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Usage of Digital Signature Certificate in Remote EDI filing (RES) of Customs Documents - reg.

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..... ent has prioritized trade facilitation and creating an environment for ease of doing business. In this direction several initiatives have been taken in the recent past to simplify Customs procedures and enhance the use of automation in business processes with resultant reduction in transaction costs and dwell time associated with the Customs clearance of imported and export goods. In continuation of this approach it has now been decided to allow the electronic submission of digitally signed Customs process documents viz. Bills of Entry, Shipping Bills, Import General Manifest (IGM), Export General Manifest (EGM) and Consol General Manifest (CGM). 2 In this regard Board notes that the electronic submission of the aforementioned Customs .....

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..... ate, as indicated in the following paragraph. 5 To operationalize the facility to use Digital Signature Certificate for filing the aforementioned Customs process documents, the following process would be followed: (i) A web-based Common Signer utility is provided free of cost through the ICEGATE website (https://www.icegate.gov.in) for digitally signing the said Customs process documents. (ii) Importers, exporters, customs brokers, shipping lines, airlines and their agents are expected to use a Class III Digital Signature Certificate obtained from any of the Certifying Authorities, as notified by Controller of Certifying Authorities (http://www.cca.gov.in), following the due process. (iii) Importers, exporters, customs br .....

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..... 1800 233 1010). 8 The Board desires that Chief Commissioners of Customs/Customs and Central Excise shall suitably sensitize the field formations under their jurisdiction about the introduction of the facility of using Digital Signature Certificate for filing Customs process documents viz. Bills of Entry, Shipping Bills, IGM (General Declaration and Cargo Declaration), EGM (General Declaration) and CGM. 9 The new facility may be given wide publicity by issue of suitable Trade Notice/Public Notice. Yours faithfully (Pawan Khetan) OSD (Cus -IV) - Circular - Trade Notice - Public Notice - Instructions - Office orders Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - Tax .....

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