Circular No. 16 /2013 - Customs
F.No.450/41/2010-Cus.IV(Pt)
Government
of India
Ministry
of Finance
Department
of Revenue
Central
Board of Excise & Customs
*****
Dated
the 10th April, 2013
To;
All Chief Commissioners
of Customs / Customs (Prev)
All Chief Commissioners
of Customs & Central Excise.
All Director Generals of
CBEC
All Commissioners of
Customs / Customs (Prev)
All Commissioner of
Customs and Central Excise
Sir/ Madam,
References have been
received by the Board requesting for fixation of norms for waiver of payment of
cost recovery charges for Customs staff posted at Seaports, Air Cargo
Complexes, Courier Terminal, etc. in like manner of the norms in force for
ICDs/CFSs.
2.
The matter was examined by the Board and a view emerged that in the manner of
ICDs/CFSs other Customs facilities - Seaports, Air Cargo Complexes, Courier
Terminals and Diamond Plazas - would merit similar exemption from the payment
of cost recovery charges for the Customs staff posted therein once they satisfy
certain performance criteria that confirm their continued viability. The
Board also noted that the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s Greenfield Airport
Policy required the Airport operators to pay the cost recovery charges for the
Customs staff (amongst others). However, the Board observed that unlike
ICDs/CFSs the staffing norms for these other Customs facilities including
Airports had not been finalized. In this background, the Board
constituted a Committee of Chief Commissioners of Customs to recommend the
norms for staffing of the Customs staff at the various Customs
facilities. The Committee of Chief Commissioners was also entrusted with
the task of identifying the performance benchmarks that would make a particular
facility eligible for the grant of exemption from the payment of cost recovery
charges for the Customs staff posted therein.
3.
Based on the report of the Committee of Chief Commissioners, the Board has
obtained the approval of the Competent Authority for the staffing norms for
sanction of posts on cost recovery basis at various Customs facilities and also
for the performance norms that would make a facility eligible for consideration
of grant of exemption from the payment of cost recovery charges. The
facility-wise (Sea Port, Air Cargo Complexes, Courier Terminals and Diamond
Plaza) staffing norms for the posting of Customs staff on cost recovery
basis as well as the norms for eligibility for grant of exemption from payment
of cost recovery charges for such Customs staff are as follows:
Staffing norms:
|
Customs
Facility
|
Dy./Asst.
Commissioner
|
Appraiser/
Superintendent
|
Inspector/
Examiner
|
STA/TA
|
Sepoy
|
Total
|
|
Sea Port
|
2
|
4
|
12
|
2
|
12
|
32
|
|
Air Cargo
Complex
|
2
|
8
|
12
|
4
|
5
|
31
|
|
Courier
Terminals
|
4
|
9
|
12
|
4
|
8
|
37
|
|
Diamond
Plaza
|
1
|
2+2
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
19
|
Norms for eligibility for grant of
exemption from the payment of cost recovery charges:
|
Facility
|
Minimum Annual Volume/Value of Import & Export
Cargo
|
Minimum Annual Number of Documents – Bills of
Entry/Shipping Bills
|
|
Sea Port
|
6 Lakhs MTs.
|
3,000
|
|
Air Cargo
Complex
|
12,000 MTs
|
35,000
|
|
Courier Terminals
|
1.5 Lakh Packages
|
20,000
|
|
Diamond Plaza
|
Rs. 15,000 Crores
|
12,000
|
Note:
Both performance norms (cargo and documents) would be
reduced by 50% for facilities that handle only import or export cargo.
4.
The staffing norms for Airports will be determined on the
basis of the Class of the Airport (Class A, B or C) as per the criteria of
minimum number of international flights and passengers. Also, it is envisaged
that there would be 4 shifts at Class A and B Airports and 2 shifts at Class C
Airports. The norms for identifying the Class of an Airport, the staffing norms
for the posting of Customs staff on cost recovery basis, and the norms for
eligibility for grant of exemption from payment of cost recovery charges for
such Customs staff are as follows:
Norms for identifying the Class of an
Airport:
|
Class of Airport
|
Minimum No. of international flights per annum
(incoming and outgoing)
|
Minimum No. of passengers per annum
(incoming and outgoing)
|
|
|
Class A
|
12,000
|
10 lakhs
|
|
|
Class B
|
6,000
|
5 lakhs
|
|
|
Class C
|
3,500
|
3 lakhs
|
|
Staffing norms for Airports:
|
Class of Airport
|
Staffing Norms
|
||||
|
Dy./Asst. Commissioner
|
Superintendent
|
Inspector
|
Sepoy
|
Total
|
|
|
Class A
|
4
|
38
|
78
|
24
|
144
|
|
Class B
|
4
|
29
|
48
|
16
|
97
|
|
Class C
|
-
|
8
|
16
|
4
|
28
|
Norms for eligibility for grant of
exemption from the payment of cost recovery charges:
Minimum
number of international flights is 3500 (both incoming and outgoing) and the
minimum number of passengers is 3 lakhs (both incoming and outgoing) in
each of the preceding two financial years.
5.
The conditions for grant of exemption from payment of cost
recovery charges for all facilities viz. Sea Ports, Air Cargo
Complexes, Courier Terminals, Diamond Plazas and Airports shall
be as follows:
(a) Both performance
norms i.e. volume/value and number of documents in case of Sea Ports, Air Cargo
Complexes, Courier Terminals, Diamond Plazas and number of international
flights and number of passengers in case of Airports must be met in
each of the preceding two financial years.
(b)
Exemption from cost recovery charges shall be prospective; and
(c)
No cost recovery charges should be outstanding.
6.
It has also been decided that based upon the aforementioned norms,
jurisdictional Commissioners would review the existing facilities and send
proposals for waiver of cost recovery charges for eligible facilities within 60
days. The proposal shall be sent to DG, HRD, CBEC. Thereafter, similar
review would be undertaken in April each year and proposals for waiver of cost
recovery charges sent to DG, HRD, CBEC by 30th April. DG, HRD, CBEC will
process the proposals to ensure the necessary orders for exemption of cost
recovery charges and regularization of posts are got issued in a time bound
manner.
7.
These instructions may be brought to the notice of the custodians, Airport
operators by issuing Trade/Public Notices. Suitable internal orders/instructions
may be issued for the guidance of the officers.
8.
Difficulties faced, if any, in implementation of the Circular may please be
brought to the notice of the Board.
Yours faithfully,
(M.V. Vasudevan)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
(Cus.IV)
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