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`Self-Assessment’ has been introduced in Customs vide Finance Act, 2011. Further, it has been made mandatory for importers and exporters to file declarations electronically. These changes necessitated a re-look at the extant regulations / forms. Accordingly, draft ‘Bill of Entry (Electronic Declaration) Regulations, 2011’ and draft ‘Shipping Bill (Electronic Declaration) Regulations, 2011’ have been prepared by CBEC and are attached herewith as Annexure – ‘X’ & ‘Y’ respectively.
Notification No. 84 /2011 – Customs , Dated- 01st September, 2011 G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 118(E) dated the 1st March, 2002, namely :-
At the outset. I would like to inform you categorically that for the present the scheme will not be applied to exporters. OSPCA will be implemented in a phased manner beginning only with importers who avail the Accredited Clients Programme (ACP). Other categories of importers would be covered in subsequent phases but even then, taking into account administrative costs of conducting OSPCA and the nature and size of the business It is not intended to cover all importers and the present Custom House Audit shall continue side-by-side with OSPCA I may add that OSPCA would require an effective Risk Management System (RMS) as an essential prerequisite, which is so far not even introduced on the export side.
Some Chief Commissioners are of the view that whereas the manufactures of pan masala /gutkha shall be required to give an undertaking to comply with the provisions of the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 under no circumstance should export of the goods in question be stopped or disallowed. Other Chief Commissioners had a contrary view that allowing the export of pan masala / gutkha packed in plastic sachets would be a contravention of the said Rules of 2011. The Board has examined the matter in the background of the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 as well as the conflicting views of Chief Commissioners.
Notification No.83/ 2011-Customs, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8B of the said Act, read with rules 12 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes on N1, 3-dimethyl butyl-N’phenylenediamine (PX-13 also known as 6 PPD), falling under tariff items 3812, 3810, 2921, 2925, 2934 and 2942 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India, a safeguard duty at the rate of – (a) Thirty percent ad valorem minus anti-dumping duty payable, if any, upto one year from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette; and
Tariff Values of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap (All Grades) and Poppy Seeds Notified- Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Department of Revenue has issued a Notification No.63/2011-Customs (N.T.) dated August 30, 2011 and thereby notifying tariff values of edible oils, brass scrap (all grades) and Poppy seeds as shown in the table below.
NOTIFICATION NO.62/2011-CUSTOMS (N.T.) Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto into Indian currency or vice versa shall, with effect from 1st September, 2011 be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
Notification F. No. 275/05/2011- Income Tax CX.8A The existing practice of payment of court fee by the department, as appellant or as respondent, in the appeals filed before the Supreme Court, is that the respective field formation/directorate deposits it in a decentralized manner thorough the Central Agency Section (Supreme Court). However, the decentralized process of payment of court fee results in avoidable delays and thus causing delays in filing of appeals or the counters, as the case may be.
Notification No. 61/2011 – Customs (N. T.) In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 63/1994-Customs (N.T.) dated the 21st November, 1994, namely
Notification No.82/2011-Customs, New Delhi, dated the 25th August, 2011 Whereas, in the matter of import of PVC Flex Films (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under Chapter 39 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), the designated authority in its preliminary findings, vide, notification No. 14/4/2010 -DGAD, dated the 22nd June, 2010,
