Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
(Central Board of Excise and Customs)
Notification No. 27/2013 – Customs (N.T.)
New Delhi, the 1st March, 2013
10 Phalguna, 1934 (SAKA)
GSR (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5 of
the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government hereby makes
the following rules to amend the Determination of Origin of Goods under the
Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) (here in after referred to as
the “Agreement”) between the Government of SAARC (South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation) Member States comprising the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh, the Kingdom of Bhutan, the Republic of India, the Republic of
Maldives, the Kingdom of Nepal, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, 2006, namely:-
- (1) These rules may be called the Determination of Origin of Goods under the
Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) (here in after referred to as
the “Agreement”) between the Government of SAARC (South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation) Member States comprising the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh, the Kingdom of Bhutan, the Republic of India, the Republic of
Maldives, the Kingdom of Nepal, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Amendment) Rules, 2013.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.
- In rule 1 of the Determination of Origin of Goods under the Agreement on
South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) between the Government of SAARC (South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation) Member States comprising the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh, the Kingdom of Bhutan, the Republic of India, the
Republic of Maldives, the Kingdom of Nepal, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, 2006, in sub-rule (1) for the
words “the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Democratic Socialist Republic of
Sri Lanka”, the words and figures “the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan” shall be substituted.
[F. No. 467/30/2003-Cus.V]
(Abhinav Gupta)
Under Secretary to the Government of India