Exemption from customs duty - NHAI member can sign
As per notification No. 84/97-Customs dated 11.11.97, exemption is granted to imports for execution of projects financed by UNO or International Organisations, but a certificate is to be given by the executive head of the project implementing authority. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had represented that it issues over 700 certificates every year and the Chairman has to sign all of them. So NHAI has requested the CBEC to allow the Member (Finance), NHAI, to sign these certificates called Customs Duty Exemption Certificate (CDEC). The benign Board has acceded to the request and has ordered that the certificates signed by the Member should be accepted.
CBEC's F. No. dated September 17, 2007