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Customs & Import facilities to experts assigned to India under the
various Aid Schemes viz. UN and its Specialised Agencies (Regular) Programme,
UNDP, Colombo Plan, India French Programme and other Bilateral Technical
Cooperation Agreements with Foreign C
Circular No. 70dated 20th June
1995
In continuation
of this Ministry's letter F.No. 428/12/ 89-Cus-IV dated 30.3.92 I am directed to
forward herewith a copy of the Department of Economic Affairs O.M. No. 12/1/
85-UN dated 14.5.92 & 7.2.95 for your information and guidance. As may be
seen the experts assigned to India under the various Aid Schemes are now
permitted vide Department of Economic Affairs O.M. No. 12/22/65-UN dated 28.5.65
also appended to the Departments letter of 30.3.92 mentioned above:
(i) VCR
(ii) One Video
Camera
(iii)
One personal Computer
(iv) One air
conditioner per family member subject to a maximum of 4 instead of the existingprovision of 2
It may be noted however
that such imports are not duty free and that the customs duty on the above items
including items already allowed earlier, will be borne by the Ministry/
Department/ agency to which the expert is attached.
Office Memorandum
Customs & Import
Facilities to Experts assigned to India under the various Aids Schemesviz. UN and its
Specialised Agencies (Regular) Programme, UNDP, Colombo Plan, Indo - French
Programme and other Bilateral Technical Cooperation Agreements with Foreign
Countries.
The undersigned
is directed to refer to this Deptt's O.M. of even number dated the 14th May,
1992, on the above subject mentioned above and to say that it has been decided
in consultation with the Deptt of Revenue that besides the duty-free import of
articles mentioned in para 1(A) of this Deptt's O.M. No. 12/22/65-UN dated 28th
May, 1965 and subsequent O.M's of No. 12/1/85-UN dated 11.2.92 and 14.5.92, the
following articles are now eligible for duty free import by such experts subject
to the execution of the usual certificate of undertaking by the experts:-
(1) One Video Camera
(2) One personal Computer
(3) One air conditioner per
family member subject to a maximum of 4 instead of the existing provision of 2.
Office Memorandum
Customs
& Import facilities to Experts assigned to India under the various Aid
Schemesviz UN and its
Specialized Agencies (Regular) programme, UNDP, Colombo Plan,Indo-french Programme and other Bilateral
Technical Cooperation Agreements withForeign Countries.
The undersigned
is directed to refer to this Department's OM of even number dated the 11th Feb
92 on the subject mentioned above and to say that it has been decided in
consultation with the Department of Revenue (Central Board of Excise &
Customs) that besides the duty free import of articles mentioned in para 1(A) of
this Department's OM No. F.12/22/65-UN dated 28th May 1965 the VCR may also be
included for duty free import by the experts assigned India under the various
Aid Schemes. Thus the following articles are now eligible for duty free import
by such experts subject to the execution of the usual certification of
undertaking by the experts.
(i) One
personal automobile or motorcycle
(ii) One radio
or radio gramophone
(iii) One
refrigerator and/ or home freezer
(iv) 2 air
conditioners
(v) Professional
equipment and gadgets, and
(vi) Minor
electrical accessories and appliances
(vii) TV set, and
(viii) VCR
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