(1) Where the head of a clearance post office has received any advance electronic information prescribed by Presidential Decree including information on customs declaration (hereinafter referred to as "advance electronic information") from a country of dispatch of a postal item to be imported prior to the dispatch of the postal item, he or she shall submit such information to the head of a customs office before the relevant postal item is loaded onto the means of transportation departing from the country of dispatch.
(2) The head of a customs house may require the head of a clearance post office to return a postal item for which advance electronic information is not submitted, among postal items sent from any of the countries required to submit advance electronic information as determined by the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service in consultation with the President of the Korea Post.
(3) The head of a clearance post office may omit the submission of a list of postal items pursuant to the main clause of Article 257 for a postal item for which advance electronic information has been submitted, and may have the postal item inspected by the head of a customs office: Provided, That the head of a clearance post office shall, when the head of a customs office requests the submission of a list of postal items on the grounds prescribed by Presidential Decree for the implementation of customs clearance procedures and the efficient monitoring and control thereof, submit such list.
(4) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) through (3), details necessary for the procedures for submitting advance electronic information, return of a postal item, and others shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.[This Article Newly Inserted on Dec. 21, 2021] [Enforcement Date: Jul. 1, 2022] Article 256-2