Implementation of Tobacco Products Labelling

[CBEC Circular No. 918 dated 4th March 2010]

Subject: Implementation of the provisions of COTP Act, 2003 and The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008”- Empowering the Customs & Central Excise Officers.

Please refer to the Board’s Circular No. 896/16/2009-CX dated 01.09.2009, issued on the above referred subject matter. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has amended the Notification dated 30.07.2009 [S.O.1866 (E)] vide Notification dated 06.01.10 [S.O.23 (E)] (copy enclosed). The effect of the Notification is that the officers at the level of Superintendents and above of the Customs & Central Excise department are empowered for entry, search and seizure only at the premises registered under the Central Excise & Customs. Therefore, officers are not empowered to enter, search etc. for premises which are not registered with the department for carrying out any act under the COTP Act, 2003.

2. Trade & Industry as well as field formations may be suitably informed.

F.No.267/50/2007-CX8

[Ref: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health and Family Welfare) Notification dated 6th January 2010]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 25 of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (34 and 2003), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare number S.O. 1866(E), dated the 30th July, 2009, namely:-

In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare number S.O. 1866(E), dated the 30th July, 2009, in the Table, for the existing entries under column (3), relating to serial number 1, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

All premises registered under Department of Revenue.

[F.No. P-16011/7/2005-PH-I]