I-Centralised Examination Station (CES) iyindawo esebenza ngasese, eqokwe i-US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) kodwa hhayi ngaphansi kwenkokhiso eqondile yesikhulu seCustoms. Kulapho impahla ethunyelwa kwamanye amazwe noma ethunyelwa ngaphandle yenziwa itholakale ukuze ihlolwe ngokomzimba yizikhulu zeCustoms ukuqinisekisa ukuthotshelwa kwemithetho nemithetho.
I-CES isetshenziselwa imisebenzi yokuhlolwa edidiyelwe, yenza kube lula ukucutshungulwa kwempahla. Uma ukuthunyelwa kukhethiwe ukuze kuhlolwe, kuhanjiswa ku-CES. Umthengi ongenisa impahla ngaphandle unesibopho sazo zonke izindleko ezihambisana nokuhlolwa kweCustoms e-CES, okuhlanganisa nokuya nokubuya kwa-CES, imali ye-CES, kanye nokugcinwa. I-CES ingasungulwa kunoma yiliphi itheku noma indawo engaphansi komqondisi wechweba.