Implementation of "CAR PASS SYSTEM" between India and Bangladesh through Ghojadanga LCS-regarding. - Customs - 01/2016

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUTOMS (PREV.) WEST BENGAL, KOLKATA, CUSTOMS HOUSE 3rd FLOOR:15/1 STRAND ROAD : KOLKATA-700001 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 01/2016 Dated : 12.01.2016 Subject: Implementation of CAR PASS SYSTEM between India and Bangladesh through Ghojadanga LCS-regarding. Attention of the Trades/Exporters/Importers/Customs Brokers/Clearing Agents and all the concerned working at Ghojadanga Land Customs Station is invited to the decision taken in the Joint Group of Customs (JGC) Commissioner Level Meeting held on 26-27th August, 2015, between India and Bangladesh, wherein a standard procedure for movement of trucks had been adopted and, accordingly, . CAR PASS procedure had been evolved for monitoring of entry/exit of vehicles at LCSs on Indo-Bangladesh Border. Now, the procedure will be effected at Ghojadanga LCS on and from 12.01.2016. The details of the procedure are as follows: 2. This system will be applicable for Cargo Vehicles moving between the Lend Customs Station (LCSs) in India and Bangladesh. In case of movement of trucks from India to Bangladesh, at the LCS of exit in India, a CAR PASS shall be issued to the vehicle by the Customs Authority. The CAR PASS , valid for a single entry/exit, would allow movement of the cargo vehicle upto the specified LCS in Bangladesh subject to satisfactory completion of all clearance formalities at the Indian LCS. 3. The CAR PASS shall have the following details: a) Vehicle Registration Number. b) Vehicle Registration Certificate Number. c) Name and address of the owner of the vehicle. d) Name and address of the driver. e) Driver s Driving License Number and period of validity. f) Name(s) of crew, if any. g) Photographs of driver I crew. h) Engine Number Chassis Number of the Vehicle. i) Lorry Receipt/Way Bill Number. j) Invoice Number. k) Nature of Cargo. l) Name and address of the Consignor. m) Name and address of the Consignee. n) Provision for endorsement of Customs at the Indian LCS for exit and re-entry o) Provision for endorsement of Customs at LCS at Bangladesh 4. The CAR PASS shall be prepared in triplicate. The said document would bear preprinted serial number and would be signed by the Customs Officer at the Indian LCS and the seal of the LCS shall be affixed. The original would be retained in the Indian LCS and the other two copies of the CAR PASS would be handed over to the driver of the vehicle. The vehicle would then be allowed to move after completion of all clearance formalities. 5. In the LCS for entry of vehicle in Bangladesh, Customs shall verify the details of driver/crew and vehicle particulars and on being satisfied that they tally with those mentioned in the CAR PASS , shall permit unloading of goods. They shall endorse vehicle permitted to return on the CAR PASS , retain the duplicate copy and return the triplicate copy to the driver. The vehicle must return to Indian side on the same day. To enable this, the timings for entry and return of vehicles will be as agreed Upon mutually between India and Bangladesh. 6. The CAR PASS shall be verified at the Indian LCS in the return journey of the vehicle including whether the details of driver/crew present in the vehicle match with those in the CAR PASS and the time of re-entry of the vehicle noted on the CAR PASS . The triplicate copy of the CAR PASS shall be surrendered at the Indian LCS. Customs at the Indian LCS shall reconcile the original copy of the CAR PASS available with them with the triplicate copy surrendered by the driver-of the vehicle. 6.1 Correspondingly, similar procedure would apply for Bangladeshi trucks entering Indian LCS. Sd/- (Dr. Nirmal Kumar Soren) Commissioner of Customs CC(P). WB. Kolkata