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2016 (7) TMI 772 - CGOVT - Central ExciseClaim of rebate/ refund - export of goods - ARE-Is, did not have a certification of the Central Excise Officer that the export goods were sealed with Central Excise seal before the Officers. - The ARE-Is also did not bear a declaration of the exporter that the consignment has been packed and sealed in his presence by the seal, indicating that the goods claimed to have been cleared for export, had been cleared from the factory without any sealing. - Held that:- Government observes that any export clearance, intended to be made for claiming duty rebate, will be subject to Rule 18 ibid read with Notification No.19/2004-CE (NT) dated 06.09.2004. ARE-I is the principle document under the said notification that establishes that the applicant has either followed the procedure for sealing of goods and examination of goods at place of dispatch either by Central Excise Officer or by self-sealing. If the clearances have been made without following the procedure described above, it cannot be established that goods which were cleared from factory were the ones actually exported or that goods exported cannot be correlated with goods cleared from the factory. Leniencies in the sealing procedure could lead to possible fraud of claiming an alternatively available benefit which may lead to additional/double benefits. Therefore, Government notes that requirement and procedure of sealing either by Central Excise Officers or by self sealing is both a statutory condition and mandatory in substance for removal of goods for exports under claim for rebate of duty in the present case the applicant has admittedly failed to comply with the provisions by neither following the provision for scaling of goods at place of dispatch under excise supervision nor the self sealing procedure. - Claim rejected - Decided against the applicant.
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