Amendments in Served from India, FMS, VKGUY and FPS Schemes Excise Notifications

[Ref: 17-Central Excise dated 16 May 2013]

G.S.R. 315 (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, 1978 (40 of 1978), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in each of the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) specified in column (2) of the Table below, which shall be amended or further amended, as the case may be, in the manner as specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely :-

Table
Sl. No.	Notification number and date	Amendments
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	34/2006-Central Excise dated the 14th June, 2006 [Vide number G.S.R. 365 (E), dated the 14th June, 2006] SFIS	In the said notification,- (i) in opening paragraph,- (a) for the word and figures “paragraph 3.6.4”, the words and figures “paragraph 3.6.4 or paragraph 3.12” shall be substituted; (b) in the condition (ii), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:- “Provided that except in case of goods covered at sub-paragraph (iii) above, transfer of the said certificate and goods may be allowed subject to actual user condition within the service providers of the group company or managed hotels as defined in Chapter 9 of the Foreign Trade Policy;”; (ii) in the Explanation, in item (ii), for the words “as amended from time to time;”, the words, figures and letters “or the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14, published as the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, vide No.1/2009-2014, dated the 27th August, 2009, as amended from time to time, as the case may be;” shall be substituted.
2.	29/2012-Central Excise dated the 9th July, 2012 [Vide number G.S.R. 541(E), dated the 9th July, 2012] Excise Duty Debit against FPS Duty Credit Scrip (Q/32)	In the said notification, in paragraph 2, in condition (f), for the figures and word “2009 and”, the figures, words and letters “2009, the debits made under notification No. 7 of 2013 -Service Tax, dated the 18th April, 2013 and” shall be substituted.
3.	30/2012-Central Excise dated the 9th July, 2012 [Vide number G.S.R. 542(E), dated the 9th July, 2012] Debit of Excise Duty against FMS Duty Credit Scrip (Q/29)	In the said notification, in paragraph 2, in condition (f), for the figures and word “2009 and”, the figures, words and letters “2009, the debits made under notification No. 6 of 2013-Service Tax, dated the 18th April, 2013 and” shall be substituted.
4.	32/2012-Central Excise dated the 9th July, 2012 [Vide number G.S.R. 544(E), dated the 9th July, 2012] Excise Duty Debit against VKGUY Duty Credit Scrip (Q/9)	In the said notification, in paragraph 2, in condition (f), for the figures and word “2009 and”, the figures, words and letters “2009, the debits made under notification No. 8 of 2013 -Service Tax, dated the 18th April, 2013 and” shall be substituted.
5.	33/2012-Central Excise dated the 9th July, 2012 [Vide number G.S.R. 545(E), dated the 9th July, 2012] Excise Duty Debit on Capital Goods against SHIS Duty Credit Scrip for Status Holders (Q/5)	In the said notification, in paragraph 2, in condition (a), for the second proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:- “Provided further that the said scrip has not been issued in violation of the condition contained in the sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 2 of notification No.101 of 2009 – Customs, dated the 11th September, 2009 or sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 2 of notification No.102 of 2009 – Customs, dated the 11th September, 2009 or the second proviso to sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 of notification No. 05 of 2013 – Customs, dated the 18th February, 2013 or sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 of notification No. 22 of 2013 – Customs, dated the 18th April, 2013 or first proviso to sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 of notification No. 23 of 2013-Customs, dated the 18th April, 2013, as the case may be;”.

[F.No.605/10/2013-DBK]