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TMI BlogIntroduction of Accredited Clients Programme (ACP)X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... examination. Such systems should provide for a special customs clearance procedure for authorized persons (Accredited Clients) having good track record and who meet specified criteria identified by the Customs. 2. Accordingly, the Board has decided to introduce the Risk Management System (RMS) with the "Accredited Client's Programme" (ACP) as its major component. The objective of the programme is to grant assured facilitation to importers who have demonstrated capacity and willingness to comply with the laws Customs department is required to implement. With the implementation of the Risk Management System, this programme will replace all existing schemes for facilitation in the sites where RMS is implemented. The RMS is scheduled for implementation from November, 2005 onwards in a phased manner, beginning with the Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Mumbai. The dates for implementation would be announced separately. 3. The goal of the Risk Management System (RMS) is to enable the department to strike an appropriate balance between trade facilitation and enforcement. Under the RMS, Bills of Entry filed by importers in the Indian Customs EDI System will be processed for risk and a larger num ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on form attached at Annex - 1. Importers meeting the following criteria shall be the eligible under the Accredited Clients Program: (i) They should have imported goods valued at Rs Ten Crores [assessable value] in the previous financial year; or paid more than Rs One Crore of Customs duty in the previous financial year; or, in the case of importers who are also Central Excise assessees, paid Central Excise Duties over Rs. One Crore from the Personal Ledger Account in the previous financial year. (ii) They should have filed at least 25 Bills of Entry in the previous financial year in one or more Indian Customs stations. (iii) They should have no cases of Customs, Central Excise or Service Tax booked against them in the previous three financial years. Cases booked would imply that there should be at least a show cause notice, invoking penal provisions, issued to an importer. (iv) They should also not have any cases booked under any of the Allied Acts being implemented by Customs. (v) The quality of the submissions made by the applicants to Customs should be good as measured by the number of amendments made in the bills of entry submitted by them in relation to classification of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ts to file their bills of entry using digital signatures granted to them by the department. For obtaining Digital Signature Certificates, the trade may visit the site at www.icert.gov.in. 11. Additionally, all bills of entry must be filed by Accredited Clients through the ICEGATE facility and duty in respect of these consignments must be paid though such Clients' bank account at the designated bank. 12. Initially, this scheme will be launched for Imports at Air Cargo Complex, Sahar where the RMS roll out is likely to commence in the month of November 2005. This would be followed by the progressive roll out of the RMS at other locations where EDI is operational. The importers who are registered as Accredited Clients under the ACP scheme would get its benefits at all the locations where RMS is operationalised. To facilitate migration of the eligible importers to the new scheme, it has been decided that its benefits would be automatically extended to importers who are availing of any of the existing facilitation schemes for a period of three months. This is to enable such importers to apply for the Accredited Clients Programme and get registered under it. It is also clarified that ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ame of the firm: Activity: Address: Telephone: Email Address: 18 List of Custom House Agents employed at each port, with date (s) of appointment of the CHA. CHA-Name: Port: CHA address: Phone: Email address: 19 Customs Special Valuation Branch [SVB] Registration Number, if any, with details including that of last review by the Custom House 20 Central Excise registration No (s) Date of Issue Commissionerate Division Range 21 Service Tax Registration No Date of Issue Commissionerate Division Range 22 No of Bills of Entry filed at each port in the previous financial year. Please furnish the details port-wise. 23 Value of Imports at each port and total duty paid in the previous financial year. 24 Details of disputes pending with the Customs (pl attach a brief about each dispute from the Company's perspective) 25 Has the applicant been penalized under Customs Act/Central Excise Act/ Service Tax and/or any other enactments implemented by the Customs department, in the previous 3 financial years? If Yes, Details of the connected Show cause notice(s), adjudication order(s) etc may be furnished, along with the present position of the cases, if pending i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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