[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)

(Central Board of Excise and Customs)

 

Notification

 

No. 29/2015 - Customs (N.T.)

 

New Delhi, 10th March, 2015

 

G.S.R.………….(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and in supersession of the Customs Tariff [Determination of Origin of Products under the Duty Free Tariff Preference Scheme for Least Developed Countries] Rules, 2008, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-

 

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Products under the Duty Free Tariff Preference Scheme for Least Developed Countries) Rules, 2015.

 

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

 

2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

 

(a) “Agreement on Customs Valuation” means the agreement on implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, contained in Annex 1A to the World Trade Organisation Agreement.

 

(b) “beneficiary country” means the country notified in the Schedule to the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No. 96/2008 – Customs, dated the 13th August, 2008, published vide number G.S.R. 590 (E), dated the 13th August, 2008 as amended from time to time;

 

(c) “carrier” means any vehicle for transportation by air, sea or land;

 

(d) “CIF value” means the price actually paid or payable to the exporter for a product including the cost of the product, insurance, and freight necessary to deliver the product to the named port of destination and the valuation thereof shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);

 

(e) “customs authority” means, the authority that is responsible for the administration and application of customs law for the time being in force