Implementation of Risk Management System (RMS) for clearances under the DEPB Scheme - Customs - 29/2007

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CUSTOM HOUSE NAVRANGPURA, AHMEDABAD 380009 F. No. VIII/48-30/CUS/SYS/07 Dated:- 22.05.2007 PUBLIC NOTICE NO: 29/2007 SUB : Implementation of Risk Management System (RMS) for clearances under the DEPB Scheme. Attention of all Importers, Custom House Agents (CHA) and members of the Trade is invited to the P.N. No. 13/2007 dated 14.3.2007 regarding implementation of the RMS for Imports other than those under Export Promotion Schemes. It has now been decided to implement the RMS for import clearances sought under the DEPB Scheme too. The detailed procedure for clearance of the Bills of Entry under the Indian Customs EDI System after this introduction is given below. 2. The Bill of Entry would continue to be filed in the EDI either through the service centers or ICEGATE by indicating the Registration No. issued by the DEPB licence Registration section at the time of registration of the Scrip or the Transfer Release Advice, as the case may be, in respect of DEPB Scrips issued prior to 12.03.07, i.e. prior to online transmission of DEPB Scrips, in the relevant column as is being done currently. In respect of online transmission of Scrips, the importers/CHAs will be required to quote the DEPB Licence no. at the time of filing of Bills of Entry. This information will get transmitted to the RMS, which will process the data incorporated in the Bill of Entry and generate the risk evaluation output for the ICES. 3. If the Bill of Entry is facilitated by the RMS, the assessed copy alongwith the duty Challan (where part duty is payable in cash) will be printed on submission and the DEPB scrip or TRA as the case may be will be debited by the System. The manual endorsement of the debit on the physical copy of the licence, which was being done by the Group Appraiser/Superintendent earlier, will not be done any longer by him as the Bill of Entry is not being marked to the Group. For this purpose, AO/DEPB debit assisted by TA/DEPB debit will carry out the debit endorsement on the physical copy of the licence. While doing so the authenticity and the ownership of the Licence/TRA shall also be verified. 4. After duty payment and, endorsement of the manual debits on the physical copy of the licence, the registration of the goods will be permitted. The rest of the procedure up to obtaining Out-of-Charge will continue to be governed by the existing procedure prescribed in respect of non-group 7 RMS Bill of Entries and will not undergo any change. 5. In case of Non-facilitated Bills of Entry, which get marked to the Appraising Officer in the Group, the existing procedure on the EDI will not undergo any change. Endorsement of such debits and verifications of ownership even for such non facilitated Bills of Entry, will be done in the same manner as being followed presently. When the RMS marks the Bill of Entry directly for examination, though the system would auto debit the licence, the physical copy of the licence would also be debited and endorsed in the same manner as stated in the para 3 above. Goods registration would also be done in the same manner described in the para 4 supra. 6. All the Custom House Agents, Importers and trade are advised to provide complete details about the scrips used in the Bill of Entry at the time of filing the Bill of Entry. Addition/Deletion of scrips after filing the document will not be allowed unless a written justification to this effect is given to the satisfaction of the Additional Commissioner in charge of DEPB. All the instructions regarding amendments and re-assessments given in the Public Notice No13 dated 14.3.2007 are applicable to DEPB Bills. 7. All other aspects of clearance will be governed by the RMS Public Notice No. 13/2007 dated 14.03.2007 issued by Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad. 8. Risk Management System for clearances under DEPB will be made operational with effect from 23.05.2007. 9. In case of any difficulties faced in respect of such DEPB clearances trade may contact the ADC (SIIB) whose contact details are furnished below :- Shri K.Anpazhakan Additional Commissioner of Customs (SIIB/Prev) and Local Risk Manager Office of the Commissioner of Customs. Custom House , Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009 Phone: 079- 2758 2523/27 10. In case of any system related issues pertaining to the LRM server the ADC (SIIB) (who is the Local Risk Manager for the LRM sever) may continue to be contacted. (S. B. SINGH) COMMISSIONER