Accredited Customs Programme extended to Foreign Trade Policy status holders; eligibility and disqualification criteria clarified. Accredited Customs Programme eligibility is amended to include Foreign Trade Policy status holders, who must also satisfy Paras 7(ii)-7(vii) and other Circular conditions. The ACP application form gains a field for FTP status category. Para 7(iii) is revised to specify categories of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax cases in the previous three financial years that disqualify applicants - including duty evasion by mis declaration or fraud, clandestine removal warranting confiscation, fraudulent claims for credits/refunds/benefits, collection not deposited with the exchequer, and non registration with intent to evade - and Chief Commissioners may report such cases to Risk Management Division even absent a show cause notice.
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Accredited Customs Programme extended to Foreign Trade Policy status holders; eligibility and disqualification criteria clarified.
Accredited Customs Programme eligibility is amended to include Foreign Trade Policy status holders, who must also satisfy Paras 7(ii)-7(vii) and other Circular conditions. The ACP application form gains a field for FTP status category. Para 7(iii) is revised to specify categories of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax cases in the previous three financial years that disqualify applicants - including duty evasion by mis declaration or fraud, clandestine removal warranting confiscation, fraudulent claims for credits/refunds/benefits, collection not deposited with the exchequer, and non registration with intent to evade - and Chief Commissioners may report such cases to Risk Management Division even absent a show cause notice.
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