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Notification No. 39/2024-Customs amending the customs duty drawback exemption notification No. 45/2017-Customs to add fuel and lubricating oil provisions for aircraft.

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Exercising powers under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, issued Notification No. 39/2024-Customs (G.S.R. 442(E), dated 23 July 2024) further amending notification No. 45/2017-Customs, dated 30 June 2017 (G.S.R. 780(E), dated 30 June 2017, as last amended by Notification No. 46/2023-Customs, dated 26 July 2023, G.S.R. 557(E), dated 26 July 2023). In the Table, new serial numbers 4A and 4B are inserted after S. No. 4: S. No. 4A denies drawback of customs duty or refund of integrated tax on duty-paid lubricating oil (Chapter 27 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975) used in the engines of aircraft registered in India or of the Indian Air Force at the time of departure from India, with "lubricating oil" defined to exclude hydrocarbon oil with a flash point below 93.3 degrees centigrade; S. No. 4B sets conditions (matching fuel type and quantity, unchanged duty/tax rate, and no prior drawback/refund) for fuel other than Aviation Turbine Fuel in the tanks of aircraft of an Indian Airline or the Indian Air Force. S. No. 5, column (2) is amended to reference "4, 4A and 4B." The first proviso, clause (b), is amended to extend the re-import period from three years to five years. The notification takes effect from 24 July 2024 and is issued under F. No. 334/03/2024-TRU, signed by Vikram Vijay Wanere, Under Secretary.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-23072024-255663 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 403] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2024/SHRAVANA 1, 1946 4504 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 23rd July, 2024 No. 39/2024-Customs G.S.R. 442(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, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 45/2017-Customs dated the 30th June, 2017 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 780(E), dated the 30th June, 2017, namely :- In the said notification, - (I) in the Table, - (a) after S. No. 4 and entries relating thereto, the following S. Nos. and the entries relating thereto shall in inserted, namely: - +-----+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +=====+==========================================+========================================================================+ | "4A.| Lubricating oil falling | No drawback of duty of customs or refund of integrated tax, as the case| | | within Chapter 27 of the | may be, was allowed on the duty paid lubricating oil in the engines of | | | First Schedule to the | such air-craft at the time of its departure from India. | | | Customs Tariff Act, 1975, | Explanation: "lubricating oil" means any oil as is ordinarily used for| | | imported in the engines of | lubrication, excluding any hydrocarbon oil which has its flash point | | | any aircraft registered in | below 93.3° centigrade; | | | India or of any aircraft of | | | | the Indian Air Force | | +-----+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4B. | Fuel other than Aviation | (i) The quantity of the said fuel is equal to the quantity of the same| | | Turbine Fuel in the tanks of | type of fuel which was taken out of India in the tanks of the aircrafts| | | the aircrafts of an Indian | of the same Indian Airline or of the Indian Air Force, as the case may| | | Airline or of the Indian Air | be, and on which the duty of Customs, or integrated tax had been paid;| | | Force | (ii) the rate of duty of customs (including the additional duty | | | | leviable under the said section 3) or the rate of integrated tax, as | | | | the case may be, leviable on such fuel is the same at the time of the | | | | arrivals and departures of such aircrafts; and | | | | (iii) no drawback of duty of customs or refund of integrated tax, as | | | | the case may be, was allowed on such fuel at the time of departures | | | | of such aircrafts from India."; | +-----+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ b) against S. No. 5, in column (2), for the word and figure "and 4", the symbols, figures letters and word ",4,4A and 4B" shall be substituted; (II) in the first proviso, in clause (b) for the words “re-imported within three years", the words “re-imported within five years" shall be substituted. 2. This notification shall come into effect on the 24th day of July, 2024. [F. No. 334/03/2024-TRU] VIKRAM VIJAY WANERE, Under Secy. Note: The principal notification No. 45/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 780(E), dated the 30th June, 2017 and last amended vide notification No. 46/2023-Customs, dated the 26th July, 2023 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 557 (E), dated the 26th July, 2023.

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