Customs Notifications Amendments for Gem and Jewellery and EOU Schemes

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART-II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRTY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

NOTIFICATION No 28/2023 – Customs

New Delhi, the $1^{\text{st}}$ April, 2023

G.S.R. ....... (E)– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby directs that each of the Notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed shall be amended or further amended, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely:-

TABLE

• (a) for the figures “4.35”, the figures “4.34” shall be substituted;
• (b) in condition (i), for the figures “3.5.2” the figures “1.26”, and for figures “9.5” the figures “11.03” shall be substituted. (2) in the Explanation, -
• (a) for clause (i), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(i) ‘Foreign Trade Policy’ means Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 notified by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii) vide Notification No 01/2023, dated the $31^{\text{st}}$ March, 2023.”;
• (b) for clause (ii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(ii) ‘Handbook of Procedures’ means Handbook of Procedures, 2023 notified by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-I, Section-I vide Public Notice No 1/2023, dated the $1^{\text{st}}$ April, 2023” | | 3. | 56/2000- Customs, dated the $5^{\text{th}}$ May, 2000 [G.S.R. 399 (E), dated the $5^{\text{th}}$ May, 2000] | In the said Notification, (1) in the opening paragraph, for the words, and figures “paragraph 4.45” the words, and figures “paragraph 4.44” shall be substituted; (2) in the Explanation, -
• i. for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(a) ‘Foreign Trade Policy’ means Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 notified by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii) vide Notification No 01/2023, dated the $31^{\text{st}}$ March, 2023.”;
• ii. for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(b) ‘Handbook of Procedures’ means Handbook of Procedures, 2023 notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-I, Section-I vide Public Notice No 1/2023, dated the $1^{\text{st}}$ April, 2023.”; | | 4. | 57/2000-Customs, dated the $8^{\text{th}}$ May, 2000 [G.S.R. 413 (E), dated the $8^{\text{th}}$ May, 2000] | In the said Notification, - (1) in the TABLE, -
• a. against Sl No 1, in column (2), for the figures “4.46” the figures, “4.45”, shall be substituted;
• b. against Sl No 2, in column (2), for the figures “4.41” the figures, “4.40”, shall be substituted; (2) in the Explanation, -
• i. for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(a) ‘Foreign Trade Policy’ means Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 notified by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii) vide Notification No 1/2023, dated the $31^{\text{st}}$ March, 2023.;
• ii. for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(b) ‘Handbook of Procedures’ means Handbook of Procedures, 2023 notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-I, Section-I vide Public Notice No 01/2023, dated the $1^{\text{st}}$ April, 2023”;
• iii. for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(c) ‘Nominated agencies’ means, -
• (1) Handicraft and Handloom Export Corporation (HHEC);
• (2) MSTC Ltd;
• (3) Diamond India Limited (DIL);
• (4) any bank as authorised by Reserve Bank of India as Nominated Agency”. | | 5. | 60/2002-Customs, dated the $7^{\text{th}}$ June, 2002 [G.S.R. 416 (E), dated the $7^{\text{th}}$ June, 2002] | In the said Notification, - (1) in clause (ii), for the figures “4.35”, the figures “4.34” shall be substituted; (2) for the Explanation, the following shall be substituted, namely: - “Explanation. - ‘Foreign Trade Policy’ means Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 notified by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii) vide Notification No 1/2023, dated the $31^{\text{st}}$ March, 2023.”. | | 6. | 52/2003-Customs, dated the $31^{\text{st}}$ March, 2003 [G.S.R. 274 (E), dated the $31^{\text{st}}$ March, 2003] | In the said Notification, - (1) in the opening paragraph, in condition no (12), for the words, and figures “para 6.12(g) of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020”, the words, and figures “para 6.11(g) of Foreign Trade Policy, 2023” shall be substituted. (2) in paragraph 3, in first proviso, for the words, and figures “clause (e) of paragraph 6.9”, the words, and figures “clause (e) of paragraph 6.08” shall be substituted. (3) in paragraph 4,
• (i) in first proviso for the figures “6.18(d)”, the figures “6.17(d)” shall be substituted.
• (ii) In second proviso, in proviso to clause (b) for the figures “6.18(g)”, the figures “6.17(g)” shall be substituted. (4) In paragraph 10, in proviso, for the figures “6.8”, the figures “6.07” shall be substituted. (5) After paragraph 11B, the following paragraph shall be inserted namely: - “11C. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Notification, exemption contained herein shall not apply on import or procurement of goods for setting up, operations and maintenance of wind captive power plant, and solar captive power plant”. (6) In the Explanation occurring after paragraph 13, -
• a. for clause (iii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(iii) ‘Foreign Trade Policy’ means Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide Notification No 1/2023 dated the $31^{\text{st}}$ March, 2023”;
• b. for clause (vi), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(vi) ‘Handbook of Procedures’ means Handbook of Procedures notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-I, Section 1 vide Public Notice No. 1/2023, dated the $1^{\text{st}}$ April, 2023”;
• c. for clause (viii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(viii) ‘Nominated agencies’ means, -
• (1) Handicraft and Handloom Export Corporation (HHEC);
• (2) MSTC Ltd;
• (3) Diamond India Limited (DIL);
• (4) any bank as authorised by Reserve Bank of India as Nominated Agency”;
• d. in clause (xii), for the words, and figures “Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20”, the words “Foreign Trade Policy” shall be substituted.
• e. in clause (xiii), for the words, and figures “Hand Book of Procedures, 2015-20”, the words “Hand Book of Procedures” shall be substituted.
• f. for clause (xv), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - "(xv) “Letter of Permission (LoP)” has the same meaning as assigned in Chapter 6 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide Notification No 1/2023, dated the $31^{\text{st}}$ March, 2023." | | 7. | 09/2012 – Customs dated 09.03.2012 [G.S.R. 129(E), dated the $9^{\text{th}}$ March, 2012] | In the said Notification, - (1) in paragraph 2, for the words, and figures “4.74 of Handbook of Procedure 2015-2020”, the words, and figures “4.73 of Handbook of Procedure” shall be substituted; (2) for the Explanation, the following shall be substituted, namely: - “Explanation. - ‘Foreign Trade Policy’ means Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 notified by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii) vide Notification No 1/2023, dated the $31^{\text{st}}$ March, 2023.”. | | 8. | 40/2015 – Customs dated 21.07.2015 [G.S.R. 568 (E), dated the $21^{\text{st}}$ July, 2015] | In the Notification, - (1) in condition (i), for the figures “4.75, the figures “4.74” shall be substituted; (2) in the Explanation, -
• (i) for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(a) ‘Foreign Trade Policy’ means Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 notified by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii) vide Notification No 1/2023, dated the $31^{\text{st}}$ March, 2023.;
• (ii) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(b) ‘Handbook of Procedures’ means Handbook of Procedures, 2023 notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-I, Section-I vide Public Notice No 01/2023, dated the $1^{\text{st}}$ April, 2023.” |