Notification No.108/2001--Customs., DT. 16/10/2001.

Amendments in the Notification No.148/1994-Customs, dated the 13th July, 1994 - Gift Commodities Import

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.148/1994-Customs, dated the 13th July, 1994 [G.S.R.577(E) dated the 13th July, 1994], namely : -

In the said notification, in the Table, for S.No.4, the following S.No. shall be substituted, namely :-

S. No.	Description of goods	Conditions
(1)	(2)	(3)
"4.	(i) Gift commodities imported by Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere, Incorporated, since renamed as Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Incorporated, (hereinafter referred to as CARE) or its distributing Organisations, approved by the Government of India, under the Agreement between President of India and CARE. (ii) Supplies and equipment imported by CARE or its distributing Organisations, approved by the Government of India, under the Agreement between President of India and CARE; and (iii) Supplies and equipment for the official use of the officers of CARE	The importer, at the time of import, gives an undertaking that the gift commodities are either for free distribution, or the proceeds thereof through monetisation, permitted by the Department of Women & Child Development, Government of India is retained by CARE in India in a separate account and the full amount utilised for purely developmental projects relating to social sector as approved and implemented by the said Department. The importer, at the time of import, gives an undertaking that the supplies and the equipment, when no longer required for the purposes for which they were imported, will be exported out of India and that the imported supplies and equipment are not meant for the personal use of the officers of CARE or its distributing organisations and, further, that any of the supplies or equipment shall not be passed on to a third party by way of sale or otherwise in contravention of the said Agreement".

Dr. N.K.Soren
Under Secretary to the Government of India.

F.No.528/84/99-CUS (TU)

Note : The Principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification No.148/1994-Customs, dated the 13th July, 1994 [G.S.R.577(E), dated the 13th July, 1994] and last amended by notification No.48/1996-Customs, dated 23rd July, 1996 [G.S.R.300(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996].

(Please refer Cus Ntf No.94/2003 (NT) DT.04/11/2003 for further amendments in Ntf. No. 148/1994-Cus, DT. 13/07/1994)

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