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Circular No- 02/2007 dated 09.01.2007
Time bound disposal of applications for the unit set up under EOU/EHTP/STP/BTP
scheme -reg.
The issue of timely disposal of the applications/requests of EOUs has often
been raised in Open Houses. Several representations from the EOU exporters have
also been received expressing difficulties on account of delayed action on their
applications/requests in the field.
2. CBEC vide circular no. 07/2006-Cus
dated 13.01.2006 and 17/2006-Cus dated
01.06.2006 has already prescribed time limit for certain activities like
certification for debonding from EOU scheme within 15 days, priority
verification of premises of EOU/EHTP/STP to facilitate issue of LOP by the
Development Commissioner within 15 days and declaration of warehousing station
under Section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962 within 23 days.
3. Fixation of time frame improves transparency and sensitizes the field
officers to discharge their functions in a time bound manner. Accordingly, it
has been decided to prescribe the following time frame for disposal of
applications/requests of EOU/STP/EHTP by the field formations at the field
level:
| Sl.No. | Nature of work | Time for disposal of applications |
| 1. | Issuance of Licence under Section 58 and Section 65 of Customs act, 1962 | Five days |
| 2. | Execution and acceptance of B-17 bond | One day |
| 3. | Additional B-17 Bond acceptance | Same day |
| 4. | Extension/Renewal of License | Three days |
| 5. | Broad banding of license | Three days |
| 6. | Broad banding of goods | Same day |
| 7. | Issuance of Procurement Certificate | Same day |
| 8. | Issuance of CT-3 Certificate | Same day |
| 9. | Warehousing of raw-material/capital goods/consumables | One day |
| 10. | Issuance of Re-warehousing certificate of raw-material/capital goods/consumables | One day |
| 11. | Export(subject to 24hrs advance intimation required to be given by the exporter in case of sealing of goods and examination at the place of despatch) | Same day or such shorter period as may be mutually agreed |
| 12. | Re-export(subject to 24hrs advance intimation required to be given by the exporter in case of sealing of goods and examination at the place of despatch) | One day or such shorter period as may be mutually agreed |
| 13. | Permission for re-export of rejected raw material/capital goods/consumables | Two days |
| 14. | Permission for job work/sub-contract | Five days |
| 15. | Renewal/extension of job work/sub-contract in case of no change in the application | One day |
The above proposed time period would be exclusive of holidays. Further in a
case, where any deficiency is found in the application or any additional
information/ action is required, the proposed time period will apply only after
rectification of deficiency and re-submission of the complete application.
4. The senior officers should monitor the observance of the laid down time frame
in their jurisdiction.
5. Wide publicity may please be given to these instructions by way of issuance
of Public Notice. Difficulties, if any, in implementation of these instructions,
may be brought to the notice of the Directorate General of Export Promotion, New
Delhi.
6. This issues with the approval of CBEC.
7. Receipt of this circular may kindly be acknowledged.
F.No.DGEP/EOU/459/2006
(Pawan Kumar Jain)
Addl. Director General (EP)