TMI BlogCFS/ ICDs/ EPZs GuidelinesX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... CFSs/ ICDs/ EPZs have been allowed to be opened in the interior, apart from port towns so as to decongest the ports. 2. To ensure smooth working of all the facilities, a need was felt to draw up a standard set of undertakings to be given by the custodians before they are so appointed under section 45 of the Customs Act or otherwise. To elicit suggestion from all Commissioners of Customs, a letter of even number dated 11.10.95 was circulated to all Chief Commissioner of Customs Central Excise, all Commissioners of Custom and some Commissioners of Customs Central Excise in whose Jurisdiction these facilities are being created. Sub-sequently, this was discussed as an Agenda point in the Conference of Commissioners held at Cochin on 2 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hat there should be provision for expansion of storage space, office accommodation, handling space, etc. for a period of 10 years. (2) Customs shall provide sufficient modern handling equipment in operational condition for handling the containers and cargo in the area; (3) No alteration of the plan in the accommodation, boundary wall and building, etc. shall be made without the concurrence of the Commissioner of Customs; (4) Insurance of all goods held in the ICD / CFs shall be made by the custodian; (5) Custodian shall abide by all the rules and regulations under the Customs Act; (6) For proper discharge of duties the custodian shall execute a bond equal to the value of the goods likely to be s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... transport from the nearest railway-head or suitable point shall be provided for the customs staff by the custodian; (14) In the ICD/ CFS / EPZ the custodian shall make adequate arrangements for sanitary facilities, water supply and other allied facilities, including canteen facility, for the officers working in the area; (15) Custodian shall not charge any rent/ demurrage on the goods detained by Customs Department under the Customs Department shall pay the rent to the custodian after the Customs Department shall pay the rent to the custodian after the ownership of the goods vests in the Government after confiscation. The rate of rent for such goods shall be fixed by the Commissioner in consu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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