CFS/ ICDs/ EPZs Guidelines

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....from port towns so as to decongest the ports. 2. To ensure smooth working of all the facilities, a need was felt to draw up a standard set of undertakings to be given by the custodians before they are so appointed under section 45 of the Customs Act or otherwise. To elicit suggestion from all Commissioners of Customs, a letter of even number dated 11.10.95 was circulated to all Chief Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, all Commissioners of Custom and some Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise in whose Jurisdiction these facilities are being created. Sub-sequently, this was discussed as an Agenda point in the Conference of Commissioners held at Cochin on 20/21st October, 1995. As per the consensus arrived at in the said conferenc....

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.... provide sufficient modern handling equipment in operational condition for handling the containers and cargo in the area; (3) No alteration of the plan in the accommodation, boundary wall and building, etc. shall be made without the concurrence of the Commissioner of Customs; (4) Insurance of all goods held in the ICD / CFs shall be made by the custodian; (5) Custodian shall abide by all the rules and regulations under the Customs Act; (6) For proper discharge of duties the custodian shall execute a bond equal to the value of the goods likely to be stored in the premises for a period of 30 days, supported by a bank guarantee or a government bond or cash deposit equivalent to 10% of the value of goods; (7) The custodian shall bear ....