TMI BlogImports by United Nations and its Agencies - RegardingX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rtment of Revenue Central Board of Excise Customs Sub: Imports by United Nations and its Agencies - Regarding. I am directed to refer to Board's Circular No.79/95 dated 6.7.95 on the subject mentioned above. It was clarified in the said Circular that Section 7(b) of the United Nations (P I) Act, 1947 provides for exemption from customs duties and prohibitions and restrictions on impor ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... have stopped extending customs duty exemption to goods imported by Indian Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), even though it is a recognised international organisation which has been granted privileges and immunities under UN (P I) Act, 1947, vide notification No. UI/222(66)171 dated 28th October, 1972. 3. The matter has been examined. It may be noted that to give effec ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... that articles will not be sold in the country in which they were imported except under conditions agreed with the Government of concerned country. 4. Section 3 of the aforesaid UN (P I) Act, 1947, empowers the Central Government to amend the schedule of the said Act for conferring certain privileges on any other international organisation and after issue of the appropriate notification, these ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... official use, after verifying the privileges conferred by the notification issued by the MEA under UN (P I) Act, 1947. 5. In so far as ICRISAT notification is concerned (copy enclosed for ready reference), whole Article II has been extended and, therefore, the exemption for official use where claimed subject to same conditions as for United Nation mentioned in section 7(b) will be admissible. P ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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