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ADVISORY
Subject : Requirement of AGMARK Certification prior to import of Blended
Edible Vegetable Oils (BEVO) - Regarding.
The sub-regulation 2.3.14(11) of Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition
and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011 provides that “(11) The Blended Edible
Vegetable Oils shall not be sold in loose form. It shall be sold in sealed package weighing
not more than 15 Kilograms. The container having blended edible vegetable oil shall be
tamper proof. It shall also not be sold under the common or generic name of the oil used
in the blend but shall be sold as “Blended Edible Vegetable Oil.” The sealed package shall
be sold or offered for sale only under AGMARK certification mark bearing the label
declarations as provided in the Regulations besides other labelling requirements under
the Regulation 2.4.2 of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling)
regulations, 2011."
2. In view of above, it is clarified that Import of Blended Edible
Vegetable Oils (BEVO) without AGMARK certification is not allowed in India
and further the Blended Edible Vegetable Oils (BEVO) shall also comply with the
rules and regulations made under FSS Act, 2006.
3. All Authorised Officers are directed to ensure that the Blended
Edible Vegetable Oils (BEVO) without AGMARK certification shall not be
cleared thorough their respective point of entries and shall follow all procedure
as mentioned in FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017 before clearance.
This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.
Sd/-
(Dr. Amit Sharma)
Director (Imports)
[M.F. (D.R.) Instruction No. 12/2020-Cus., dated 10-7-2020]
Express Cargo Clearance System (ECCS) for the clearance of
export goods — Implementation at Courier Terminal of
Bengaluru Airport & Air Cargo Commissionerate
Subject : Implementation of Express Cargo Clearance System (ECCS) for the
clearance of export goods at Courier Terminal of Bengaluru Airport &
Air Cargo Commissionerate - Regarding.
Attention of the Trade, Authorized Couriers and all concerned is invited
to the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962, as amended (herein after referred to
as “the Act”), Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and
Processing) Regulations, 2010, as amended, and Courier Imports and Exports
(Clearance) Regulations, 1998, as amended, issued in exercise of the powers
conferred by Section 157 of the Act, by the Central Board of Excise and Customs
(CBEC) vide Notification no. 36/2010-Customs (N.T.), dated 5-5-2010, CBEC
Circular No. 58/2016-IV, dated 2-12-2016 and the procedures stipulated in earlier
Notifications, Circulars, Public Notices, etc. The words used in this Public Notice
shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act and the regulations.
2. Export of non-documents under Courier Shipping Bill-IV (CSB-IV)
and Courier Shipping Bill-V (CSB-V) shall be handled in the Express Cargo
Clearance System (ECCS). Once consignment details (including scanned
documents) are entered into the system, it shall be accessible to all stakeholders
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