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Delayed, incomplete or incorrect filing of Import Manifest or Import

Documents required for the generation and release of EP copy — Regarding. Attention of all the Importers, Exporters, Custom Brokers, Steamer Agents, Trade and all others concerned is invited to the Public Notice No. 165/2016 issued by this office on 21.11.2016 in respect of documents required for the generation and release of EP copy. 2; Vide Circular No. 56/2016-Customs dated 24.11.2016, it is convened by the Board that:“The Mate’s receipt used to serve multifarious purposes mainly to ensure that the export container is loaded on the vessel. It also provides the date of sailing. However, since the advent of }) automation of Customs procedures, message exchange system, the manual issuance of mate receipt in the case of containerized cargo has become redundant. Moreover, disbursal of drawback is done only after the EGM has been filed at the gateway port. In view of the changed business workflow, need for issuance of Mate’s receipt is no more there. Board has therefore, decided that customs Houses should no more insist for issuance of Mate’s receipt in the case of containerized cargo. However, in respect of noncontainerized export cargo like bulk cargo etc., the practice of issuing Mate’s receip

Implementation of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Trans-boundary movement) Rules, 2016- regd. Attention of the Trade and Industry is invited to Notification No. GSR 395(E), dated 4th April, 2016 issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) on the above mentioned subject. 2. Vide instruction F. No.- 401/26/2014-Cus.-III(Pt.) dated 30 September, 2016, the CBEC, Ministry of Finance has conveyed that the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) vide its O.M. F.No. 234/2009-HSMD, dated 30.08.2016 has issued the decision taken at the Som meeting of Technical Review Committee held on 27' & 28t June, 2016 regarding validity of licenses of import of plastic and PET scrap issued under previous Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008. MoEF&CC has decided that licenses of import of plastic and PET scrap issued under previous Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 will be treated as legal documents. However, the import will be limited to the following four categories as on date of issue of their office memorandum:

Guidelines for launching of prosecution in _ to offences punishable under the Customs Act, 1962 — regarding. With reference to prosecution guidelines issued vide Circular NG: 27 /2015Customs dated 23.10.2015 on the above subject Board vide Circular No. +o, 2016- Cus dated 04.10.2016 it has conveyed the decision to amend Para 6 of the aforesaid Circular to include Gold among items in relation to which prosecution may preferably be launched immediately after issuance of show cause notice. Accordingly, the Para 6 of the existing guidelines has been substituted as follows: "Stage for launching of prosecution: Normally, prosecution may be launched immediately on completion of adjudication proceedings. However, prosecution in respect of cases involving offences relating to items t.e. Gold, FICN, arms, ammunitions and explosives, antiques, art treasures, wild life tems and endangered species of flora and fauna may preferably be launched immediately after issuance of show cause notice".

Incorrect simultaneous issuance of dual benefit of Zero duty EFEe and ous to exporters under the FTP 2009-14-option providing flexibility to return either benefit- reg. Attention of all the Members of Trade, Custom House Brokers a other stakeholders is invited to CBEC Circular No. 45/2016-Customs dated 23.09.2016 on the above mentioned subject. 2. Instances of simultaneous issuance of zero duty EPCG and SHIS were detected by DRI and highlighted to the DGFT. Subsequently, the CAG of India also mapped the concurrent availing of SHIS and zero duty EPCG not being in line with FTP 2009-14 provisions. The issue revolves around wordings in para 5.1 A HBP (27.08.2009), para 5.1 (f) FTP (5.6.2012), para 5.1(b) FTP (18.4.2013), para 3.10.3 and 9.3 (HBP). 3. After inter-Departmental consultations, that also took into account wordings in conditions specified in Customs EPCG/Post Export EPCG notification nos. 101/2009Cus, 102/2009-Cus, 22/2013- Cus, 5/2013-Cus, 23/2013-Cus and SHIS nouficauon No. 104/2009-Cus and clarifications made in Circular Nos. 26/2009-Cus and 38/2010-Cus, the Public Notice No. 30/2015-2020 dated 08.09.2016 has been issued by the Department of Commerce (DGFT) with the concurrence of Department Of