Amendments in the Notification No. 06/2002-CE & 10/2003-CE (Chapter 15, 19, 69 & 8413) - 037/2003 - Central Excise - Tariff

Amendments in the Notification No. 06/2002-CE & 10/2003-CE (Chapter 15, 19, 69 & 8413)

NOTIFICATION NO. 37/2003-CE

DATED 30/04/2003

G.S.R.(E).- 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, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby directs that each of the notifications of the Government of India, specified in column (2) of the Table below, shall be amended or further amended, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table.

TABLE

S.No.	Notification No. and date	Amendments
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	6/2002-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2002	In the said notification, in the Table,-(i) for S.No. 244 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "244. 15.02 or15.03 The following goods namely:- (A) All goods other than refined edible oils Nil - - (B) Refined edible oils Re. One per kilogram - - (C) Refined edible oils, if manufactured out of refined edible oils on which the appropriate duty of excise under the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) or as the case may be, the additional customs duty under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) has already been paid Nil - -";     Explanation.- For the purposes of this exemption, "refined edible oil" means fixed vegetable oils, which subsequent to their expression or extraction, have undergone any one or more of the following processes, namely:- (a) treatment with alkali or acid; (b) bleaching; and (c) deodorisation, and conforms to the standards of "refined vegetable oil" read with the standards for the specified edible oils, as prescribed in the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954) and rules made thereunder.       (ii) for S.No. 245 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "245. 15.04 The following goods namely:-       (A) All goods (other than (a) partially or wholly hydrogenated vegetable fats and oils and fractions thereof, commonly known as "Vanaspati", and (b) bakery shortening) Nil - - (B) Bakery shortening, or partially or wholly hydrogenated vegetable fats and oils and fractions thereof, commonly known as "Vanaspati" Rs. 1.25 per kilogram - - (C) Bakery shortening, or partially or wholly hydrogenated vegetable fats and oils and fractions thereof, commonly known as "Vanaspati", if manufactured out of bakery shortening or "Vanaspati" on which the appropriate duty of excise under the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) or as the case may be, the additional customs duty under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) has already been paid Nil - -"; (iii) after S.No. 246 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "246A. 1508.90 Margarine Nil - -"; (v) against S.No. 254, for the entry in column (4), the entry "Nil" shall be substituted; (v) after S. No. 272 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be added, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "273. 1905.20 All goods 8% - - 274. 1905.39 Wafer biscuits 8% - - 275. 69 Ceramic tiles, manufactured in a factory not using electricity, or petroleum products falling under heading Nos. 27.09, 27.10, 27.11 or 27.13, for firing the kiln 8% - -".
2.	10/2003-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2003	In the said notification, in the Table,- (i) against S.No.35, for the entries in column (2), the entries "8413.11, 8413.12, 8413.13 or 8413.14" shall be substituted; (ii) after S.No. 51 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) "52. 8413.20 or 8413.91 All goods Nil".

[F. No.B-3/5/2003-TRU]

(Please refer NTF. NO. 25/2004-CE, DT. 09/07/2004 for further amendments in NTF. NO. 10/2003-CE, DT. 01/03/2003)

(Please refer Ntf. No. 45/2003-CE, Dt. 14/05/2003 for further amendment in Ntf. No. 06/2002-CE, Dt. 01/03/2002)