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12-02-2015
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| Notification No: |
Customs Circular No 07/2015
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| Issuing Authority: |
Indian Customs
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| Type: |
Circular
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| File No: |
F. No. 450/77/2010- Cus IV |
| Subject: |
Circular No.07/2015-Customs
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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Excise and Customs)
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Circular No. 07/2015-Customs
New Delhi, dated 12.02.2015
To,
All Chief Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Preventive)
All Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise
All Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Preventive)
All Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise
Sir/ Madam,
Attention is invited to Board
Circular No 33/2010- Customs dated 07.09.2010 and
Circular No. 04/2015-Cus dated 20.01.2015. Board
Circular No. 33/2010- Customs
dated 07.09.2010 interalia provides that all the authorised Courier are required
to fulfil ‘Know Your Customer (KYC) norms’. The list of documents for KYC
verification for Courier companies have been made applicable as prescribed under
Circular No 09/2010-Customs dated 08.04.2010.
- Representations have been received from the Express Industry Council
of India highlighting problems faced in complying with the KYC norms. It has
been represented that only one identification/ document instead of minimum
two documents should be collected from importer/exporter at the time of
delivery/pick up of shipment.
- nbsp;The matter has been examined in the Board. In order to redress the
genuine difficulty, it has been decided that two documents, one for ‘proof
of identity’ and other for ‘proof of address’ are required for KYC
verification. This is in line with the KYC norms stipulated by RBI. However,
in case of individuals, if any one document listed in the Board
Circular No
9/2010-Cus dated 08.04.2010 contains both ‘proof of identity’ and ‘proof of
addresses’, the same shall suffice for the purpose of KYC verification.
Board has also decided to expand the list of documents required for KYC
verification by including ‘Addhar Card’ as one of the valid documents for
individuals. As regards, documents for KYC verification in case of others
(other than individual), the existing instructions will remain in force.
- Further, in order to expedite decision making for outsourcing activities
by Courier companies, Board has decided that permission mandated under the
Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998 and Courier
Imports and Exports (Electronic declaration and Processing) Regulations,
2010 should be granted without delay and in any case within 7 days.
- Similarly, to ensure expeditious decision in respect of re export of mis-routed
consignments, Board has decided that decisions on request of re-export in
the particular situation mentioned in
Circular No 04/2015- Cus dated
20.01.2015 should ordinarily be taken within 2 (two) days.
- Board
Circular No 33/2010-Customs dated 07.09.2010 and
Circular No.
04/2015-Cus dated 20.01.2015, stand modified to the above extent.
- Chief Commissioners of Customs/Customs and Central Excise are advised to
ensure that above guidelines are complied with strictly by the staff working
under their charge.
- Difficulty, faced if any, may be brought to the notice of the Board
immediately.
Yours sincerely,
(Pawan Khetan)
OSD (Customs-IV)
F. No. 450/77/2010- Cus IV
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