REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE-WORK-FATHERLAND
DECREE No. 2025/01085/PM OF 23 JUN 2025
to lay down procedures for implementing the Authorized Economic Operator Status in Cameroon.
# THE PRIME MINISTER, HEAD OF GOVERNMENT,
Mindful of the Constitution; Mindful of the Trade Facilitation Agreement, concluded in Bali on 7 December 2013; Mindful of Ruling No. 05/19-UEAC-010 A-CM-33 of 8 April 2019 to review the Customs Code of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC); Mindful of CEMAC Ruling No. 03/22-CEMAC-UEAC-010A-CM-38 of 10 November 2022, to lay down the Authorized Economic Operator Status (AEO) and the conditions for mutual acknowledgement in the CEMAC Zone; Mindful of Law No. 2018/018 of 14 December 2016 - Finance Law of the Republic of Cameroon for the 2017 Financial Year; Mindful of Decree No. 92/089 of 4 May 1992 to specify the duties of the Prime Minister as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 95/145 of 4 August 1995; Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2018/190 of 2 March 2018; Mindful of Decree No. 2019/001 of 4 January 2019 to appoint a Prime Minister, Head of Government,
# HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- (1) This Decree lays down procedures for implementing the Authorized Economic Operator Status, abbreviated and hereinafter referred to as “AEO”.
(2) It shall apply to all enterprises carrying out activities on the national territory, regardless of their field of action on the international supply chain.
Article 2.- (1) The Authorized Economic Operator status seeks to:
- simplify formalities and procedures of external trade;
- ensure the voluntary respect of national regulations;
- promote security and safety rules with regard to trade.
(2) Obtaining AEO status shall be voluntary but strongly recommended for economic operators that are heavily involved in foreign trade or play a key role in the international supply chain.
SERVICES DU PREMIER MINISTRE SECRETARIAT GÉNÉRAL DIRECTION DES AFFAIRES ADMINISTRATIVES ET DES RÉGUÉTÉS COPIE CERTIFIÉE CONFORME
ARTICLE 3.- Within the context of this Decree, the following definitions shall apply:
mutual acknowledgement agreement: arrangement concluded between Cameroon and another country, for the reciprocal recognition of duly granted AEO status;
authorization: Decision of the Customs Administration granting an AEO status to a company;
exporter: corporate body carrying out export and shipping operations of manufactured goods or local products out of the country;
importer: corporate body carrying out import operations of goods into the national territory;
authorized economic operator: company involved in the international movement of goods in whatever capacity and certified by the Customs Administration as compliant with regulations with regard to imports, exports, taxation, security and safety of the supply chain;
transporter: corporate body authorized by the competent authority, to carry out activities involving the movement of goods from one point of the national territory to another, or outside the national territory, in compliance with the rules laid down by the regulations in force.