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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)28.10.2020

Further amends notification No. 16/2017-Customs dated 20th April, 2017, which provides exemption to specified medicines under certain Patient Assistance Programmes (PAPs) run by pharmaceutical companies.

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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 41/2020-Customs New Delhi, the 29th October, 2020 G.S.R. ...(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act,1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 16/2017-Customs, dated the 20th April, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.394 (E), dated the 20th April, 2017, namely:- In the said notification, in the Table, for the entries in column (3) and column (4) at the serial numbers given in column (1) of the Table below, the corresponding entries at column (2) and column (3) of the Table below shall be substituted, namely:- Table (1) 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. (3) Novartis Healthcare Private Limited Novartis Healthcare Private Limited Novartis Healthcare Private Limited Sandoz India Private Limited Novartis Healthcare Private Limited Novartis Healthcare Private Limited Pfizer Products India Private Limited (2) “Win for Patients- Cancer Care/ Umaang Win for Patients- Cancer Care/ Umaang Win for Patients- Cancer Care/ Umaang Win for Patients- Cancer Care/ Umaang Win for Patients- Cancer Care/ Umaang Win for Patients- Cancer Care/ Umaang Sutent Patient Assistance Programme - STAR Crizalk Patient Assistance Programme - STAR Inlyta Patient Assistance Programme - STAR Palbace Patient Assistance Programme - PRERNA Enbrel Patient Assistance Programme Xeljanz Patient Assistance Programme Genotropin Patient Assistance Programme Pfizer Products India Private Limited Pfizer Products India Private Limited Atgam Patient Assistance Programme Pfizer Products India Private Limited Aromasin Patient Assistance Programme Pfizer Products India Private Campto Patient Assistance Programme Limited”. Pfizer Products India Private Limited Pfizer Products India Private Limited Pfizer Products India Private Limited Pfizer Limited Pfizer Limited [F. No. 332/24/2010-TRU (Pt.III)] Deputy Secretary to the Government of India (Gaurav Singh) Note: The principal notification No. 16/2017-Customs, dated the 20th April, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.394 (E), dated the 20th April, 2017, and was last amended by notification No. 83/2017-Customs, dated the 31st October, 2017 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 1356 (E), dated the 31st October, 2017.

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 28.10.2020. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

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13561962201020172020

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