EOUs and EPZ/ST/EHTP Units – amending notifications clarified

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..... rocedural simplification in relation to EOU/EPZ/STP/EHTP schemes. 2. The various issues raised by the Ministry of Commerce and the Trade have been examined and to address the same, notification nos. 9/2000-Customs, dated the 28 th January, 2000 and 2/2000-Central Excise, dated the 28 th January, 2000 have been issued to amend the different notifications governing import/procurement by EOU and units in EPZ/STP/EHTP. A copy each of the notification is enclosed for reference. 3. The sailent features of the amendment made are as given below: (i) Clearance of Used Packing Mqaterials and Goods other than Cpapital Goods, Material Handling Equipment etc. Hitherto, the Export Oriented Units and u .....

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..... respectively, have been amended suitably to allow re-export of imported goods by the Assistant Commissioner of Customs. (iii) Import/Procurement of Spares/Fuel/Lubricants EOU units operating under notification No. 53/97-Cus, dated 3.6.97 and 1/95-CE, dated 4.1.95, can now import/procure spares, fuels, lubricant and consumables for captive power plants or captive generating sets without recommendation of the Development Commissioner. The requirement of permission of Development commissioner has been done away with. (iv) Procurement of Captive Power Plants or Captive Generation Sets Notification No. 126/94-CE, dated 2.9.94, governing indigenous procurement of goods by EPZ units and notification Nos .....

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..... ed that these amendments have placed the agro-processing units in a disadvantageous position y way of debarring them from availing of exemption nder notification Nos. 53/97-Cus, dated 3.6.97 1/95-CE, dated 4.1.95, which they were availing of prior to the said amendment. Notification Nos. 126/94-Cus, dated 3.6.94 136/94-CE, dated 10.11.94, have been amended accordingly to delete "processed fruits and vegetables, meat and edible, meat offal" from the list of items allowed to be exported under notifications ibid. With this, the ago processing units, which operate in physically bonded area, now can operate under the EOU scheme i.e. notification Nos. 53/97-Cus, dated 3.6.9 and 1/95-CE, dated 4.1.95. 4. Wide publicity may b .....

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