CBIC notifies Customs
Brokers Licensing Regulations 2018, thereby requiring a Customs Broker to hold
a license to carry on business relating to entry or departure of conveyance or
import or export of goods including audit work at any Customs Station; Bestows
the responsibility of inviting applications upon Directorate General of
Performance Management (DGPM), in lieu of Directorate General of Inspection of
Customs and Central Excise (DGICCE), while prescribing additional conditions of
holding Aadhaar number and valid PAN card, along with no penalty for an offence
under GST laws; Individual applicant shall be granted Customs Broker License in
Form B1 whereas License to a company, firm or association shall be granted in
Form B2; Period prohibiting Customs Broker from transacting business in one or
more of Customs Station shall not exceed one month from date thereof, provided
that where the license is suspended as a consequence to prohibition, the time
period for giving hearing opportunity and passing appropriate order, shall be
reckoned from date of such suspension; Customs Broker or F-Card holder (person
who has passed examination under Regulation 6) can file appeal u/s 129A of
Customs Act to CESTAT, while G-Card holder (person who has passed examination
under Regulation 13) may prefer appeal u/s 128 to Commissioner (Appeals) : CBIC
Notification
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