TMI BlogPost Export EPCG Duty Credit Scrip Scheme notifiedX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ub-sections (1), (3) and (5) of section 3 ] of the said Customs Tariff Act. 2. The exemption under this notification shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:- (1) That the said scrip is granted against a valid authorisation issued under para 5.23 of the Handbook of Procedures Volume 1 (hereinafter referred to as the said authorisation) by the Regional Authority to an applicant (hereinafter referred as the authorisation holder) who opted for the scheme of Post Export EPCG Duty Credit Scrip (3% EPCG variant): (2) That the said authorisation is not for import under duty exemption but for import of the goods specified in the Table 1 annexed hereto, on full payment of applicable duties in cash, where duty of customs under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) paid {hereinafter referred to as basic customs duty} is above 3 per cent. ad valorem; (3) That the said authorisation is registered at the port of import specified in the said authorisation and the goods, which are specified in the Table 1 annexed hereto, are imported within thirty six months from the date of issue of the said authorisation on full payment of applicable duties in cash, and ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r: Provided also that the import of capital goods for creation of modern infrastructure shall be extended only to such retailers who have a minimum area of 1000 square metres. (4) that the goods imported under the said authorisation are installed and put to use, after their import, in the authorisation holder's factory or premises and at the time of registration of the said scrip 11[ a certificate, confirming such installation and use of the goods, from the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs having jurisdiction over importer's factory or premises, as the case may be, which has been issued prior to the date of the first application filed by the authorisation holder for issuance of duty credit scrip against the said authorisation, is produced before the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs at the port of registration, as the case may be: ] Provided that if the authorisation holder, including an authorisation holder who is a Common Service Provider (CSP), is not registered with the Central Excise or if the authorisation holder is a service provider (other than a CSP), as the case may be, he may produce the said cer ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... be fulfilled is equivalent to eighty five percent. (85%) of eight times the amount which is the difference between the following, namely:- (a) Sum of applicable basic customs duty, additional duty of customs, Education Cess under section 94 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 2004 (23 of 2004) paid and Secondary and Higher Education Cess under section 136 of the Finance Act, 2007 (22 of 2007) paid on the goods imported under the said authorisation; and (b) Sum of 3 per cent. of the assessable value of the said goods and an amount calculated as if it represented cess on the said 3 per cent. of the assessable value, on Free On Board basis, within the export obligation period of eight years from the date of issue of the said authorisation: Provided that additional duty of customs shall not be taken for computation for the purpose of fixation of export obligation when the Cenvat Credit in respect of additional duty of customs has not been taken: Provided further that the export obligation shall be 75% of the export obligation specified above when fulfilled by export of following green technology products, namely, equipment for solar energy decentralised and grid connected products, bio-ma ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t obligation the words 'eight times' in this condition shall be read as 'six times' and the export obligation shall be fulfilled within a period of eight years from the date of issue of authorisation subject to the further condition that in the case of Small Scale Industry (SSI) units the landed Cost Insurance Freight (CIF) value of such imported capital goods under the scheme shall not exceed rupees fifty lakhs and total investment in plant and machinery after such imports shall not exceed the SSI limit: Provided also that the export obligation shall be 50% of the export obligation specified above to be fulfilled within a period of eight years in the case of spares (including refurbished/reconditioned spares), moulds, dies, jigs, fixtures, tools and refractory for initial lining, for the existing plant and machinery (imported earlier, under para 5.23 of Handbook of Procedures Volume 1 or otherwise), subject to the condition that the CIF value of import of the above spares, etc is limited to 10% of the CIF value of the plant and machinery imported under the authorisation (para 5.23 of Handbook of Procedures Volume 1) or 10% of the book value of the plant and machinery imported ear ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... is applied, the Cenvat Credit in respect of the additional duty of customs shall not been taken and at the time of registration of the said scrip a certificate, from the jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise or Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, to the effect that Cenvat Credit in respect of additional duty of customs on goods imported under the said authorisation has not been taken, is produced by the authorisation holder before the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be: Provided that when the authorisation holder is not registered with Central Excise, he may produce the said certificate on self-certification basis; (10) That the duty remission in the said scrip does not relate to duties paid on the imports made under the said authorisation which have not been installed and put to use; (11) That the duty remission in the said scrip has not been obtained as a consequence of indigenous sourcing of capital goods; (12) That the said scrip is issued, on request of the authorisation holder in form ANF5B for duty remission, by the Regional Authority specifying the same port of registra ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... and the remark "Drawback not available on re-export" on the bill(s) of entry, and registers the said scrip; (15) That the said scrip and goods imported against it shall be freely transferable; (16) That the said scrip is produced before the proper officer of customs at the time of clearance for debit of the duties leviable on the goods and the proper officer taking into account the debits 1[already made under this exemption and the debits made under the notification No. 03 of 2013-Central Excise, dated the 18th February, 2013] debits the duties leviable on the goods, but for this exemption; (17) That the validity of the said scrip shall be eighteen months from the date of issue and the said scrip shall be valid on the date on which actual debit of duty is made; (18) That where the importer, under this notification, does not claim exemption from the additional duty of customs leviable 10[ under sub-sections (1), (3) and (5) of section 3] of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) he shall be deemed not to have availed the benefit under this notification for the purpose of calculation of the said additional duty of customs; (19) That the benefit under this notification shall ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rage level of exports subject to the condition that said authorisation has been obtained for goods other than fishing trawlers, boats, ships and other similar items: Provided also that the goods, excepting tools, imported under said authorisation by the aforesaid sectors, shall not be allowed to be transferred for a period of five years from the date of imports even in cases where export obligation has been fulfilled. Transfer of capital goods would, however, be permitted within the group companies, after fulfillment of export obligation but before five years from the date of imports, under intimation to Regional Authority and jurisdictional Central Excise Authority: Provided also that exports made to such countries as notified by Director General of Foreign Trade, shall not be counted for fixing the average level of exports: Provided also that exports against only such shipping bills which mention the authorisation number and date of the said authorisation shall be counted for the fulfillment of the export obligation; Provided also that in the case of authorisation issued to a Common Service Provider (CSP), - (a) The reference to 'authorisation holder' in this Explanation sh ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Supply of goods to nuclear power projects through competitive bidding as provided in clause (j) of para 8.2 of Foreign Trade Policy; (b) Supply of ITA-1 items to Domestic Tariff Area, provided realization is in free foreign exchange; (c) Royalty payments received in freely convertible currency and foreign exchange received for Research and Development (R&D) services; and (d) Payments received in rupee terms for port handling services in terms of chapter 9 of the Foreign Trade Policy. (D) "Foreign Trade Policy" means the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-2014 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, No.1 (RE - 2012) /2009-2014 dated the 5th June 2012, as amended from time to time; (E) "Handbook of Procedures Volume 1" means the Handbook of Procedures Volume 1, 2009-14, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1 vide public notice of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, No.01 (RE - 2012)/2009-2014, dated the 5th June, 2012, as amended from time to time; (F) "Manufacture" h ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... jarwadi and Maliwada), Delhi, Dhannad Rau (District Indore), Dighi (Pune), Durgapur (Export Promotion Industrial Park), Faridabad, Garhi Harsaru, Gauhati, Guntur, 5[Hosur (Tamil Nadu), Hyderabad], Irugur Village (Tamilnadu), Irungattukottai (SIPCOT Industrial Park, Kattrambakkam Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kanchipuram District, Tamilnadu), Jaipur, Jallandhar, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, 7[ Kalinganagar, Kanpur ], Karur, Kheda (Pithampur, District Dhar), Kota, Kundli, Loni (District Ghaziabad), Ludhiana, Madurai, Malanpur, Mandideep (District Raisen), Marripalem Village (in Edlapadu Taluk of District Guntur), 4[Melapakkam Village (Arakkonam Taluk, Vellore District), Miraj], Moradabad, Nagpur, Nasik, 6[Nattakkam Village (Kottayam Taluk and District), Patli (Gurgaon)], Pimpri (Pune), Pitampur (Indore), Pondicherry, Raipur, Rewari, Rudrapur (Nainital), Salem, Singanalur, Surat, Surajpur, Talegaon (District Pune), Thudiyalur (Tamilnadu), Tirupur, Tondiarpet (TNPM) in Chennai, 8[ Tumb Village (Taluka Umbergaon, District Valsad), Tuticorin ], Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Veerapandi (Tamilnadu) and Waluj (Aurangabad). 4. 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