Procedure to be followed in case of registration of duty credit Scrips issued under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) and Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 24/2015

GOVT. OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AIR CUSTOMS COMMISSIONERATE, 3R7/C.R. BLDG., QUEEN S ROAD, BENGALURU- 560 001, C. No. VIII/09/02/2015 Air cus Tech Date: 31-12-2015 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 24/2015 Sub: Procedure to be followed in case of registration of duty credit Scrips issued under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) and Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) - Reg. Attention of all Importers/ Exporters/CHAs and all concerned is invited to the para 3.01(i) (ii) of DGFT s Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 and Customs Notification No. 24/2015 25/2015 both dated 08th April 2015 regarding introduction of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) and Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) respectively. Since MEIS/SEIS issued by DGFT are electronically transmitted to ICES 1.5 system and can be viewed online, the following procedure for registration of MEIS/SEIS scrips would be followed. 1. The Original Scrip including its Annexure issued by DGFT, alongwith one photocopy of the same shall be submitted with application to the TA in Licence Section. The licence holder, his authorized employee or his authorized CHA only will be permitted to submit the documents. The TA in Licence section shall check that the documents are complete and shall give acknowledgment to scrip holder/CHA and also endorse the date of receipt on the application. In case the documents are not complete, the TA shall put up the file with the discrepancy memo to Appraising Officer/Superintendent on the same day for issuance of the deficiency memo. 2. The ACAO/Executive Asstt. shall check the Alert Register and will ensure that the name of licence holder does not appear in the Alert List and thereafter, shall endorse No Alert with his/ her signature and stamp on the original scrip and make an entry of the same in the No Alert register. 3. Tax Asstt./EA Licence shall enter the particulars of Licence viz. Licence No. and Date, Name of the Licence Holder, IEC No., Duty Credit amount etc. in the Alphabetical Register maintained in the Licence section and allot the scrip with individual File numbers. 4. The AO/Supdt. Licence will check for discrepancy and confirm the genuiness of the Licence on the ICES 1.5 system. Discrepancies, if any, be brought to the notice of AC/Licence otherwise the Licence shall be registered in the EDI system. The AO/Supdt. Shall keep a copy of the scrip Annexure in the file. The job number/ Registration number so generated by EDI system will be endorsed on the original scrip and its photocopy by AO/Supdt after which the TA will return original scrip to the scrip holder/ CHA against written acknowledgement on the photocopy of scrip in the file. Difficulties if any in implementation may be brought to the notice of the undersigned. Hindi version follows. (R. B. TIWARI) PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER