CBIC has issued Circular No. 19/2020- Customs dated April 13, 2020 for electronic communication of PDF based Gatepass and Out of Charge (OOC) Copy of Bill of Entry to Custom Brokers/Importers.
I. Final Out of Charge (eOoC) Copy of Bill of Entry:
As of now, physical signing of the Final OoC copy of BoE is insisted upon at many Customs locations. This necessitates the importer/Customs Broker to take a paper printout from the Service Centre to be produced before the Customs officer. It has now been decided to do away with the paper printout of the Final OoC copy of BoE. Instead, DG Systems will enable a functionality to immediately email the PDF version of the Final eOoC copy of BoE generated after OoC to the Customs Broker and/or the importer, if registered. This Final eOoC copy of BoE will have the following features-
(i) The PDF version will bear a digitally signed and encrypted QR code which can be scanned to verify the authenticity of the document using Mobile App ICETRAK. The QR code is tamper proof, which is digitally signed by CBIC to ensure the authenticity. Key details like BoE No., BoE Date, Duty, Package Details are available in the secured QR Code.
(ii) A version number is also embedded in the QR code which can be used to ascertain whether the document is indeed the latest version (in case of reassessment etc.). The same would be verifiable at ICEGATE Enquiry
II. eGatepass
Currently, the physically signed Final OoC copy of BoE is being verified both by the Gate officer (Customs) as well as the Custodian before allowing the actual movement of the imported goods out of the Customs premises. This physical printout is now being replaced by the PDF eGatepass generated and electronically communicated to the importer/Customs Brokers with the following salient features:
(i) eGatepass shall contain only the details referred to by the Custodian or the Gate officer to allow actual movement of goods – like details of IGM/Bill of Lading, Containers, packages etc.
(ii) There will be two types of QR codes (i) for entire eGatepass document, and (ii) for each container/package covered under the Gatepass. This will ensure that only those containers/package move out which are covered under the Gatepass document.
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