CUS NTF NO. 88/2005 DATE 30/09/2005

Dabhol Power finally gets Customs duty exemption for LNG project
G.S.R. (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, 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. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002, published in the Gazette of India, vide number G.S.R 118(E), dated the 1st March, 2002, namely:-

In the said notification,-

(A) in the opening paragraph, in the proviso, after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

“(e) the goods specified against serial No. 77A of the said Table on or after the 1st day of October, 2010.”

(B) in the Table,-

(i) against S.No.30, in column (3), in item (A) and item (B), for the words “All goods”, the words ”All goods (except crude palm oil)” shall be substituted;

(ii) after S.No.57 and entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
“57A.	2529 22 00	Acid grade fluorspar	5%	-	-”

(iii) after S. No. 77 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely;-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
“77A.	2711 11 00	Liquefied Natural Gas imported by Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited for the purpose of generating power at their power project at Dabhol	Nil	-	-”;

(iv) for the S.No.139 and the entry relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
“139.	3823 11 90, 3823 12 00, 3823 13 00, 3823 19 00,or 3823 70	All goods	15%	-	-”

(v) after S. No. 509 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
“510.	9801	Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility project of M/s Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited for their power project at Dabhol Explanation.- For the purpose of this exemption, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility project includes goods for any or all series of operations starting with unloading of LNG from specialized vessels, their subsequent transfer to LNG storage tanks and finishing with re-gasification of the LNG before feeding the natural gas to the Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited for the purpose of generating power at their power project at Dabhol	Nil	Nil	99”.

(C) In the Annexure, after Condition No. 98, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

Condition No.	Condition
“99.	The LNG facility is certified by an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power as being an integral part of the said power project of M/s Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited at Dabhol.”

2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of October, 2005.

[F.No.332/19/2004-TRU]

(Ajay)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note:- The Principal notification No.21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (1) vide G.S.R 118(E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and subsequently amended by Notification No.36/2002-Customs dated, the 3rd April, 2002 published vide GSR 246(E), dated the 3rd April, 2002, Notification No.37/2002-Customs dated, the 11th April, 2002 published vide GSR 277(E), dated the 11th April, 2002, Notification No.48/2002-Customs dated, the 22nd April, 2002 published vide GSR 301(E), dated the 22nd April, 2002, Notification No.52/2002 -Customs dated, the 13th May, 2002 published vide GSR 364 (E), dated the 13th May, 2002, Notification No. 54/2002 -Customs dated, the 22nd May, 2002 published vide GSR 377(E), dated the 22nd May, 2002, Notification No.63/2002 -Customs dated, the 18th June, 2002 published vide GSR 436(E), dated the 18th June, 2002, Notification No. 67/2002-Customs dated, the 3rd July, 2002 published vide GSR466(E), dated the 3rd July, 2002, Notification No. 70/2002-Customs dated, the 11th July, 2002 published vide GSR490(E), dated the 11th July, 2002,Notification No.72/2002-Customs dated, the 23rd July, 2002 published vide GSR 516(E), dated the 23rd July, 2002, Notification No. 83/2002-Customs dated, the 14th August, 2002 published vide GSR 568(E), dated the 14th August, 2002, Notification No.84/2002-Customs dated, the 19th August, 2002 published vide GSR 580(E), dated the 19th August, 2002, Notification No. 93/2002-Customs dated, the 6th September, 2002 published vide GSR 624(E), dated the 6th September, 2002, Notification No.114/2002 -Customs dated, the 16th October, 2002 published vide GSR 705 (E), dated the 16th October, 2002, Notification No.115/2002 -Customs dated, the 17th October, 2002 published vide GSR 708(E), dated the 17th October, 2002, Notification No130/2002 -Customs dated, the 20th November, 2002 published vide GSR 774(E), dated the 20th November, 2002, Notification No.131/2002 -Customs dated, the 28th November, 2002 published vide GSR 783(E), dated the 28th November, 2002, Notification No.136/2002-Customs dated, the 9th December, 2002 published vide GSR 808(E), dated the 9th December, 2002, Notification No.140/2002 -Customs dated, the 23rd December, 2002 published vide GSR 833(E), dated the 23rd December, 2002 , Notification No.144 /2002-Customs dated, the 31st December, 2002 published vide GSR 856(E), dated the 31st December, 2002, Notification No. 4/2003-Customs dated, the 3rd January, 2003 published vide GSR 6(E), dated the 3rd January, 2003, Notification No.15/2003-Customs dated, the 21st January, 2003 published vide GSR 47(E), dated the 21st January, 2003, Notification No. 26/2003 -Customs dated, the 1st March, 2003 published vide GSR 161(E), dated the 1st March, 2003, Notification No.58/2003 -Customs dated, the 1st April, 2003 published vide GSR 284(E), dated the 1st April, 2003, Notification No.62/2003 -Customs dated, the 1st April, 2003 published vide GSR 294(E), dated the 1st April, 2003, Notification No.66/2003-Customs dated, the 4th April, 2003 published vide GSR 306(E), dated the 4th April, 2003 Notification No.67/2003-Customs dated, the 30th April, 2003 published vide GSR 368(E), dated the 30th April, 2003, Notification No.86/2003 -Customs dated, the 28th May, 2003 published vide GSR 439(E), dated the 28th May, 2003, Notification No.95/2003-Customs dated, the 24th June, 2003 published vide GSR 511(E), dated the 24th June, 2003, Notification No.110/2003-Customs dated, the 17th July, 2003 published vide GSR 552(E), dated the 17th July, 2003, Notification No. 111/2003 -Customs dated, the 17th July, 2003 published vide GSR 551(E), dated the 17th July, 2003, Notification No. 118/2003 -Customs dated, the 29th July, 2003 published vide GSR 611(E), dated the 29th July, 2003, Notification No.120/2003 -Customs dated, the 1st August, 2003 published vide GSR 622(E), dated the 1st August, 2003, Notification No.135/2003-Customs dated, the 28th August, 2003 published vide GSR 695(E), dated the 28th August, 2003, Notification No.138/2003-Customs dated, the 5th September, 2003 published vide GSR 711(E), dated the 5th September, 2003, Notification No.154 /2003-Customs dated, the 20th October, 2003 published vide GSR 824(E), dated the 20th October, 2003, Notification No.155/2003 -Customs dated, the 20th October, 2003 published vide GSR 825(E), dated the 20th October, 2003, Notification No.160/2003-Customs dated, the 24th October, 2003 published vide GSR 841(E), dated the 24th October, 2003, Notification No.161/2003-Customs dated, the 4th November, 2003 published vide GSR 861(E), dated the 4th November, 2003, Notification No.164/2003-Customs dated, the 11th November, 2003 published vide GSR 882(E), dated the 11th November, 2003, Notification No.174/2003 -Customs dated, the 4th December, 2003 published vide GSR 924(E), dated the 4th December, 2003, Notification No.175/2003-Customs dated, the 10th December, 2003 published vide GSR 938(E), dated the 10th December, 2003 Notification No.3/2004 -Customs dated, the 7th January, 2004 published vide GSR 15(E), dated the 7th January, 2004 Notification No.7/2004-Customs dated, the 8th January, 2004 published vide GSR 20(E), dated the 8th January, 2004, Notification No. 18/2004-Customs dated, the 12th January, 2004 published vide GSR 39(E), dated the 12th January, 2004, Notification No.20/2004-Customs dated, the 16th January, 2004 published vide GSR 48(E), dated the 16th January, 2004, Notification No.24/2004 -Customs dated, the 21st January, 2004 published vide GSR 64(E), dated the 21st January, 2004, Notification No.26/2004 -Customs dated, the 22nd January, 2004 published vide GSR 68(E), dated the 22nd January, 2004 Notification No.28/2004-Customs dated, the 23rd January, 2004 published vide GSR 75(E), dated the23rd January, 2004, Notification No.29/2004-Customs dated, the 28th January, 2004 published vide GSR 80(E), dated the 28th January, 2004, Notification No.32/2004-Customs dated, the 30th January, 2004 published vide GSR 88(E), dated the 30th January, 2004, Notification No. 38/2004-Customs dated, the 24th February, 2004 published vide GSR 133(E), dated the 24th February, 2004, Notification No. 39/2004-Customs dated, the 26th February, 2004 published vide GSR 138(E), dated the 26th February, 2004, Notification No.44/2004-Customs dated, the 28th February, 2004 published vide GSR 156(E), dated the 28th February, 2004, Notification No.66/2004 -Customs dated, the 9th July, 2004 published vide GSR 408(E), dated the 9th July, 2004, Notification No.77/2004 -Customs dated, the 26th July, 2004 published vide GSR 479(E), dated the 26th July, 2004, Notification No.82/2004 -Customs dated, the 18th August, 2004 published vide GSR 527(E), dated the 18th August, 2004 Notification No. 83/2004-Customs dated, the 20th August, 2004 published vide GSR 529(E), dated the 20th August, 2004, Notification No.86 /2004 -Customs dated, the 3rd September, 2004 published vide GSR 564(E), dated the 3rd September, 2004, Notification No.89/2004 -Customs dated, the 10th September, 2004 published vide GSR 602(E), dated the 10th September, 2004 Notification No.103/2004 -Customs dated, the 30th September, 2004 published vide GSR 653(E), dated the 30th September, 2004, Notification No.112/2004 -Customs dated, the 19th November, 2004 published vide GSR 759(E), dated the 19th November, 2004, Notification No. 119/2004 -Customs dated, the 31st December, 2004 published vide GSR 848(E), dated the 31st December, 2004, Notification No.7/2005 -Customs dated, the 4th February , 2005 published vide GSR 59(E), dated the 4th February, 2005, Notification No.9/2005 -Customs dated, the 15th February, 2005 published vide GSR 74(E), dated the 15th February, 2005, Notification No. 11/2005 -Customs dated, the 1st March, 2005 published vide GSR 105 (E), dated the 1st March, 2005, Notification No.26/2005 -Customs dated, the 2nd March, 2005 published vide GSR 147 (E), dated the 2nd March, 2005, Notification No. 29/2005-Customs dated, the 11th March, 2005 published vide GSR169(E), dated the 11th March, 2005, Notification No. 37/2005-Customs dated, the 2nd May, 2005 published vide GSR 263(E), dated the 2nd May, 2005, Notification No. 47/2005-Customs dated, the 17th May, 2005 published vide GSR 467(E), dated the 12thJuly, 2005, Notification No. 71/2005-Customs dated, the 20thJuly, 2005 published vide GSR 491(E), dated the 20thJuly, 2005.

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