[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

 New Delhi, the 17th March, 2012

Notification No. 12 /2012-Central Excise

 G.S.R. (E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and in supersession of (i) notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance ( Department of Revenue), No. 3/2005-Central Excise, dated the 24th February,2005 , published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), vide number G.S.R 95(E), dated the 24th February,2005,(ii) notification No. 3/2006- Central Excise, dated the1st March,2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 93 (E), dated the1 st March,2006,(iii) notification No. 4/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1 st March,2006 , published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 94 (E) dated the 1 st March,2006,(iv) notification No. 5/2006-Central Excise, dated the1st March,2006 , published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 95 (E) dated the1st March,2006,(v) notification No. 6/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1 st March, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 96 (E) dated the1st March,2006, and (vi) notification No. 10/2006-Central Excise, dated the1st March,2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), vide number G.S.R 100 (E) dated the 1 st March,2006, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the excisable goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table below read with relevant List appended hereto and falling within the Chapter, heading or sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) (hereinafter referred to as the Excise Tariff Act), as are given in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, from so much of the duty of excise specified thereon under the First Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table and subject to the relevant conditions annexed to this notification, if any, specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the Table aforesaid:

Provided that nothing contained in this notification shall apply to the-

goods specified against serial number 296 and 297 of the said Table after the 31st day of March, 2013.

Explanation 1.- For the purposes of this notification, the rates specified in column (4) of the said Table are ad valorem rates, unless otherwise specified.

Explanation 2.- For the purposes of this notification, ?brand name? means a brand name, whether registered or not, that is to say, a name or a mark, such as a symbol, monogram, label, signature or invented words or any writing which is used in relation to a product, for the purpose of indicating, or so as to indicate, a connection in the course of trade between the product and a person using such name or mark with or without any indication of the identity of that person.