Circular No. 706/22/2003-CX I am directed to refer to Board’s Circular No.500/66/99-CX dated 15.12.1999 on the above mentioned subject in which the decision of the Board was conveyed that as a measure of simplification of export procedure, Commissioner of Central Excise (excluding those under whose jurisdiction the office of the Maritime Commissioner already exists) will designate one Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise as “Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise (Export)” who will discharge the functions as being discharged by existing Maritime Commissioner so far as export under (erstwhile) Rule 13(1)(a) and Rule 14 of Central Excise Rules, 1944 are concerned.
Circular No. 705/21/2003-CX I am directed to refer to instructions contained in Part-III Chapter VII of Central Excise Manual prescribing Simplified Export Procedure for exempted units. This procedure inter alia envisages that the goods meant for export can be cleared on the invoices (instead of regular ARE-1) or other similar documents of the manufacturer-exporters containing particulars of description of goods, name and address of the buyer, destination, value, date and time of removal of goods, etc.
The matter has been examined further. It has now been decided that the request for waiver of interest in case of re-export of capital goods may be considered favourably, if on clearance, such goods would not be installed, commissioned and used due to the facts that the goods were found defective or sub-standard, and therefore unfit for usage.
As regards Special Economic Zones, the administrative control would continue to be with the jurisdictional Commissioner of Customs. Further, in case of new Special Economic zone that are likely to come up in future, the administrative control shall be exercised by the jurisdictional Commissioner of Customs.
The Public Companies (Terms of Issue of Debentures and Raising of Loans with Option to Convert such Debentures or Loans into Shares) Amendment Rules, 2003
Government has now decided to allow mutual funds to invest in equity of listed overseas companies. Subsequently, RBI has also written to SEBI in this regard.
We hereby certify that all the above statements are true to the best of my knowledge. I understand that if any part of this declaration is found to be false at any time, the facility of Accelerated Clearance of Import and Export Scheme (ACS) will be liable to be cancelled/withdrawn.
These guidelines are issued in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 77 of SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996.
In view of above, it was suggested that in case of failure to achieve NFE (EP being deleted in the new Policy), the demand of duty alongwith interest should be in direct proportion to the default as already provided in case of SEZ Scheme. Since the concept is already in existence in case of SEZ Scheme, it has been decided to incorporate the same in EOU/STP/EHTP Scheme also. To implement this, a suitable provision has been incorporated in the notifications Nos. 22/2003-CE and 52/2003-Cus, both dated 31-3-2003, governing duty free procurement and import by EOUs and STP/EHTP.
I am directed to invite your attention to the Customs Tariff ( Amendment), Act, 2003 vide which the revised 8 digit Customs Classification Codes based on Harmonised Classification has been adopted by the Customs with effect from 1st February, 2003. The new 8 digit codes have also been adopted by Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S).
