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Chief Commissioners should assign the cases of adjudication on a monthly basis in his jurisdiction to the officers in personam and ensure that the officer to whom the case has been assigned disposes of the said case. In the event of his transfer out of that jurisdiction he should not be relieved till he has disposed of the said cases.
Circular No. 1008/15/2015-CX A large number of references have been received from the trade as well as the field formations to clarify whether exemption Notification No. 12/2012-Central Excise, dated 17.03.2012 covers part/components of Wind Operated Electricity Generators (WOEG).
Notification No. 42/2015-Central Excise Specified biodiesel is exempt from central excise duty. However, its inputs namely, RBD Palm Stearin, Methanol and Sodium Methoxide are chargeable to central excise duty leading to CENVAT credit accumulation. Central excise duty has been exempted on RBD Palm Stearin, Methanol and Sodium Methoxide used in the manufacture of such biodiesel subject to actual user condition for a period upto 31.03.2016. Notification No.42/2015-Central Excise, dated 19.10.2015 may be referred to in this regard.
Kind attention is invited to Circular No. 890/10/2009 dated 3.6.2009 by which Board (CBEC) issued Order under Section 37B on classification of Coconut Oil packed in containers of the sizes up to 200ml. References have been received on the subject from field formations on need to review the Circular due to judicial pronouncements on the subject.
Notification No. 21/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, namely:
Government of India has taken-up a number of initiatives for promoting Ease of Doing business. One of the ways make cargo clearance easier is to reduce the use of paper and to introduce electronic messaging and paperless processing.
Central Excise-Notification No. 20/2015 CE (NT) Dated: 24-9-2015 -100% EOU – DTA Clearance – conditions, safeguards and procedures for supply of items like tags, labels, printed bags, stickers, belts, buttons and hangers for the purpose of their exportation out of India
Notification No. 20/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby notifies the conditions, safeguards and procedures for supply of items like tags, labels, printed bags, stickers, belts, buttons and hangers (hereinafter referred as specified goods) produced or manufactured in an Export Oriented Undertaking (hereinafter referred to as EOU) and cleared without payment of duty to a Domestic Tariff Area (hereinafter referred to as DTA) unit in terms of Para 6.09 (g) of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, for the purpose of their exportation out of India (hereinafter referred as specified purpose), namely:-
The CBEC vide Circular No. 1006/13/2015-CX dated September 21, 2015 has clarified that Board Circulars contrary to the judgements of Hon’ble Supreme Court become non-est in law and should not be followed.
Notification No. 19/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) G.S.R. 723(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of section 2 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), read with rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby invests the officers specified in column (1) of the Table below, with the powers of the Central Excise Officer of the rank specified in column (2) of the said Table, in the jurisdiction specified in Notification No. 27/2014-Central Excise, dated the 16th September, 2014 published in the Gazette of India, part-II, section 3, Sub-Section(i), vide G.S.R. 651 (E), dated the 16th September, 2014, namely:-
