MANU/CUCR/0005/2023

Ministry : Ministry of Finance

Department/Board : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Circular No. : 05/2023-Customs

Date : 21.02.2023

Notification/ Circulars Referred : Circular 26/2016-Customs dated 09.06.2016 MANU/CUCR/0027/2016

Citing Reference:
Circular 26/2016-Customs dated 09.06.2016 MANU/CUCR/0027/2016  Referred

To,

All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs (Prev.)
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of COST & Customs
All Principal Director Generals/Director Generals under CBIC

Madam/Sir,

Amendment in Circular No. 26/2016-Customs dated 09.06.2016

1. Para 4.1 of Circular 26/2016-Customs dated 09.06.2016 provides for a centralized system of antecedent verification of the applicants of license under the Public Warehousing Licensing Regulations, 2016, the Private Warehousing Licensing Regulations, 2016 or the Special Warehousing Licensing Regulations, 2016.

2. It has been brought to notice that cases of such antecedent verification are facing unreasonable delays at certain field formations. In order to ensure that this task is completed in a time bound manner, it has been decided to amend the aforesaid Circular 26/2016-Customs by inserting the following sentence at the end of Para 4.1:

The antecedent verification must be completed within 45 days of receipt of the application.