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Two major reforms for the reduction in Physical Interface and enhancing Ease of Doing Business
• Electronic Transmission of Out of Charge copy of Bill of Entry (eOOC)
• Electronic Transmission of E-Gate pass (eGatepass)
*This presentation is only for training purposes – For details please refer to CBIC Circular No. 19/2020-Cus dated 13.04.2020 and ICES advisory communicated vide ACC Import, Delhi Public Notice No. 26/2020
Comparison of Business Process Before and After
Old Process
• Electronic OoC message is conveyed to the custodian as OoC is granted by Customs
• Custodian prepares its gate pass based on E-message from Customs and releases the shipment
• Importer/CB needed the final print of Bill of Entry (BoE) for their records either during the release of shipment or after its release as per their convenience
• Accordingly, the Importer/CB has to come physically to the service centre located at the Import Shed of ACC Import to take the print out of final copy
New Process
• Electronic OoC message is conveyed to the custodian as OoC is granted by Customs (No change in the process)
• Custodian prepares its gate pass based on E-message from Customs and releases the shipment (No change in the process)
• As soon as the OoC is granted, an Electronic copy of the Out of Charge copy of BoE (eOoC) and E-gate pass (eGatepass) (different from the custodian gate pass) is transmitted to the Importer/CB for their records
• Now the Importer/CB need not physically come to the service centre located at Import Shed for taking the print out of final copy
• Impact is the reduction in the physical interface, paperless processing and enhancing of ease of doing business
E-gate pass
- In rarest of rare cases, the OoC message does not get transmitted to the custodian due to system issues
- In such cases, the Custodian will now not insist on producing the hard copy of Bill of Entry by the Importer/CB
- Importer/CB in such cases can produce the E- gate pass and Custodian can verify it by using ICE TRACK Mobile App and thereafter Custodian can generate Gate pass and release the shipment
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Advantages
• Reduction in Physical interface – CBs need not come to the service centre for Printouts of OOC copy of Bill of Entry
• Paperless processing
• Reduction in dwell time and transaction cost – Simplification of procedures, Faceless interface
• Enhanced security features
• Promotes Digitization
• Authenticity of the document verifiable by scanning QR code
• Key details – BoE No./date, duty, package details, document version visible on QR scan
• Promotes Social Distancing in times of COVID-19 – No need for CBs to stand in queues at Service Centre
• Promotes Green Customs