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ingle Window Project - Simplification of procedure in SWIFT for clearance of consignments related to drugs & cosmetics

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..... s invited to the Board s Circular No. 28/2016-Customs dated 14.06.2016 on the above mentioned subject. 2. 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, F .....

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..... ters of such goods should identify their items on this PEC list and include them as part of the Integrated 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 undersigned. 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 3.2. Several items falling under different Customs Tariff Heads which have been mapped in SWIFT as requiring clearance from Assistant Drug Controlle .....

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..... isk-based testing under which intervention for inspection and sampling by ADC officers will be significantly reduced. Further, the procedure for drawing of samples 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. 3.4. It was reported that in respect of import of drugs cosmetics items, the ADC's office draws samples for testing irre .....

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..... nother Customs location, the consignment will be referred for regulatory clearance purposes to the nearest ADC for clearance. For this purpose, when SWIFT was launched, all ICES locations were already mapped in the system to the nearest ADC's office for routing the consignments for ADC's clearance. 4. Importers and Customs Brokers are advised to correctly declare all information in the Integrated Declaration including product details required by for Single Window and their intended end-use, especially since their declaration will determine how the consignments are handled in respect of regulatory clearances. 5. Any difficulty noticed in the implementation of the Single Window Project may be brought to the n .....

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