Authorized Couriers which are Inactive for a Continuous Period of One Year will be Deactivated in ECCS: CBIC [Read Notification]

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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified that the authorized couriers which are found to be inactive for a continuous period of one year will be deactivated in ECCS.

The notification added a new provision regarding the surrender of registration and stated that “an Authorised Courier may surrender the registration through an application in writing to the Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs who has granted the registration, as the case may be.”

It was further stated that where an Authorised Courier is found to be inactive for a continuous period of one year, the registration shall be deemed to be invalid from the first day after the expiry of the said period of one year.

“For the purposes of this regulation the expression ‘inactive’ refers to an Authorised Courier who does not transact any business pertaining to Customs during a period of one year excluding the period for which the registration has been suspended under regulation 13 and the continuous period of one year shall be computed for the first time with effect from the date of coming into force of the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing), Amendment, Regulations, 2021,” the Notification said.

Within a period of ninety days from the first day of deemed invalidation, the Authorised Courier may submit an application in Form K along with a fee of fifteen thousand rupees, to the Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs who has granted the registration, as the case may be, for renewal of the registration.

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