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TMI BlogCourier Regulations for the manual and the electronic mode - regardingX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... invite your attention to Notification No. 36/2010-Cus (NT) dated 5th May, 2010 vide which the Board has notified Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2010. These Regulations have been framed to enable electronic filing and processing of customs declarations with regard to import and export consignments carried by courier companies. Further, vide Notification No. 75/2010-Cus (NT) dated 12th August, 2010, consequential changes have also been made in the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998, which regulate the procedure for clearance of courier consignments in the manual mode. 2. Following are some of the salient features of both courier Regulations-electronic as well as manual ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ocuments, data or information. In this regard, the detailed guideline on the list of documents to be verified and obtained from the client/ customer laid down as per the Annexure to Board's Circular No. 9/2010 dated 8th April, 2010 may be adhered to. It would be obligatory for the client/ customer to furnish to the Authorised Courier any two of the listed documents in the annexure. However, it is clarified that there is no requirement for the client/ customer to furnish a photograh separately to the Authorised Courier. (iii) Requirement of security and net worth: The requirement for security for acting as an Authorised Courier has been enhanced to ten lakhs rupees in case of major international airports of Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta and Chenn ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e required to be declared in case of declarations filed in Form C or Form D or Form E. Further, a transition period of six months has been prescribed in case of declarations filed in Form D for complying with the requirements of IEC number. It is also clarified that in case of import of goods for personal use not connected with trade or manufacture or agriculture, the permanent IEC number given under the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.I) notified by the DGFT may be used. (v) The requirement for value declarations by the importer in case of Courier Bill of Entry-XIV (CBE-XIV) for other dutiable consignments in Form E has been prescribed. (vi) As the Export Manifest Module is yet to be developed under the EDI, the provisions of Regulations 6(1 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... xport and imports on door-to-door delivery basis, and is registered in this behalf by the jurisdictional Commissioner. Also, the basic reason for expeditious clearance facilities being extended to them is that express companies have put in place verifiable and secure work processes on a global basis backed by an elaborate IT infrastructure for knowledge and information management. These companies have their own in-house mechanisms to guard against use of express supply chain by unscrupulous elements. Therefore, any unauthorized sub-letting or outsourcing of any of the components in the door-to-door supply chain may defeat the very purpose behind facility of expeditious clearance. Hence, the Commissioners of Customs should review the facilit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... riodical basis, at least once in a year, and during inspection it should be invariably seen, inter alia, if the Authorised Courier is obtaining these authorizations. (iii) Clause (vi) has been inserted in second proviso to Regulation 5(3) to provide that in case of goods having a declared value of more than one lakh rupees, a normal Bill of Entry as prescribed under the Bill of Entry (Forms) Regulations, 1976 shall be filed. 5. The existing procedure for testing of samples requires the Customs officers to draw samples in terms of Section 144. In this regard, Commissioners of Customs have also been provided the flexibility to send samples either to CRCL or to Government approved Laboratories. In case any import consignment under courier re ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... manually due to any break-down in the electronic server or other unforeseen circumstances. Moreover, even at these places the shift to electronic mode will take place gradually with the launch of pilot project, and till such time automation facilities become fully operational at a place, some consignments may need to be processed manually as may be determined by the jurisdictional Commissioners. 7.1 The existing Authorised Couriers who are registered or transacting business in terms of Regulation 12 of the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations 1998 at locations where automated clearance facilities become operational shall be eligible to file declarations under the electronic mode without any requirement for fresh appointment ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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