CBIC amends the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2010



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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has amended the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2010. These amendments specifically address the import and export of COVID-19 vaccines. Key changes include the application of the regulations to COVID-19 vaccines and updated provisions for re-export of durable containers related to these vaccines.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has amended the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2010. Read the official announcement and amendments made below:

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th December, 2020
No. 115/2020-Customs (N.T.)

G.S.R. 808(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 read with section 84 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2010, namely: -

1. Short title and Commencement. -

(1) These regulations may be called the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Amendment Regulations, 2020.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2010,-

(i) in regulation 2, after sub-regulation (2), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely:-

“(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulation (2), these regulations shall apply to the import of and export of vaccines in relation to COVID-19.”;

(ii) in regulation 6, in sub-regulation (3), for the words “for gifts, samples and prototype of goods”, the words “for bonafide gifts, commercial samples and prototypes of goods and re-export of durable container including accessories thereof, imported in relation to COVID -19 vaccines” shall be substituted;

CBIC Amends Courier Rules for COVID-19 Vaccines

(iii) in Form H, in the declaration, in paragraph 2, after the words “prototypes of goods”, the words and expression “, empty durable container including accessories thereof, imported in relation to COVID -19 vaccines” shall be inserted.

[F. No. 451/22/2020-Cus.V]
 KEVIN BOBAN, Under Secy.

Note : The principal notification No. 36/2010-Customs (N.T.), dated the 5th May, 2010 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 385(E), dated the 5th May, 2010 and was last amended vide notification No. 74/2019 Customs (N.T.), dated the 9th October 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II , Section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 764(E), dated the 9th October 2019.

FAQ :

The CBIC has amended the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2010.

The amendments primarily focus on facilitating the import and export of COVID-19 vaccines.

These amendments come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Yes, the regulations have been updated to include provisions for the re-export of durable containers, including accessories, imported in relation to COVID-19 vaccines.

Amendments were made to regulation 2, regulation 6, and Form H of the principal regulations.




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