Notification No. 37/2016, Dated 4th March 2016

[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)

(Central Board of Excise and Customs)

Notification No. 37/2016 - Customs (N. T.)

New Delhi, the 4^th March, 2016

G.S.R.______(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) read with sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement.– (1) These rules may be called the India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (Safeguard Measures) Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.– (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) “Act” means the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975);

(b) “critical circumstances” means circumstances in which there is clear evidence that increased imports have caused or are threatening to cause serious injury to the domestic industry and where delay in imposition of provisional safeguard measure would cause irreparable damage to the domestic industry;

(c) “Director General” means the Director General (Safeguard) appointed by the Central Government under sub-rule (1) of rule 3 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997;