Sports Goods Import for Commonwealth Games 2010

[Customs Notification No. 84 dated 27th August 2010]

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. 13/2010-Customs, dated 19th February 2010 , published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.94 (E), dated the 19th February 2010, namely:-

In the said notification, in the TABLE, -

(A) against S.No.1, -

(i) In column (2), after item (b), the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“(c) Aerostat – with all standard equipment and frames and- tools, including skirtings with essential and standard accessories; Geo Textiles Ground Cloth or Carpet with cutting and laying Machines with standard and essential accessories.”

(ii) in column (3),-

(a) in condition (a), after the words and figures “Common Wealth Games, 2010,” the words and figures “suppliers or contractors or vendors or sub-vendors of the Organising Committee of the Common Wealth Games, 2010 or” shall be inserted;

(b) in condition (c), the following proviso shall be inserted namely:-

“Provided that in the case of imports by suppliers or contractors or vendors or sub-vendors of the Organising Committee of the Games, the Organising Committee of Games shall, at the time of clearance of the goods, furnish an undertaking that all such goods shall be consumed or re-exported or shall be handed over to the Sports Authority of India or Delhi Development Authority or Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi within three months from the conclusion of the Games and shall pay an amount equal to the duty leviable on the imported goods but for the exemption under this notification in the event of its failure to do so.”

(B) against S.No. 2,-

(i) in column (2), after the words ‘under Overlays’ the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“and the following goods and equipment,-

(a) Stage lighting and searchlights with control panels, monitors, cables, trusses, pulleys with standard and essential accessories,

(b) Communication system-wired intercom system complete with radio instruments or batteries or cables or monitors or speakers with all standard and essential accessories;

(d) Aerial rigging for staging - Scenic flying Equipment (Hawk equipment), equipment for tree canopy riggings with standard and essential accessories

(e) Pyrotechnics - fireworks with monitors, triggering consoles, cables with essential and standard accessories

(f) Helium gas (Through M/s INOX)

(g) Sound Equipment - complete with speakers systems, audio controls, monitors, relay systems and replay systems with all standard and essential accessories

(h) ReFlex mesh - plastic netting statistic code: 39269097

(i) Spreading trailer 2006

(j) Koro topmaker 2006

(k) John deere 5525 tractor 2007

(l) Turf laying and harvesting machinery and accessories

(m) Ground protection - armour deck with and without holes with fixing equipments and cables with standard and essential accessories

(n) Creative materials - cloth, inflatables, essential equipments, instruments with all standard and essential accessories for Handover Ceremony for Glasgow 2014.”

(ii) in column (3), in condition (a) after the words and figures “the Games, 2010 or ” the words and figures “ suppliers or contractors or vendors or sub-vendors of the Organising Committee of the Common Wealth Games, 2010 or ” shall be inserted;

(C) against S.No.3 in column (3), in condition (a), after the words “Imported by”, the words and figures “Organising Committee of the Common Wealth Games, 2010 or” shall be inserted;

(D) against S.No.4 in column (3) , -

(a) in condition (a), after the words “ and Prasar Bharati ” the words “ suppliers or contractors or vendors or sub-vendors of the Prasar Bharathi or of the broad casting right holders” shall be inserted;

(b) in condition (c), the following proviso shall be added, namely:-

“Provided that in the case of imports by suppliers or contractors or vendors or sub-vendors of the Prasar Bharathi or of the broad casting right holders, the Prasar Bharati shall, at the time of clearance of the goods, furnish an undertaking that the imported items other than consumables, shall be re-exported within three months from the conclusion of the Games and shall pay an amount equal to the duty leviable on the imported goods but for the exemption under this notification in the event of its failure to do so.”

(E) against S. No.5, in column (3), in condition (a), after the words “Imported by”, the words and figures “Organising Committee of the Common Wealth Games, 2010 or” shall be inserted;

[F.No.354/12/2010-TRU]