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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY,
PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 05/2023 -Central Excise
New Delhi, the 1st February, 2023
G.S.R. ……. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of
section 5A of
the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Excise
Act’), the Central
Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to
do, hereby exempts
Compressed Natural Gas (hereinafter referred to as ‘CNG’), falling under tariff
item 2711 21 00 of
the Fourth Schedule to the Excise Act, when blended with Biogas or Compressed
Biogas
(hereinafter referred to as ‘CBG’), from so much of the duty of excise leviable
thereon the amount
of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax or integrated tax, as the case
may be, paid on the Biogas
or CBG contained in such blended CNG, subject to conditions specified in the
Annexure below.
Annexure
Conditions
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Manufacturer of such blended CNG shall:
(i) maintain detailed records regarding the quantum of Biogas or CBG blended
with CNG,
along with the value thereof, at the registered premises;
(ii) submit a reconciliation statement, certified by the statutory auditor to
the jurisdictional
Commissioner of Central Excise by 10th of the month following every quarter; and
(iii) pay the short-paid duty of excise along with applicable interest after
such reconciliation.
Explanation. - For the purpose of this notification, “central tax, State tax,
Union territory
tax or integrated tax " means the central tax, State tax, Union territory tax
and integrated tax leviable
under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), State Goods and
Services Tax
Act of the State concerned, the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
(14 of 2017),
and the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) respectively.
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2. This notification shall come into force on the 2nd day of February, 2023.
[F. No. 334/03/2023-TRU]
(Vikram Vijay Wanere)
Under Secretary
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