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2006 (1) TMI 156

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..... filed by the applicant are clubbed for issuing the advance ruling since they both relate to Pump Units (unrepeatered) :- (a) Application No. AAR/44/21(Cus)/2005 raising the question - "Whether Remote Pump (unrepeatered) proposed to be imported into India, is classifiable under Heading No. 8517 50 99 of the First Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975". (b) Application No. AAR/44/19(Cus)/2005 .....

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..... cations (e.g. with Alcatel 1666 UT transponder), or for WDM applications in the Red-C band (up to 32 channels) and full-C band (up to 80 channels). The Alcatel Raman Pump Unit can be used independently for single channel application or with other Alcatel Raman Pump Units/Telecommunication Equipment for WDM telecommunication applications in the full-C band (up to 80 channels). During the hearing t .....

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..... btedly classifiable under the tariff item 8517 50 99 and that being so, there is no need to go to Rule 3(c) as an alternative option as contended by the Commissioner. The applicant also referred to the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) Schedule from India to WTO according to which amplifiers used in telecommunications are classified under heading 8517. 3. Though in his initial comments the C .....

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..... hnical details furnished by the applicant in writing as well as the verbal submissions during the hearing. We are satisfied that these pump units cannot come within the coverage of tariff heading 8543 whose scope we have already examined in detail in our earlier Ruling No. AAR/14(Cus)/2005, dated 24-11-2005 [2006 (193) E.L.T. 163 (A.A.R.)] in the applicant's case. Having regard to the functional c .....

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