Transfer of Exempted Goods from Project to Project Allowed

[Ref: Notification No. 28 /2013-Customs dated 16 May 2013]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act,1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, 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. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March,2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),vide G.S.R.185 (E), dated the 17th March,2012, namely:-

In the said notification, in the ANNEXURE,-

(I) against Condition No.41, in clause (c), in sub clause (iv), after the proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“(d) where the goods so imported by the licensee or a sub-contractor of the licensee are sought to be transferred, the importer produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, at the time of such transfer, the following, namely:-

(i) a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the said goods may be transferred in the name of another sub-contractor of the licensee or another licensee or a sub-contractor of such licensee (hereinafter referred to as the “transferee”) and that the said goods are required for petroleum operations to be undertaken under petroleum exploration or mining leases referred to in clause (a);

(ii) undertaking from the transferee to comply with all the conditions of the notification, including that he shall pay duty, fine or penalty that may become payable, if any of the conditions of the notification are not complied with by himself, where he is the licensee or by the licensee of the transferee, where such transferee is a sub-contractor;

(iii) a certificate, in the case of a petroleum exploration license or mining lease, as the case may be, issued or renewed after the 1st of April, 1999, by the Government of India or any State Government on nomination basis, that no foreign exchange remittance is made for the transfer of such goods undertaken by the transferee on behalf of the licensee or lessee, as the case may be:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply if such transferee is an Indian Company or Companies.”;

(II) against Condition No.43, in clause (c), in sub clause (iv), after the proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“(d) where the goods so imported by the contractor or a sub-contractor of the contractor are sought to be transferred, the importer produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, at the time of such transfer, the following, namely:-

(i) a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the said goods may be transferred in the name of another sub-contractor of the contractor or another contractor or a sub-contractor of such contractor (hereinafter referred to as the “transferee”) and that the said goods are required for petroleum operations to be undertaken under a contract referred to in clause (a);

(ii) undertaking from the transferee to comply with all the conditions of the notification, including that he shall pay duty, fine or penalty that may become payable, if any of the conditions of the notification are not complied with by himself, where he is the contractor or by the contractor of the transferee, where such transferee is a sub-contractor;

(iii) a certificate, in the case of a contract entered into by the Government of India and a Foreign Company or Companies or, the Government of India and a consortium of an Indian Company or Companies and a Foreign Company or Companies, that no foreign exchange remittance is made for the transfer of such goods undertaken by the transferee on behalf of the Foreign Company or Companies, as the case may be:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply if such transferee is an Indian Company or Companies.”;

(III) against Condition No.44, in clause (c), in sub clause (iv), after the proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

(i) a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the said goods may be transferred in the name of another sub-contractor of the contractor or another contractor or a sub-contractor of such contractor (hereinafter referred to as the “transferee”) and that the said goods are required for such petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations, as the case may be, to be undertaken under a contract referred to in clause (a);

(ii) undertaking from the transferee to comply with all the conditions of the notification, including that he shall pay duty, fine or penalty that may become payable, if any of the conditions of the notification are not complied with by himself, where he is the contractor or by the contractor of the transferee, where such transferee is a sub-contractor;

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply if such transferee is an Indian Company or Companies.”.

[F. No. B1/20/2013-TRU]