Waiver Control
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Type: ARC
General Agent: Conseil National des Chargeurs Angolais ( C.N.C.A. ) Paris
Representative France: Worms Le Havre, 32 Rue Pierre Brossolette, France Tel : 02 35 19 63 74, Fax : 02 35 19 51 82
Documentation requirements: Mention the ARC number on the Bill of Lading & the manifest
Inspection Agency: SGS

Angola - Shippers Council Regulations - 15/4/97

Angola operates a similar cargo monitoring system as many of West Africa's francophone countries. This means that the local authorities requires shippers/ consignees to register the commodity, value, origin, carrier etc. of individual shipments and obtain dispensation to ship such cargo from, in this case, the Ministry of Commerce and Shipper's Council.

BIMCO has received a summary of the Angolan Shippers' Council regulations which require that:

All cargo destined for Angola needs to be accompanied by an import licence (BRI) and every bill of lading has to be accompanied by a loading certificate/ waiver (ARC number).

Given that penalties exist for non-compliance, it is very important that shippers ensure the correct procedures are adhered to. On the whole, approval is straightforward to obtain and waivers (loading certificates) are rarely, if ever, refused.

Requirements of shipper/ consignee:

1. The clearance of the cargo is impossible without a loading certificate and each bill of lading must correspond to one loading certificate.

2. The Angolan Shipper's Council (CNCA) or their agent are the only bodies authorised to issue loading certificates/ARC numbers.

3. The first step is that consignees must apply to the Ministry of Commerce 'to open' an Import Licence (BRI). This information is collated on computer and transferred to the CNCA.

4. Once cargo is ready, shippers should obtain a loading certificate blank form from CNCA or its agent at the loading port.

5. The shipper or his representative should fill in the required information on this document and give it back to the CNCA agent who will calculate the harbour and data processing dues and validate this information in the CNCA computer system.

6. Each loading certificate receives one serial number (ARC) and has to be duly dated, stamped and signed by the CNCA agent.

7. To receive his loading certificate, the shipper has to pay harbour and data processing dues as follows:

20ft containers - USD 100 per container
40ft containers - USD 200 per container

8. Harbour and data processing dues have to be collected at the moment goods have been loaded from port of discharge.

9. Penalties for failure to comply with these regulations can result in fines of USD 5,000 per incident plus a doubling of the CNCA fees.

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