The CBIC vide Notification No. 04/2024 – Central Tax dated January 05, 2024, notified the new special procedure to be followed by a registered person engaged in manufacturing of goods which are listed as under-

SCHEDULE

S. No.	Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item	Description of Goods
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	2106 90 20	Pan-masala
2.	2401	Unmanufactured tobacco (without lime tube) – bearing a brand name
3.	2401	Unmanufactured tobacco (with lime tube) – bearing a brand name
4.	2401 30 00	Tobacco refuse, bearing a brand name
5.	2403 11 10	‘Hookah’ or ‘gudaku’ tobacco bearing a brand name
6.	2403 11 10	Tobacco used for smoking ‘hookah’ or ‘chilam’ commonly known as ‘hookah’ tobacco or ‘gudaku’ not bearing a brand name
7.	2403 11 90	Other water pipe smoking tobacco not bearing a brand name.
8.	2403 19 10	Smoking mixtures for pipes and cigarettes
9.	2403 19 90	Other smoking tobacco bearing a brand name
10.	2403 19 90	Other smoking tobacco not bearing a brand name
11.	2403 91 00	“Homogenised” or “reconstituted” tobacco, bearing a brand name
12	2403 99 10	Chewing tobacco (without lime tube)
13.	2403 99 10	Chewing tobacco (with lime tube)
14.	2403 99 10	Filter khaini
15.	2403 99 20	Preparations containing chewing tobacco
16.	2403 99 30	Jarda scented tobacco
17.	2403 99 40	Snuff
18.	2403 99 50	Preparations containing snuff
19.	2403 99 60	Tobacco extracts and essence bearing a brand name
20.	2403 99 60	Tobacco extracts and essence not bearing a brand Name
21.	2403 99 70	Cut tobacco
22.	2403 99 90	Pan masala containing tobacco ‘Gutkha’
23.	2403 99 90	All goods, other than pan masala containing tobacco ‘gutkha’, bearing a brand name
24.	2403 99 90	All goods, other than pan masala containing tobacco ‘gutkha’, not bearing a brand name

1. Intimation of details of Packing Machines.–

(1) All the registered persons engaged in manufacturing of the goods mentioned in Schedule to this notification shall furnish the details of packing machines being used for filling and packing of packages in FORM GST SRM-I, electronically on the common portal, within thirty days of coming into effect of this notification.

(2) Any person intending to manufacture goods as mentioned in the Schedule to this notification, and who has been granted registration after the issuance of this notification, shall furnish the details of packing machines being used for filling and packing of packages in FORM GST SRM-I on the common portal, within fifteen days of grant of such registration.

(3) The details of any additional filling and packing machine being installed at the registered place of business shall be furnished, electronically on the common portal, by the said registered person within twenty four hours of such installation in PART (B) of Table 6 of FORM GST SRM-I.

(4) If any change is to be made in the declared capacity of the machines, the same shall be furnished, electronically on the common portal, by the said registered person within twenty four hours of such change in Table 6A of FORM GST SRM-I.

(5) Upon furnishing of such details in FORM GST SRM-I, a unique registration number shall be generated for each machine, the details of which have been furnished by the registered person, on the common portal.

(6) In case, the said registered person has submitted or declared the production capacity of his manufacturing unit or his machines, to any other government department or any other agency or organisation, the same shall be furnished by the said registered person in Table 7 of FORM GST SRM-I on the common portal, within fifteen days of filing such declaration or submission: Provided that where the said registered person has submitted or declared the production capacity of his manufacturing unit or his machines, to any other government department or any other agency or organisation, before the issuance of this notification, the latest such certificate in respect of the manufacturing unit or the machines, as the case may be, shall be furnished by the said registered person in Table 7 of FORM GST SRM-I on the common portal, within thirty days of issuance of this notification.

(7) The details of any existing filling and packing machine disposed of from the registered place of business shall be furnished, electronically on the common portal, by the said registered person within twenty four hours of such disposal in Table 8 of FORM GST SRM-I.

2. Special Monthly Statement.–

The registered person shall submit a special statement for each month in FORM GST SRM-II, electronically on the common portal, on or before the tenth day of the month succeeding such month.

3. Certificate of Chartered Engineer.–

(1) The taxpayer shall upload a certificate of Chartered Engineer FORM GST SRM-III in respect of machines declared by him, as per para 1 of this notification, in Table 6 of FORM GST SRM-I.

(2) If details of any machine are amended subsequently, then fresh certificate in respect of such machine shall be uploaded.

Explanation.–

(1) In this Schedule, “tariff item”, “heading”, “sub-heading” and “Chapter” shall mean respectively, a tariff item, heading, sub-heading and Chapter as specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975).
(2) The rules for the interpretation of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act,1975, including the section and chapter notes and the General Explanatory notes of the First Schedule shall, so far as may be, apply to the interpretation of this notification.

(3) For the purposes of this notification, the phrase “brand name” means brand name or trade name, whether registered or not, that is to say, a name or a mark, such as symbol, monogram, label, signature or invented word or writing which is used in relation to such specified goods for the purpose of indicating, or so as to indicate a connection in the course of trade between such specified goods and some person using such name or mark with or without any indication of the identity of that person.

The effective date for the implementation of this notification is April 01, 2024.

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