TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Disposal of Unmanned Aircraft System(UAS)/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs)/remotely piloted Aircrafts (RPAS)/Drones
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.... Vehicle (UAVs)/remotely piloted Aircrafts (RPAS)/Drones-reg. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVS)/Remotely Piloted Aircrafts (RPAS)/Drones, (herein-after referred to as 'Drones') of various frequencies brought by the passengers at different Airports or imported at various ports, FPOs, etc., in contravention of the statutory requirements, have been absolutely confiscated as per legal process. Accordingly, the Customs field formations have sought the Board's guidelines for the disposal of such confiscated Drones. 2. The matter of disposal of the confiscated Drones has been examined in consultation with the regulatory agencies such as the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the Wireless Plan....
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.... available as-on-date, according to their type, make, model, etc. The drones will be classified in accordance with the DGCA guidelines. Para 3.1 of these guidelines provides the categorization of the Drones, as follows: "3.7 Civil RPA is categorized in accordance with Maximum All-Up-Weight (including payload) as indicated below: (i) Nano: Less than or equal to 250 grams. (ii) Micro: Greater than 250 grams and less than or equal to 2 kg. (iii) Small: Greater than 2 kg and less than or equal to 25 kg. (iv) Medium: Greater than 25 kg and less than or equal to 150 kg. (v) Large: Greater than 150 kg. b) All the Drones of all the categories shall be transferred to the warehouses of the foll....
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....he Drones that is presently available, the following action will be taken: a) The requirements of DRI and Customs field formations shall be met first from the available stock of Drones. For this purpose, any Customs field formation requiring the Drones for their operational purpose, shall make a request to the DGRI, which shall make a recommendation for approval to the Board. After such approval, the DRI may include the requirement of the field formation(s) to its own requirement for determining their total requirement; and convey the same to all the Focal Customs Commissionerates. b) The Focal Customs Commissionerates shall intimate DRI and the concerned Customs field formation about the availability/receipt of the Drones....
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....oint Commissioner of Customs in-charge of 'Warehouse and Disposal' of the Focal Commissionerate, shall be the contact point for coordination with the DRI, the MoD and the MHA; (ii) The Additional Director/Joint Director (Policy), DRI-Headquarters or the Additional/Joint Director of the Zonal Unit, as nominated by DG (DRI), shall be the nodal officer for the DRI; and (iii) The Nodal officers of the MoD and the MHA are given in Annexure-C. f) The MoD and the MHA will communicate the change of the Nodal Officers (or their authorized representatives) as-and-when such change happens, to the Commissioner (Investigation - Customs) at [email protected], CBIC. The Nodal officers shall, preferably, be at the level of Dir....
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....forma, in this regard is given at Annexure - D. (v) Upon transfer of the Drones, a suitable entry, to this effect, shall be made in the Warehouse/Disposal Register at the Focal Customs Commissionerate. 5. The Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners/Principal Directors General/Directors General are, hereby, directed to circulate these guidelines to all the formations under their charge. 6. Difficulties, if any, in implementation of these guidelines may be brought to the notice of the Board. 7. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority. Yours Sincerely, (Ranjana Chaudhary) Asst. Commissioner (Inv. - Cus) CBIC, New Delhi Annexure - A Mapping of Customs Zones to the Focal Customs Comm....