S.  No

   Notification number

   and date

    Amendments

      1

18/2015-Customs,

dated  the 1st  April,

2015 [published vide

number G.S.R. 254 (E), dated  the 1st  April, 2015]

In the said notification,-

(a) after condition (vi), the following conditions shall be inserted, namely:-

“(vi)(a) that in respect of imports made after the discharge of export obligation in full, if facility of input tax credit under relevant Goods and Services Tax law on inputs used for manufacture and supply of goods exported has been availed, then the importer shall, at the time of clearance of the imported materials, furnish a bond to the Deputy Commissioner of

Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, binding himself, to use the imported materials in his factory or in the factory of his supporting manufacturer for the manufacture and supply of taxable goods (other than nil rated or fully exempt supplies) and to submit a certificate from a chartered accountant within six months from the date of

clearance of the said materials, that the imported materials have been so used;

Provided that if the importer pays integrated tax and the goods and services tax compensation cess leviable on the imported materials under sub-section (7)  and  sub-section  (9) respectively of section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act on the imported materials but for the exemption contained herein, then  such  imported  materials  may  be  cleared  without furnishing a bond specified in this condition; (vi)(b) that in respect of imports made after the discharge of export obligation in full, and if facility of input tax credit under relevant Goods and Services Tax law has not been availed on

inputs used in the manufacture and supply of goods exported and the importer furnishes proof to this effect to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs, or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, then the imported materials may be cleared without furnishing a bond specified in condition (vi)(a);”;

(b)        in condition (viii), for the second proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

“Provided further that notwithstanding anything contained hereinabove for the said authorisations where the exemption from integrated tax and the goods and services tax compensation cess leviable thereon under sub-section (7) and sub-section (9) respectively of section 3 of the said Customs

Tariff Act, has been availed, the export obligation shall be fulfilled by physical exports or by making domestic supplies mentioned at serial numbers 1, 2 and 3 of the Table contained in notification No.48/2017-Central Tax, dated the 18th October, 2017 [published vide number G.S.R. 1305(E), dated the 18^th October, 2017];”;

(c) condition (xii) shall be omitted.

     2.

20/2015-Customs,

dated the 1st April,

2015       [published vide number G.S.R. 256 (E), dated 1^st April, 2015]                         

In the said notification,-

(a)        after condition (v), the following conditions shall be inserted, namely:-

“(v)(a) that in respect of imports made after the discharge of export obligation in full, if facility of input tax credit under relevant Goods and Services Tax law on inputs used for manufacture and supply of goods exported has been availed, then the importer shall, at the time of clearance of the imported materials, furnish a bond to the Deputy Commissioner of

Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, binding himself, to use the imported materials in his factory or in the factory of his supporting manufacturer for the manufacture and supply of taxable goods (other than nil rated or fully exempt supplies) and to submit a certificate from a chartered accountant within six months from the date of

clearance of the said materials, that the imported materials have been so used;

Provided that if the importer pays integrated tax and the goods and services tax compensation cess leviable on the imported materials  under  sub-section  (7)  and  sub-section  (9) respectively of section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act on the imported materials but for the exemption contained herein, then  such  imported  materials  may  be  cleared  without

furnishing a bond specified in this condition;

(v)(b) that in respect of imports made after the discharge of export obligation in full, and if facility of input tax credit under relevant Goods and Services Tax law has not been availed on inputs used in the manufacture and supply of goods exported and  the  importer  furnishes  proof  to  this  effect  to  the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, then the imported materials may be cleared without furnishing a bond specified in condition (v)(a);”;

(b)        in condition (viii), for the second proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

“Provided further that notwithstanding anything contained hereinabove for the said authorisations where the exemption from integrated tax and the goods and services tax compensation cess leviable thereon under sub-section (7) and sub-section (9) respectively of section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act, has been availed, the export obligation shall be fulfilled by physical exports or by making domestic supplies mentioned at serial numbers 1, 2 and 3 of the Table contained in notification No.48/2017-Central Tax, dated the 18th October, 2017 [published vide number 1305(E), dated the 18th October, 2017];”;