Implementation of PGA e-SANCHIT- Paperless Processing under SWIFT - Uploading of Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by PGAs -further amendment of Public Notice No. 02/2020 dated 22.01.2020 - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 26/2020

Office Of The Principal Commissioner Of Customs (IMPORT) Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi C. No. VIII/ICD/TKD/Tech/Imp/111/2019 Date: 19.05.2020 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 26/2020 Sub: Implementation of PGA e-SANCHIT- Paperless Processing under SWIFT - Uploading of Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by PGAs -further amendment of Public Notice No. 02/2020 dated 22.01.2020 -reg. Attention of the importers, Custom Brokers, members of the trade and all other stake holders is invited to Board's Circular No. 24/2020-Cus. dated 14.05.2020 and Public Notice No. 02/2020 dated 22.01.2020 on the captioned subject. 2. e-SANCHIT application is successfully in operation since 01.04.2018. With the objective of further reducing physical interface between Customs/regulatory agencies and the trade and to increase the speed of clearance in imports, a facility to upload digitally signed Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by Participating Government Agencies (PGAs) on e-SANCHIT at all ICES locations across India was introduced from 16.11.2018 vide Circular No. 44/2018-Cus. dated 13.11.2018. Board has further issued Circular No.13/2019-cus. dated 03.06.2019, Circular No.19/2019-Cus. dated 16.07.2019, Circular No.03/2020-Cus. dated 15.01.2020 and Circular No. 11/2020-cus. dated 10.02.2020. Already 50 PGAs have been enabled for uploading their LPCOs on e-SANCHIT. 3. Now, One more PGA namely Registrar of Newspapers of India (RNI) with its LPCOs, as detailed below, is being brought onboard e-SANCHIT- Sr. No. Document Code Document Name Document Description PGA Code 1. 101RN1 Certificate of Registration Certificate of Registration issued by RNI for registering the publisher/Owner RNI 2. 911RN1 Self declaration certificate for Import Self Declaration Certificate is submitted by the Publisher/Owner of the newspaper and authenticated by RNI before importing the newsprint RNI With the above, the total number of PGAs brought onboard e-SANCHIT as on date becolnes 51 4. Since the facility to upload the LPCOs is now being fully made available to RNI. the beneficiaries i.e. importer/customs brokers would not be allowed to upload the previously issued LPCOs on e-SANCHIT w.e.f. 31.05.2020. Further to facilitate the members Of the trade (beneficiaries) the RNI is required to upload the LPCOs issued by them during the last 15 days from above cut-off date. Any LPCOs issued on a prior date may also be uploaded by the RNI on e-SANCHIT, in order to enable the beneficiary to utilize the same. 5. It is reiterated that the PGA will be communicating with the beneficiaries through the e-mail addresses registered in the ICEGATE. Simplified auto registration process in ICEGATE based on email IDs is already provided by them for registration under GST without the use of digital signatures for limited purposes of e-SANCHIT (communication and viewing) and the IRNs will be communicated to such email IDs. In this regard. Board's Circular No.35/2018-Cus. dated 01.10.2018 and Circular No. 14/2019-Cus. dated 03.06.2019 may be referred. Since, the facility of beneficiary uploading these documents through e-SANCI-IIT will be deactivated from 31.05.2020, beneficiary registration is of utmost beneficiaries are importance. Hence, beneficiaries are requested to ensure that correct email addresses are reflected in the ICEGATE. 6. Public Notice No. 02/2020 dated 22.01.2020 is modified to the extent discussed in para 3 above. 7. All trade associations/members of Customs Brokers Association are requested to take note and publicize the contents of this Public Notice among their members/constituents. 8. For the departmental officers, this may be treated as Standing Order. 9. Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of Additional Commissioner of Customs (Technical), ICD(Import), TKD, New Delhi. This issues with the approval of the Principal Commissioner of Customs, ICD (Import). Yours faithfully, (Rigved Thakur) Deputy Commissioner of Customs, ICD-1mport, TKD, New Delhi.