Draft Customs Brokers Licensing and Revocation Regulations 2017-CBEC

Draft Customs Brokers Licensing and Revocation Regulations 2017 by CBEC. Customs Brokers shall be licensed by a written examination process

Draft Customs Brokers Licensing and Revocation Regulations 2017

CBEC has issued  Draft  Customs Brokers Licensing and Revocation Regulations, 2017.  As per the Regulations, Customs Brokers shall be licensed and no person shall be able to carry on business as a Customs Broker relating to the entry or departure of a conveyance or the import or export of goods at any Customs Station unless such person holds a licence granted under these regulations.

“Customs Broker ” has been defined to mean a person licensed under these regulations to act as an agent on behalf of the importer or an exporter for purposes of transaction of any business relating to the entry or departure of conveyances or the import or export of goods at any Customs Station including audit.

The Directorate General of Performance Management (DGPM) shall in the month of April of every year invite applications for conducting examination and subsequent grant of licence to act as Customs Broker. An applicant, who satisfies the requirements  shall be required to appear for a written as well as oral examination conducted by the DGPM.

Among others, PAN and Aadhaar have been made a mandatory conditions to be fulfilled by the applicants for the examination of Customs Brokers.

The applicant who has passed the oral examination shall, on payment of fee of five thousand rupees shall be granted a license. A customs broker’s license may be granted to any company, firm, association, or partnership if at least one director, partner, or an authorized employee as the case may be has passed the examination.

A licence granted shall be valid for a period of ten years from the date of issue and shall be renewed from time to time.

The applicant who has been granted licence shall be eligible to work as Customs Broker in all Customs Stations subject to intimation to the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Customs of the customs station where he intends to transact business.

The license can be revoked, suspended if the Custome Broker fails to comply with any of the conditions of the license or commits misconduct or acquires any disqualifications subsequent to the grant of the license.

Penalty may also be imposed on a Customs Broker who contravenes any provisions of Regulations or who fails to comply with any provision of the Regulations