As July 1, 2009, according to the European Commission Taxation and Customs Union (ECTCU), an AEO “new security framework” will become in effect. It will now be required that all importers and exports in the European Union (EU) will have to submit a description of goods on their process of Pre-Departure and Pre-Arrival to the EU. The declaration will have to be lodged up to 24 hours prior to exportation or importation. This new measure will hopefully reduce any supply chain security seizures and increase compliance among companies and Member States.

AEO Certification - be it Security and Safety Certificate (AEO-F) or Customs and Security Certificate (AEO-S) are aimed at lessening the effect by providing benefits in regards to these declarations. One benefit is that AEO certified companies is will have to provide pre-departure and pre-arrival declarations with less security-related information, as opposed to Non-AEO companies, which will need to declare additional information.