Issuance of Equipment Type Approval (ETA) for License Exempt Wireless Equipment Devices - Reg. - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 55 / 2024

Govt of India Ministry of Finance Dept of Revenue Telephone: 25254461 Fax : 25221861 Email : [email protected] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, CHENNAI-IV CUSTOM HOUSE, NO. 60, RAJAJI SALAI, CHENNAI-600001 F.No.:GEN/SHED/MISC/18/2024-DOCKS ADMN(PT.1) DIN No. 20241173MZ000000BEB3 Dated : 05-11-2024 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 55 / 2024 Sub : Issuance of Equipment Type Approval (ETA) for License Exempt Wireless Equipment Devices - Reg. Kind attention of Importers, Customs Brokers, and all other concerned stakeholders is invited to the CBIC Instruction No.24/2024- Customs dated October 22nd 2024 and reference is also invited to Office Memorandum of WPC Wing, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications issued vide R 11017/01/2018-PP (part-1) dated 09-09-2024 in regard to issuance of Equipment Type Approval (ETA) for License-Exempt Wireless Equipment Devices (copy enclosed) as a Ease of Doing Business in the telecom sector. 2.1 Vide above OM, it is conveyed that all the applications of Equipment Type Approval (ETA) for wireless equipment devices, which have been license-exempt through various Gazette notifications issued from time to time, shall be granted to the applicant on a self-declaration basis. 2.2 To avail this facility, it is stated that, the applicants are required to submit the applications on the SARAL Sanchar portal (https://saralsanchar.gov.in), with all requisite documents and fees. Upon successful submission of the application, the applicants can download the ETA certificates from the portal. 3. It has also been clarified in the said OM that these ETAs shall be granted for ensuring compliance with RF regulation. Therefore, ETA holders must obtain No Objection Certificate or other clearances (if GEN/SHED/Misc/18/2024-Docks-Admn-O/o Commr-Cus-Exp-Chennai-Part(1) I/2406189/2024 applicable) from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) before importing the equipment. It is the sole responsibility of the ETA holders to ensure compliance with all import regulations and requirements stipulated by the DGFT. 4. Earlier Board Instructions no. 16/2022-Customs dated 21.07.2022 stands modified to that extent. 5. Difficulty, if any, in implementation of this Public Notice, may be brought to the notice of the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai-IV (Export) Commissionerate, Customs House, Chennai, through the e-mail [email protected]. 6. This Public Notice shall serve as Standing Order for Officers of Chenni-IV(Export) Commissionerate. K S V V Prasad Commissioner of Customs, Chennai-IV