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Customs - Board's Instructions30.12.2015

Practice of issuance of Procurement Certificate (P.C.) on obtaining counter signature of Jurisdictional AC/DC.

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DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF EXPORT PROMOTION Deptt. of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India Hotel Janpath, New Delhi -110 001 EPABX No.:-23344616, 23344622; Fax No:-23344614/ 560 ·�. No. DGEP /FTP /07/201s/�-{J,', 6 ,f..t.::/r· December , 2015 To All principal Chief Commissioner/ Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax, All principal Chief Commissioner/ Chief Commissioner Customs, All principal Chief Commissioner/ Chief Commissioners of LTU. Madam/Sir, Sub: Practice of issuance of Procurement Certificate (P.C) on obtaining countersignature of Jurisdictional AC/DC. Attention is invited to Circular No.84/2001-Cus dated 21-12-2001 wherein Board has decided that the procurement certificates to the EOUs and units in EPZ / STP / ETHP / SEZ except for those in textile and chemical sectors would be issued by the jurisdictional Superintendent of Customs or Central Excise. However, in respect of units in chemical and textile sector the procurement certificate would continue to be issued by the jurisdictional Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise. 2. The STP units have brought to the notice of Board that certain field formations are insisting upon countersignature of PCs by AC/DC even in case of sectors other then textile and chemical causing difficulty to them. 3. It is to reiterate that Circular no. 84/2001-Cus dated 21-12-2001 does not necessitate countersignatures by AC/DC, of procurement certificates in respect of sectors other then textile and chemical. It may please be ensured that the above circular 4. implemented correctly and thus there is no divergence of practice. is interpreted and Yours faithfully, (Dr.�ingh) Addl. Dir. General Copy for information to:- The Chairman (CBEC), Member (Cus & EP) North Block, New Delhi.

Source: Government of India — Customs - Board's Instructions, dated 30.12.2015. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

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