DIS Guide Provides List of Documents Planned to be Supported

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Document Image System (DIS) implementation guide provides a full list of documents that are planned to be supported by DIS, said CBP sources. The implementation guide list differs from the list provided as part of Federal Register notice announcing the first phase of DIS testing. The documents listed within the Federal Register notice are only the documents supported within that first phase, said the CBP sources. CBP will be publishing additional Federal Register Notices that will announce the next series of documents that will be made available when ready to receive those forms.

Full List of Documents to be Supported in DIS

According to the implementation guide, the following documents will eventually be supported:

• APHIS Import Permit
• APHIS Notice of Arrival
• APHIS Pre-Clearance 203
• APHIS Transit Permit
• Certificate of Origin
• CITES Certificate
• Commercial Invoice
• EPA Form 3520-1
• EPA Form 3520-21
• EPA Form 3540-1
• EPA Pesticide Label
• EPA Pre-approved Vehicle/Engine Exemption Letter
• EPA TSCA Import Certification
• NOAA Form 370 (Fisheries Certificate of Origin)
• Foreign Certificate
• ISF Bond (Type 16) (Importer Security Filing Bond)
• Ingredients List
• Invoice Worksheet
• Meat Certificate
• Packing List
• Photo or Image
• Phytosanitary Certificates
• STB (Type 1) (Single Transaction Bond)
• NOAA Toothfish Pre-approval Form
• APHIS Veterinary Health Certificate
• Export Manifest
• Generic Document
• FSIS 9060-5 (US Export Certificate)
• FSIS 9540-4 (Shipper Notification - Importation of Undenatured Inedible Meat Product)
• FSIS 9010-1 (Application for the Return of Exported Products to the United States)
• FSIS 9540-5 (Sample Notification)

Documents Supported During the First Phase

The CBP forms and commercial documents supported in this first phase of the DIS test and covered by the notice are Commercial Invoices, Packing Lists, and Invoice Working Sheets. The Participating Government Agency (PGA) related forms and documents supported in the first phase of the DIS test and covered by the notice are:

• TSCA Import Certification Form
• EPA Form 3520-21 Importation of Motor Vehicles and Engines (off road)
• EPA Form 3520-1 Importation of Motor Vehicles and Engines (on road)
• EPA Form 3540-1 Notice of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices
• EPA Pre-approved Vehicle/Engine Exemption Letter
• EPA Pesticide Label
• APHIS Ingredients List
• APHIS Phytosanitary Certificate
• APHIS Import Permit
• APHIS Transit Permit
• APHIS Notice of Arrival 7
• APHIS Pre-Clearance 203
• NOAA Form 370 Fisheries Certificate of Origin
• NOAA Toothfish Pre-Approval

(See ITT's Online Archives 12040534 for initial summary announcing the DIS test notice. See ITT's Online Archives 12040548 for a full summary of the test notice. See ITT's Online Archives 12041017 for a summary of the DIS implementation guide)