TMI BlogVerification Mechanism and monitoring of export obligation under duty exemption/reward Schemes – reg.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... -mentioned subject and that several references have been received, requesting the Board to put in place a verification mechanism in respect of the duty credit scrips issued under Chapter 3 schemes of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) and in respect of the Export Promotion Schemes viz. Advance Authorization/Duty Free Import Authorization (DFIA)/Export Promotion Captial Goods (EPCG) schemes. 2. The ma ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hich are issued by the Chartered Engineers, shall be verified on a random basis through Central Excise divisions. Further, the EPCG notifications stipulate fulfilment of atleast 50% of export obligation within the first block. This shall be verified in detail. In case the same is found satisfactory, the Export Obligation Discharge Certificate issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... be carried out during the validity of the Authorisation and preferably through the Central Excise divisions. d) Action to safegaurd customs revenue should be initiated in case the authorization holder does not submit the Export Obligation Discharge Certificate within the time period stipulated in the relevant Customs notifications. e) As regards the duty credit scrips issued under Chapter 3 o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... that the Customs department should carry out verification, then such verification should be done. In all cases - EPCG, Advance Authorization, DFIA and Reward Schemes, the Department would retain the right to carry out a complete verification wherever there is specific intelligence available suggesting misuse. 3. The notifications issued under EPCG/Advance Authorization/DFIA schemes provide that ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e timely action in all cases of default.
4. The guidelines issued in the past on the subject shall be modified to the above extent.
5. Hindi version of this Trade Notice will follow.
(Hemant A Bhat)
Commissioner
Authority: Letter dated 16th March 2010
Issued by Board of Central Excise and
Customs, Department of Revenue,
New Delhi, under F.No. 605/16/2007-DBK (Pt.) X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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