128.23—Entry requirements.
(a) General rule.
Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, all articles carried by an express consignment entity shall be entered by a person with the right to file entry.
(b) Procedures—
(1) General.
All express consignment entities utilizing the procedures in this part shall comply with the requirements of the Customs Automated Commercial System (ACS). These requirements include those under the Automated Manifest System (AMS), Cargo Selectivity, Statement Processing, the Automated Broker Interface System (ABI), and enhancements of ACS.
(2) Entry number.
All entry numbers must be furnished to Customs in a Customs approved bar coded readable format in order to assist in the processing of express consignment cargo under the Customs Automated Commercial System (ACS).
(3) Paper entry document waiver.
The port director is authorized, at the time of entry, to accept the appropriate electronic equivalent in lieu of entry documents for those entries designated as not requiring examination or review when the advance manifest requirements of § 128.21(a) of this part have been met.
(c) Exception.
Articles specifically exempt from entry by § 141.4(b) of this chapter need not satisfy the general rule as set forth in paragraph (a) of this section.