**Executive Summary:**
This notification introduces the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2019. It outlines the procedures for transhipping cargo from specified Indian ports to Nepal, involving electronic cargo tracking and customs oversight. These regulations came into force on September 30, 2019, the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **General Information:**
* These regulations are called the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2019.
* The regulations are effective from September 30, 2019.
* **Definitions:**
* "Act" refers to the Customs Act, 1962.
* "Authorised carrier" refers to authorised sea carriers, train operators, shipping lines, or custodians registered under the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018, or their agents.
* "ECTS" means the electronic cargo tracking system.
* "Managed service provider" means the technology service provider appointed by India and Nepal for ECTS services.
* **Application:**
* These regulations apply to cargo transhipment from Kolkata, Haldia, and Visakhapatnam in India to Birgunj in Nepal via rail.
* They also apply to transhipment from Kolkata, Haldia, and Visakhapatnam to Batnaha in India by rail, and from Batnaha to Biratnagar in Nepal by road.
* **Transhipment Declaration:**
* The authorised carrier must declare cargo destined for Nepal, including the final discharge port, in the arrival manifest.
* The carrier must commit to transporting goods by rail or rail-road until they reach the final discharge port in Nepal.
* The carrier must obtain ECTS seals at their own cost from the managed service provider.
* The carrier must execute a general bond as directed by the proper officer.
* The carrier must file a transhipment declaration in triplicate using the prescribed form, along with a commercial invoice copy.
* **Loading and Transhipment Permission:**
* Loading of goods destined for Nepal onto a railway vehicle requires approval of the transhipment declaration by the proper officer.
* The proper officer must ensure the cargo is securely sealed with ECTS seals and that related information is entered into the web application.
* The proper officer endorses all three declaration copies with the ECTS seal number, retaining one copy and providing the remaining two to the railway vehicle in-charge.
* The authorised carrier must submit a copy of the endorsed declaration at the land customs station of exit in India and the other copy to customs at the port of final discharge in Nepal.
* **Land Customs Station Procedures:**
* Containers with ECTS seals must halt at the land customs station of exit in India for unsealing by the proper officer.
* The proper officer checks the seal's integrity using the web application before unsealing.
* If the ECTS indicates unauthorised unsealing, the proper officer verifies the goods against the transhipment declaration and allows transhipment if no irregularities are found.
* The proper officer endorses both declaration copies with unsealing confirmation, retaining one copy and providing the other to the authorised carrier for submission to Nepal Customs.
* The conveyance in-charge cannot proceed to Nepal without the proper officer's permission endorsed on the transhipment declaration.
* **Bond Discharge:**
* The proper officer extracts trip reports from the ECTS web application as proof of transhipment completion.
* Reconciliation of transhipment consignments is based on the trip report by the proper officer at Kolkata, Haldia, or Visakhapatnam.
* The general bond submitted by the authorised carrier is re-credited or discharged accordingly.
**Impact Analysis:**
* **Authorised Carriers:**
* *Impact:* Must comply with the new regulations for cargo transhipment to Nepal, including obtaining ECTS seals, executing bonds, and declaring transhipments.
* *Action Required:* Register under regulation 3 of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 (if not already registered), procure ECTS seals, execute general bonds, accurately file the transhipment declaration form, and ensure adherence to the procedures outlined in the regulations.
* **Customs Officers (Proper Officer):**
* *Impact:* Responsible for overseeing and enforcing the new transhipment procedures, including verifying seals, approving declarations, and monitoring cargo via the ECTS.
* *Action Required:* Ensure familiarity with the new regulations, verify ECTS seals and transhipment details, endorse documents accurately, and monitor cargo movements through the ECTS system.
* **Managed Service Provider:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for providing and maintaining the ECTS and providing ECTS seals to authorised carriers.
* *Action Required:* Ensure the ECTS is functioning correctly, provide ECTS seals, and resolve any technical issues that arise.
* **Importers in Nepal:**
* *Impact:* Benefit from a more secure and monitored transhipment process.
* *Action Required:* Ensure that their authorised carriers comply with the new regulations.
Key Entities Referenced
Customs Act, 1962: A legal act that provides the framework for customs regulations and duties in India.
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs: A government agency responsible for the formulation of policy concerning indirect taxes, including customs duties.
Nepal: A landlocked country bordering India, which is the destination for transhipped cargo as per the regulations.
Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal under Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2019: The official name of the regulations outlined in the document.
Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS): A system deployed for securing and monitoring traffic in transit destined to Nepal.
Kolkata, West Bengal: A port city in West Bengal, India, from where cargo is transhipped to Nepal.
Haldia, West Bengal: A port city in West Bengal, India, from where cargo is transhipped to Nepal.
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh: A port city in Andhra Pradesh, India, from where cargo is transhipped to Nepal.
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(2) ऐसी सील को हटान े के पहले यथोिचत अिधकारी वेब-एn लीकेशन का +योग करके उस सील क(cid:31) स5यता क(cid:31) जाचं करेगा
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जा सके।
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पूरा होने का +माण होगा।
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अिधकारी के ह’ताPर, पदनाम, मुहर और तारीख
[फा. सं. 554/02/2014-एलसी (पाट:)]
गु3जन कुमार वमा,: अवर सिचव4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th September, 2019
No. 68/2019-Customs (N.T.)
G.S.R. 704(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 read with sub-section (1) of
section 54 and section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
Customs hereby makes the following regulations, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These regulations may be called the Transhipment of Cargo to Nepal
under Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the day of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions. – (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) ‘Act’ means the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);
(b) “authorised carrier” means an authorised sea carrier, an authorised train operator, shipping line or a
custodian, registered under regulation 3 of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations,
2018 or his authorised agent;
(c) “ECTS” means the electronic cargo tracking system deployed for securing and monitoring traffic-in-
transit destined to Nepal;
(d) “managed service provider” means a technology service provider appointed, as bi-laterally agreed
between the Governments of India and Nepal, for providing ECTS services.
(2) The words and expressions used and not defined in these regulations but defined in the Act shall have the
same meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3. Application. – These regulations shall apply to the transhipment of cargo from the ports of Kolkata, Haldia
and Visakhapatnam in India to Birgunj in Nepal by rail and from the ports of Kolkata, Haldia and
Visakhapatnam to Batnaha in India by rail and from Batnaha to Biratnagar in Nepal by road.
4. Declaration of transhipment. - The authorised carrier shall, –
(a) declare the cargo destined to Nepal and the port of final discharge in Nepal in the arrival manifest;
(b) undertake to transport the goods by rail or rail-cum-road till they reach the port of final discharge in
Nepal;
(c) directly procure ECTS seals at their own cost from the managed service provider;
(d) execute a general bond for an amount as directed by the proper officer;
(e) file a declaration of transhipment, in triplicate, in the Form appended to these regulations before the
proper officer, along with a copy of the commercial invoice.
5. Permission to load goods. - No person-in-charge of a conveyance shall permit the loading of goods
destined to Nepal, onto a railway vehicle, unless the declaration of transhipment relating to them has been
approved by the proper officer.
6. Permission for transhipment. – (1) Where pursuant to the approval referred to in regulation 5, goods have
been loaded on a railway vehicle, the proper officer shall, -
(a) ensure that the cargo is sealed securely with the ECTS seals and related information is entered into the
associated web-application;
(b) endorse all the three copies of the declaration of transhipment with the ECTS seal number and retain a
copy therefrom and hand over the remaining two copies of the declaration of transhipment to the person in
charge of the railway vehicle for being carried along with the goods.
(2) The authorised carrier shall submit a copy of the endorsed declaration of transhipment at the land customs
station of exit from India and the other copy shall be handed over to the customs at the port of final discharge
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7. Arrival at the land customs station. - (1) The containers which are affixed with an ECTS seal shall be
halted at the land customs station of exit in India for unsealing by the proper officer.
(2) The proper officer shall, before unsealing, check the integrity of the seal using web application and if no
alert of unauthorised unsealing is found, he shall remove the ECTS seal.
(3) In case the ECTS indicates an alert about any unauthorised unsealing, the proper officer shall make due
verification of the goods to check whether the goods are in accordance with the declaration of transhipment
and shall allow the transhipment to Nepal, upon being satisfied that there is no irregularity.
(4) The proper officer shall make an endorsement of unsealing on both the copies of declaration of
Transhipment, retain one copy, and shall hand over the other to the authorised carrier for onward submission
to Nepal Customs.
(5) The person-in-charge of the conveyance shall not commence onward journey to Nepal unless the proper
officer has permitted him so to do by an order endorsed on the declaration of transhipment.
8. Discharge of bond. – (1) The proper officer shall extract trip reports from the ECTS web application as
proof of completion of transhipment.
(2) The reconciliation of transhipment of consignments shall be carried out on the basis of trip report, by the
proper officer at the Ports of Kolkata, Haldia or Visakhapatnam, as the case may be, and the general bond
submitted by the authorised carrier will be re-credited or discharged.
FORM
(See regulation 4)
Declaration of transshipment
(To be filed in triplicate)
Part A
(To be filed by the authorised carrier or his agent)
Name of the authorised carrier filing the declaration of transshipment
Manifest number and date
Port of entry in India
Land customs station of exit from India
Port of entry in Nepal
Port of final discharge in Nepal
Name and address of importer in Nepal
Vehicle number on which goods will transit India (if applicable)
Name and mobile number of the driver (if applicable)
Container number or wagon number (as applicable)
Bond No.
Details of goods
Marks & Commercial Description H.S. code Quantity (in pcs) or Gross weight CIF Value in
serial Nos. invoice of goods weight, as relevant INR
number and
date
I / We declare that the goods entered herein are for transit through India to Nepal and shall not be diverted en-route in
India or retained in India.
I/We undertake to bear the cost of electronic cargo tracking system for the above trip.
I / We further declare that all the entries made herein above are true and correct to the best of my / our knowledge.
Signature of the authorised carrier or his representative6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
Part B
(To be filled by the customs officer at the port of entry into India)
Transshipment permit No.
ECTS seal No.
I verify that the aforesaid container or wagon has been sealed with ECTS seal by me.
Signature of the officer, designation, stamp and date
Part C
(To be filled by the customs officer at the land customs station of exit from India)
I certify that the cargo has reached from _____________port (India) to _____________ Land Customs Station (India), as
per trip report of the ECTS without any alert of unauthorised unsealing.
Signature of the officer, designation, stamp and date
[F. No. 554/02/2014-LC (Pt)]
GUNJAN KUMAR VERMA, Under Secy.
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