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TMI BlogSingle Window Project - Simplification of procedure in SWIFT for clearance of consignments related to drugs & cosmeticsX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nts related to drugs cosmetics reg. Kind reference is invited to Board's Circular No. 03/2016 dated 03.02.2016 and Circular No. 10/2016 dated 15.03.2016 regarding the Indian Customs Single Window. Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has operationalised the 'Indian Customs Single Window Project' to facilitate trade from 01st April 2016 at all EDI locations throughout India. As a result the importers and exporters electronically lodge their Customs clearance documents at a single point only with the Customs. The required permission, if any, from Partner Government Agencies (PGAs) such as Animal Quarantine, Plant Quarantine, Drug Controller, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Textile Committee etc. is ob ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Declaration in order to avoid unnecessary references to the ADC. If any more items deserve to be part of the PEC list, importers/ Customs Brokers may bring it to the notice of the respective Commissioners. The Board has already established a Working Group to examine all such items. The PEC will be duly updated after holding consultations in the Working Group and with the approval of the concerned PGAs (DCGI - in case of drugs and cosmetics items). Dual Use Items Excipients 2.2 Several items falling under different Customs Tariff Heads which have been mapped in SWIFT as requiring clearance from Assistant Drug Controller's (ADC) office have dual use (use for medicinal and non-medicinal purposes) and excipients (an inactive subs ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s for drugs has been streamlined. Customs officers may carry out the inspection of all drug/cosmetics consignments. They shall forward copies of authenticated labels of consignments for verification by the ADCs office. In cases where the consignments have to be opened for the drawing of product samples, an officer from the ADC's office shall draw the samples. The ADC's office reserve the right to inspect any drugs/cosmetics consignment. 2.4 It was reported that in respect of import of drugs cosmetics items, the ADC's office draws samples for testing irrespective of whether the same batch to which the item belongs has undergone testing in previous consignments. Considering that this causes unnecessary hardship to the importe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... em to the nearest ADC's office for routing the consignments for ADC's clearance. Commissioners of Customs may report to the Board in case there are any problems with the mapping. 3. For implementation of the above decisions, DG (Systems) shall introduce necessary qualifiers in respect of the existing data fields in the Integrated Declaration. In regard to information required by ADC relating to supporting documents, CBEC is carrying out necessary upgrades to its IT infrastructure. Access by ADC's office to data fields or images of supporting documents and labels etc will be enabled once the CBEC IT infrastructure is upgraded. 4. Commissioners of Customs may kindly issue public notices to bring to the notice of the Trade th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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