Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006

Chapter 4
Terms and conditions subject to which entrepreneur and developer shall be entitled to exemptions, drawbacks and concessions

 

22. Terms and conditions for availing exemptions, drawbacks and concessions to every  Developer   and   entrepreneur   for   authorized   operations.-   

 

(1)   Grant   of 2[permission to operate including availing] exemption, drawbacks  and concession to the entrepreneur or Developer shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:-

 

(i)   the Unit shall execute a Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking in Form H, with regard  to  its  obligations  regarding proper utilization  and accountal of goods,  including capital goods,  spares,  raw materials, components and consumables   including   fuels,   imported   or   procured  duty  free and regarding achievement of  positive net foreign exchange earning;  

 

(ii)  the  Developer  and  Co-Developer  shall  execute the Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking  in  Form D  with  regard  to  their  obligations  regarding  proper utilization and accountal of  goods, including goods procured or imported by a contractor 3[including the sub-contractor] duly authorized by the Developer or Co-Developer as the case may be;

 

(iii)   the   Bond-cum-Legal  Undertaking     shall  be    jointly  accepted  by Development Commissioner and  by the Specified Officer:

 

Provided  that  the  Bond-cum-Legal  Undertaking  executed  by  the  Unit  or  the Developer   including  Co-Developer   shall  cover   one  or  more  of  the  following activities, namely: -

 

 

(a)  the movement of goods between port of import or export and  the Special Economic Zone;

 

(b) the authorized operations, as applicable to Unit or Developer;

 

(c) temporary removal of goods or goods manufactured in Unit for the purposes   of   repairs   or   testing   or  calibration  or  display  or processing or sub-contracting of production process or production or  other  temporary removals  into Domestic  Tariff Area without payment of duty;

 

(d) re-import of exported goods.

 

(iv)  The  procedure for  execution  of Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking shall be as under:-

(a)  the    Bond-cum-Legal     Undertaking,     where    the   entrepreneur     or Developer is a company shall be executed by the Managing Director of  the  company or the Director(s)  or any  person who has  or have been duly authorized for this purpose by a resolution of the Board of Directors  of the company and shall be affixed with the common seal of the company; where the entrepreneur is a partnership firm, Bond- cum-Legal  Undertaking  shall  be  executed  by  all  the  partners  or authorized  partner(s);  where  the  entrepreneur  is  a  Hindu  Undivided Family,  the,  Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking  shall be  executed  by  the Kartha; and  where the entrepreneur is a  proprietorship concern, the Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking shall be executed  by the proprietor;  

(b)  the  value  of  the  Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking shall be equal to the amount of effective duties leviable on import or procurement 4[of goods and services] from the  Domestic  Tariff  Area  of  the  projected  requirement  of  capital goods, raw materials, spares, consumables, intermediates, components, parts, packing materials 5[and services] for three months as applicable but which will not be levied on account of admission of such goods into the Unit or  the  amount of  effective duties leviable on import or procurement 4[of goods and services] from Domestic Tariff Area of the projected requirements of goods for the authorized operation by the developer but will not be levied  on  account  of  admission  of  such  goods  into  the  Special Economic Zone;

 

(c)  where  the  value  of  Bond-cum-Legal  Undertaking executed falls short on account of requirement  of additional goods 6[and services], the Unit or the Developer shall submit additional Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking;

 

(d)   there    shall  be    no  debit  and  credit,  the  Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking  amount  shall be  monitored quarterly  or  yearly on the basis   of  Quarterly  Progress   Report  or  Annual  Progress  Report submitted by the Developer or Unit, as the case may be, and in case of any shortfall in the Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking amount, a fresh or additional Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking shall be furnished;

 

(e)  the  original  of Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking shall be maintained by the office of Development Commissioner and certified copies shall be given to the Specified Officer and Unit or Developer;

 

(f) the value of the Bond-cum-Legal Undertaking in respect of gems and  jewellery units  shall be  calculated  on rates  as  notified  by  the Central Government, from time to time;

(g) duly completed Bond-cum-legal undertaking executed by the Unit or Developer, in  accordance with the  rules  above, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been accepted, if no communication is received within seven working days from the date of its submission.

 

1[(v) The Unit or the developer including co-developer shall obtain a Registration-cum-Membership Certificate for availing exemptions, drawbacks and concessions.]

 

(2)       Every Unit and Developer shall maintain proper accounts, financial yearwise, 7[either in register form in hard copy or time stamped digital form] old[and such accounts] which should clearly indicate in value terms the goods imported or   procured  from  Domestic   Tariff  Area,  consumption  or  utilization  of  goods, production of goods, including by-products, waste or scrap or remnants, disposal of goods  manufactured  or  produced,  by way  of exports,  sales  or  supplies  in the domestic tariff area or transfer to Special Economic Zone or Export Oriented Unit or Electronic  Hardware Technology Park or Software Technology Park Units  or Bio- technology Park Unit, as the case may be, and balance in stock:

 

Provided that Unit and Developer shall maintain such records for a period of seven years from the end of relevant financial year:

 

Provided  further  that  the  Unit  engaged  in  both  trading  and  manufacturing activities shall maintain separate records for trading and manufacturing activities.

 

(3)  The  Unit  shall  submit  Annual  Performance  Reports  in  the  Form  I,  to  the Development  Commissioner  and  the  Development  Commissioner  shall place  the same before the Approval Committee for consideration.

 

(4)  The Developer  shall submit Quarterly Report  on import and procurement of goods from the Domestic Tariff Area, utilization of the same and the stock in hand, in Form  E  to the  Development Commissioner  and  the Specified  Officer and the Development Commissioner shall place the same before the Approval Committee.

 

 

1. Inserted vide : Notification dated 05/08/2016
2. Inserted vide :
Notification dated 19/09/2018
3. Inserted vide:
Notification dated 19/09/2018
4. Inserted vide:
Notification dated 19/09/2018
5. Inserted vide:
Notification dated 19/09/2018
6. Inserted vide:
Notification dated 19/09/2018

7. Subsituted vide : Notification dated 19/09/2018