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Minutes of the meeting of 100% EOU/EHTP/STP units on Transfer of EOUs to Central Excise, held on 7th May, 2010
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.... Queen's Road, Bangalore, under the Chairmanship of Sri.Subhash Chander, Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Bangalore Zone. 2. The representatives of the 100% EOU/EHTP/STP units, Custom House Agents who are dealing with EOU related work attended the meeting. The following Officers from the Department also attended the meeting: 1. Shri A.K.Kaushal, Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore-III Commrte 2. Shri. R.K.Singla, Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore-I Commrte 3. Shri.Kamal Jyoti, Commissioner of Central Excise Bangalore-II Commrte 4. Shri K.Sekar, Commissioner of Service Tax, Bangalore 5. Shri. B.Bhattacharya, Commissioner of Customs, Bangalore. 6.Shr....
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.... jurisdictional Central Excise Commissionerates with effect from 01.06.2010. Accordingly he informed that the matter is under discussion and shortly Public Notice/Trade Notice will be issued regarding the jurisdiction of the units in the Central Excise Commissionerates and also the details of the designated proper officer will be enumerated. 4.3 The Chairman further stated that there will be only Administrative change and that there will be no change whatsoever in the procedures being followed. He also assured that there will be no delay in processing of the documents and all the Central Excise officers will be briefed about the procedural aspect. It was further clarified that there will be no ch....
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.... taken in Central Excise for all the additional premises of a single EOU/EHTP/STP unit? At present, the EOU/EHTP/STP units have one Letter of Permission issued by the CSEZ/STPI office and accordingly a Customs Licence is issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Customs Division, under Section 58 and 65 of the Customs Act, 1962, respectively declaring the area as "Customs Area" and permitting the unit to carry out in-bond manufacture in the said premises. In case the unit wishes to expand their operations elsewhere - in adjoining area or anywhere else - the additional premises are also attached to the original Licence by the Assistant Commissioner, Customs Division, by way of issue of an Additional Premises Licen....
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....ion and it would be made known through issue of proper Instructions / Trade Notice. However, the present set of officers should ensure that all periodical Show Cause Notices covering the next three months have to be issued. 5.4 Will there be an exclusive EOU Division in Central Excise as it is so in Customs? The Trade were eager to know if the existing pattern of Customs Division comprising of all the EOU/EHTP/STP units would continue to be so in the changed Central Excise jurisdiction. Reply: The Chairman stated that Board's Instructions in the matter is awaited. 5.5 Whether the LOP will be issued in future by the Development Commissioner / Director STPI ? The Trade raised a qu....
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....d by Excise officers, the Trade is encountering enormous delays in documentation. But in Bangalore since Customs is handling EOUs, the work is done fast. Hence they want the same pace to continue in the changed scenario. Reply: The Chairman assured that the Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax will take care to see that there is no delay. If the trade encounters any problem, they may contact the senior officers to resolve the same. 6. The Commissioner of Customs, Bangalore, clarified that since GST is underway, the transition of all manufacturing units from Customs to Central Excise is inevitable. However, the ports like Air Cargo Complex, Inland Container Depot, Postal Appraisal De....