- HC : Notification prescribing recovery of Clean-Environment-Cess in lieu of Statutory Procedure intra-vires; Upholds validity
- Tribunal : PepsiCo’s ‘Nimbooz’, ‘Slice’ and ‘Tropicana’ taxable as fruit drinks at 4%/5.5% KVAT, not 14%/14.5%
- SC : ‘Sharbat’ deriving identity from fruit content, is fruit drink; Applies common-parlance, essential-character test
- HC : Test report not invalid merely because samples tested in two labs; Upholds DRI seizure
- SC : Copy of SC-judgment quashing demand on 'Naphtha' predominantly used for fertilizer-production despite partial non-fertilizer use
DGFT extends transition period for registering under the Registered Exporters System (REX) for EU Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) upto June 30, 2018; Accordingly, after said date, benefits under EU-GSP scheme can be availed only by registered exporters and can self-certify the Rules of Origin on a commercial document (instead of Certificate of Origin issued by authorized agencies)
Public Notice No. 51/2015-2020 dated January 9, 2018
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