Approval of cigarette package surface designs now processed by Director (Audit) with seven-day approval and concurrent notifications.

The Director (Audit) will consider applications for approval of cigarette package surface designs, make enquiries and checks as necessary, and ordinarily approve designs within seven days of filing. On approval, the Director (Audit) shall simultaneously notify the manufacturer and the jurisdictional Collector of Central Excise. The existing arrangement for approval of wrapper, outer covering or label specimens under rule 93 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 continues.

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