The Government has amended the SEZ ( Special Economic Zone ) Rules with regards to the reconditioning, repair and re-engineering export and the Non-Hazardous Metals or Non-Contaminating from such Repairs.
The second proviso of Rule 18(4)(d) was amended. The amendment is as follows:
“In the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, in rule 18, in sub-rule (4), in clause (d), for second proviso, the following provisos shall be substituted, namely: –
“Provided further that reconditioning, repair and re-engineering may be permitted subject to the conditions that export shall have one to one correlation with imports and all the reconditioned or repaired or re-engineered products shall be exported:
Provided also that only non-hazardous metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic, non-dispersible form having no contaminants enlisted against Basel No. B1010 in Part D of Schedule III of the Hazardous and Other Wastes ( Management and Transboundary Movement ) Rules, 2016 generated from the reconditioning, repair or reengineering, may be allowed to be sold in the Domestic Tariff Area on payment of applicable customs duty and this shall be treated as import and will be permitted only to the actual user or to the trader for use of the actual users authorized by the State Pollution Control Board on one-time basis and subject to verification of documents specified in Schedule VIII of the Hazardous and Other Wastes ( Management and Transboundary Movement ) Rules, 2016 by the Custom Authority”.
It was notified that only non-hazardous metal and metal-alloy wastes, in solid form and without contaminants listed under Basel No. B1010 in Part D of Schedule III of the Hazardous and Other Wastes Rules, 2016, which are generated during reconditioning, repair, or reengineering, may be sold in the Domestic Tariff Area. Sellers must pay applicable customs duty.
This is considered an import and can only be sold to the actual user or to traders authorised by the State Pollution Control Board for the actual user’s use. Customs authorities will verify specified documents listed in Schedule VIII of the Hazardous and Other Wastes Rules, 2016.
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