Entity Registration and approval under Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations(SCMTR), 2018 - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 05/2019

MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CUSTOM HOUSE, NEW HARBOUR ESTATE THOOTHUKUDI - 628004. C. No. VIII/48/90/2018-cus pol Dated 14.03.2019 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 05/2019 Subject: Entity Registration and approval under Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations(SCMTR), 2018-reg. Attention of the importers, Exporters, Custom brokers, Public and all other stakeholders is invited to the Entity Registration and approval under Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations(SCMTR), 2018. 2. As a first step, the various stakeholders, from shipping Lines to Custodians will have to file an application to operate under the new regulations. Even the exporters - using the eSeal facility as per. Board s Circular 26/2017 dated 01.07.2017 read with circular 36/2017 dated 28.08.2017, will have to apply in the same form. To begin with, application has been opened Shipping lines, Shipping agents and Exporters(IEC holders). The application will have the details of the master applicant entity, persons authorized by them to work on their behalf, the various operations they intend to perform under the new regulations and supporting documents like address proof, contract/ agreement, cases booked them etc. 3. The master applicant entity will submit the application through their login on the ICEGATE web portal. The application will then be routed to ICES for approval by jurisdictional Customs officer. For this purpose, a new role ENT_APR (Entity approval) has been created in in ICES. The officer having the role will be to veris all the pending applications along with the supporting documents like address proof etc., approve them and wherever necessary, raise a query to the applicant. A detailed guidance note on the applicant process, application form and the various codes, terms and validations has been made available an the TCEGATE web portal as part of a detailed technical guidance note on SCMTR for the benefit of the stakeholders. 4. Difficulty, if any in the implementation of said registration and approval may be brought to the notice of this office immediately. (K.V.V.G DIWAKAR) COMMISSIONER