Amends Notification No. 4/2006 to fix effective rate of duty on Cement Clinker @300/t and to exempt ethanol blended petrol - 64/2008 - Central Excise - Tariff

Amends Notification No. 4/2006 to fix effective rate of duty on Cement Clinker @300/t and to exempt ethanol blended petrol

Notification No. 64/2008-CX.,

Dated: December 24, 2008

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 4/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, part II, section 3, subsection (i) vide number G.S.R. 94(E) of the same date, namely:-

In the said notification, in the Table, -

(i) after S.No. 1C and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
"1D	2523 10 00	All goods	Rs 300 per tonne	-",

(ii) after S. No. 24 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
"24A.	2710	10% ethanol blended petrol that is a blend ,- (a) consisting, by volume, of 90% Motor spirit, (commonly known as petrol), on which the appropriate duties of excise have been paid and of 10% ethanol on which the appropriate duties of excise have been paid; and (b) conforming to Bureau of Indian Standards specification 2796. Explanation.-For the purposes of this exemption "appropriate duties of excise" shall mean the duties of excise leviable under the First Schedule and Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), the additional duty of excise leviable under section 111 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 1998 (21 of 1998) and the special additional excise duty leviable under section 147 of the Finance Act, 2002 (20 of 2002), read with any relevant exemption notification for the time being in force.	Nil	-"

F .No. 354/62/2008-TRU

(Unmesh Wagh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: - The principal notification No 4/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, part II, section 3, subsection (i) vide number G.S.R.94 (E), dated the 1st March, 2006, and was last amended by notification No. 58/2008-Central Excise, dated the 7th December, 2008 published vide number G.S.R. 840(E), dated the 7th December 2008.