Notification, 2016

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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART-II,

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) (CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS) Notification No. 108/ 2016-Customs (N.T.) New Delhi, the11th August, 2016 G.S.R. ... (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Import Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations, 1976, namely: -

1. (1) These Regulations may be called the Import Manifest (Aircraft) Amendment Regulations, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the e-gazette of India.

2. In the Import Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations), in regulation 5, -

(a) for sub-regulation (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) The passenger manifest shall be delivered within fifteen minutes of the closure and departure of the flights from the port of embarkation outside India.”;

(b) for sub-regulation (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(2) The manifest shall be transmitted electronically to the Indian Customs either in flat file format or in United Nations/ Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport Passenger List Advance Passenger Information (UN/EDIFACT PAXLST API) message format as per Annexure.”;

(c) in sub-regulation (3), after the word “concerned”, the following words shall be inserted, namely:- “Principal Commissioner of Customs or”.

3. In the said regulations, after regulation 5 and before FORM I, the following Annexure shall be inserted, namely:- “ANNEXURE

(i) Flat File Naming Convention:

The structure of file name will be as below:- 160401PJFKDELBY161.api where 160401 6 digit scheduled Arrival date in YYMMDD format P/C P for PAX and C for Crew JFK Departure Airport Code (Last Leg port) DEL 3 character destination airport code (DEL=Delhi) BY 2/3 digit IATA carrier code 161 3/4 digit IATA flight number .api File extension

(ii) File structure Details:

One file structure will contain a complete manifest for Pax/Crew of a particular flight. Separate file for Crew and PAX for each flight needs to be sent.

(iii) Field Details / Description:

S. No. Field Description Length Type Remarks

1. Flight Carrier Code 3 Character IATA Carrier Code

2. Flight Number 4 Number 3/ 4 digit numeric

3. Flight Scheduled Departure Date

4. Flight Scheduled Departure Time 4 Character HHMM

5. Flight Actual Departure Date

6. Flight Actual Departure Time 4 Character HHMM

7. Flight Scheduled Arrival Date

8. Flight Scheduled Arrival Time 4 Character HHMM

9. Flight Last Leg Port Outside India 3 Character IATA Airport Code

10. Flight First Arrival Port in India 3 Character IATA Airport Code

11. Number of Crews in flight 4 Number 0 for PAX file

12. Number of PAX in flight 4 Number 0 for Crew file

13. PNR 10 Character Passenger Name Record Locator Serial Number 4 Number Running Serial Number within the file Status 1 Character T=Transit, 18 # Document Number 20 Character Passport Number/ Unique ID Number for other travel documents 19 Document Expiry Date

20. Document Issue Country 3 Character 3-char Country Code

21. Pax/Crew Name 100 Character As appears in Passport / other travel document

22. Pax/Crew Date of Birth Nationality 3 Character 3-char Country Code

25. Pax/Crew Embark Airport 3 Character IATA Airport Code Disembark Airport 3 Character IATA Airport Code Disembark Address 40 Character Address of PAX at Disembarking country (e.g. House / Flat No, Street etc.) Disembark City 35 Character Airport Name of Disembarking City Disembark Postal Code 9 Character Postal Code of Disembark address Disembark Country 3 Character 3-char country code of disembarking country Residential Country code 3 Character 3-char country code

32. Subsequent Place / Port of Call within the Country 3 Character IATA Airport Code

33. Crew Other Document Code 2 Character Only in case of CREW, For

34. Crew Other Document Number 20 Character CREW License Number

35. Crew Other Document Expiry Date 8 Character Date of expiry of License in format

36. Crew Other Document 3 Character 3-char country code where license has been Issue Country issued

37. Crew Type 3 Character 3-char CREW type as mentioned in UN/EDIFACT

38. Pax/ Crew Home Address 70 Character Address of Home place (e.g.

House/Flat No, Street name and number etc.)

39. Pax/ Crew Home City 70 Character Home city name

40. Pax/ Crew Home State 70 Character Home State name

41. Pax/ Crew Home Country 3 Character 3-char country code 42 Pax/ Crew Birth Place 70 Character Address of Birthplace (e.g.

House/Flat No, Street name and number etc.)

43. Pax/ Crew Birth City 70 Character City name of birth place

44. Pax/ Crew Birth State 70 Character Birth place State name

45. Pax/ Crew Birth Country 3 Character 3-char country code of birth address

46. Visa Number 15 Character Visa Number as in Travel Document Visa Issue Date Visa Issue Place 50 Character VISA issue place

49. EDIFACT Version Number 10 Character Version Number of US/UN

EDIFACT

50. EDIFACT Release Number 10 Character Release Number of US/UN

EDIFACT

51. Carrier Contact Information 50 Character Name of the nodal officer of the carrier to contact

52. Carrier Contact Number 50 Character Phone numbers of the contact person

53. Carrier Contact Fax 50 Character FAX numbers of the contact person #The passport number is not mandatory for some countries viz. currently for Nepal and Bhutan and in those cases ‘O’(other) value to be mentioned in the document type and Unique Document number be provided.

• Each data element should be separated by „|‟ (pipe line) in the record (Total 53 no. of „|‟ should be there in each record) • In case of value not available for a specific data element, null value (not space) should be given. • Each record for PAX should be in a single line, no line separator is required. Example of structure of file for PAX only

(iv) For furnishing the information in United Nations/ Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport Passenger List Advance Passenger Information (UN/EDIFACT PAXLST API) message format, airlines/ carriers may refer WCO/IATA/ICAO passenger list message (PAXLST) implementation guide. (www.wcoomd.org).”.

4. In the said regulations, for FORM-II, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely:- “FORM II (See regulation 3)

PASSENGER MANIFEST

Owner or Operator.............................................Marks of Nationality and Registration.................... Flight No. ............................... Date ....................................................................................... Point of embarkation..................................... Point of disembarkation........................................ (Place and Country) (Place and Country) “I. Flight information: For use by owner or operator only For official use only a. airline carrier code and flight number c. scheduled departure date and time d. actual departure date and time * f. scheduled arrival date and time g. subsequent port of call within the country h. number of crew in flight i. number of passengers in flight a. serial number in the manifest b. status; whether transiting or disembarking c. name of the passenger d. gender e. date of birth f. nationality g. address in the country of primary residence h. place of birth i. address of birth * III. Journey information:

a. journey start airport c. passenger name record locator d. address in India* IV. Travel document information:

a. document type d. country of issue V. Crew related information a. crew other document code* VI. Visa related information for foreigners a. visa number * c. place of issue* VII. Message related information a. EDIFACT version number b. EDIFACT release number c. Carrier contact information d. Carrier contact number e. Carrier contact fax Prepared by..............................Page................of.......................pages.” *The data fields with (*) mark are not mandatory.

(B. Konthoujam) Under Secretary to the Government of India Note: The principal regulations were published in Part I, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification under G.S.R 1550 dated 23 rd October, 1976 and were last amended vide notification No. 74/2005-Customs (N.T.) dated the 30 th August, 2005, vide number

G.S.R. 547(E) dated the 30 th August, 2005.

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