Acceptance of Electronic Certificate of Origin (e-COO) issued under India-Japan CEPA - Customs - Instruction No. 13/2023

..... s General under CBIC Madam/Sir, Subject: Acceptance of Electronic Certificate of Origin (e-COO) issued under India-Japan CEPA - regarding. With reference to above-mentioned subject, it is hereby clarified that an e-COO, issued electronically by the Issuing Authority of Japan, is a valid document for the purpose of claiming preferential benefit under India-Japan CEPA, provided that the e-COO has been issued in the prescribed format, bears seal and signatures of the authorized signatory of the Iss .....

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Acceptance of Electronic Certificate of Origin (e-COO) issued under India-Japan CEPA - Customs

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..... ses, a printed copy of e-COO shall be presented to the Customs officer, who shall cross-check the unique reference number and other particulars entered in the bill of entry with the printed copy of e-COO. This procedure will be in lieu of defacing the original hard copy of a certificate of origin. In this regard, it may be recalled that a check has already been introduced in ICES to disallow use of same COO reference number in more than one bill of entry. 5. It is requested that the above proced .....

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