Procedure for clearance of remaining Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) when the foreign run Aircraft on landing at Anna International Terminal and getting converted into domestic Flight with the left over fuel refuelled in the foreign country-reg. - Customs - 06/2016

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CHENNAI-I COMMISSIONERATE (AIRPORT) ANNA INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL, CHENNAI-600027 F.No.S.MISC.130/2010-AIRPORT-ADMIN Dated 26.07.2016 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 06/2016 AIRPORT ADMIN. Sub: Procedure for clearance of remaining Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) when the foreign run Aircraft on landing at Anna International Terminal and getting converted into domestic Flight with the left over fuel refuelled in the foreign country-reg. The Public Notice No. 2/2016-Airport-AdminIdated 22.01.2016 issued with regard to the subject mentioned above stands supplemented and modified by this Notice. The procedure as detailed below is prescribed now. The Airlines are required to obtain a permanent Import and Export Code from the Joint Director, Directorate General of Foreign Trade and Development. (1) Filing of Bill of Entry, determination of the Quantity of remaining-Alf. On landing of the Aircraft, the Airline operator obtains the Import General Manifest Number of the flight from IGM section of Customs, Chennai- VII Commissionerate (Air Cargo Complex) and the same has to be endorsed in the Bill of Entry, which may be shown to (produced to) Station Duty Officer(Air Customs Officer) for endorsement and present it to the Field flight Officer(Air Customs Officer) who would determine the quantity of the remaining ATF on the basis of log record sheet/declaration given by the pilot/flight engineer and the Field Flight Officer thereafter would endorse the Aircraft Number, Flight Number, Night date and quantity of the remaining ATF on the original and duplicate copy of the of Entry and mark the Bill of Entry to the Superintendent of Customs, Field and Flight, who shall cross check the endorsement with respect to the log sheet/pilot's declaration. The procedure of filing of prior Bill of Entry and the consequent procedures will continue to operate. (2) Assessment of the Bill of Entry and Audit. Then, the Bill of Entry is presented to the designated Superintendent of Customs (Bonds) in the batch on duty for assessment. After assessment it is to be presented to the batch Superintendent of Customs, Baggage immediately for auditing so as to enable the Airlines to pay the duty on the remaining ATF. (3) Payment of duty After assessment and Auditing of the Bill of Entry, it has to be presented to the Station Duty Officer, who shall generate a Fuel Duty Receipt from the System, The Airlines shall collect three copies of fuel duty receipt from the SDO and pay the duty in the State Bank of India, Arrival Hall of the Airport. (4) Out of Charge After payment of duty, the Bill of Entry shall be presented to the Superintendent of Customs, Field and Flight for getting Out of Charge Order. It shall be ensured that the flight takes off for domestic leg of its journey only after Out of Charge is given. In case of any departure from the above, Additional Commissioner Principal Commissioner to be consulted by the field office. (5) Manifest Closure After payment of duty, the Bill of Entry shall be presented to IGM number issuing section for making an entry regarding duty payment on remaining ATF against the respective IGM- no, of the aircraft. An endorsement on the Bill of Entry IGM closed shall be put after which the original copy of the Bill of Entry will be sent to Records section. If the IGM is not dosed within fifteen days of the arrival of Aircraft, it shall be assumed that the Airlines has not discharged the duly liability on the remaining quantity of ATF in the concerned aircraft and necessary action for recovery of duty with interest and penalty would be initiated by the batch officer in whose duty period the flight landed/IGM was generated. Every month the IGM section shall send to the Airport-Admin a list of IGMs pertaining to Aircraft arriving from foreign port and converted to domestic flights which have not been closed in the manner as above. (6) Difficulties if any, in implementation of the above procedure may be brought to the notice. (RANJAN KUMAR ROUTRAY) PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (AIRPORT)