profile:
The Ministry of Finance is putting
tighter controls on imports to ensure
correct duties and taxes are paid.
In a country that depends mostly on
agriculture, such extra revenues are
important for the economy.
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
• Modernize customs control.
• Increase revenues from import
duties and taxes.
• Improve security, facilitate
international trade.
SOLUTION
• Bureau Veritas chosen to install
and operate an ultra modern
scanner for inspection of imported
goods.
• Staff trained to work closely with
Customs officials.
BENEFITS
• Faster customs clearance for
importers.
• Improved reputation of Port of
Abidjan: more modern, secure and
efficient.
• Better information flow to the
authorities.
SOLUTION
The government decided to
implement a scanner for
inspecting imported goods
inside containers at the port of
Abidjan. To install and operate
the scanner, Bureau Veritas
(through
its
subsidiary
dedicated to facilitating trade,
Bivac) was chosen because of
its strong technical expertise.
The government invested in
the most modern scanner
available. There are only two
others like it in the world: one on the UK side of the Channel
Tunnel, the other at the port of Marseille. It is bigger than other
scanners, and can be used to inspect two 40-foot containers at
the same time. Up to 30 containers can be checked every hour.
The scanner is extremely sensitive. For example, trained staff can
look at the color x-ray image and see the difference between a
new and a used car tire.
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SOLUTION
the help
“With
of Bureau
Veritas, we are
confident that
our container
scanning
program will
continue to be
a success.
”
Credits: Bureau Veritas
Gnamien Konan
Director of Customs
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Another example: they can count
exactly how many computers are
inside a container, then compare
with the number of computers
declared on transport documents. If
extra tax or duty needs to be paid, it
can be decided almost instantly. As
a result, illegal or undeclared items
can be found quickly and easily. The
Bureau Veritas team works closely
with Customs officials. A certificate
is given to each container that
passes the scanning. Customs can
then authorize the container. About 50 Bureau Veritas staff are based
at the Port of Abidjan, with two teams of 6 people who are trained to
analyze the images.
BENEFITS
The new scanner began operating in
early 2006. There are many
advantages. Imported goods are now
being cleared by Customs more
quickly. The port of Abidjan is able to
serve more customers in less time.
It is building a reputation for being
more modern, secure and efficient.
The systems are now in place
to increase revenues from import
duties and taxes. Information about
containers and the goods they carry
is shared with Customs in a quick,
efficient way. Bureau Veritas is working in close partnership with the
Customs Department to provide a reliable and effective service.
CONTACT
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Bureau Veritas - Government Services Division
By phone: +33 1 42 91 69 00
By e-mail: bivac.governmentservices@bureauveritas.com
about other Bureau Veritas Case Studies,
please visit:
http://www.bureauveritas.com
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