{"id":85388,"date":"2005-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/alcatel-india-ltd-vs-commissioner-of-customs-on-24-november-2005-4"},"modified":"2018-01-13T07:22:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T01:52:19","slug":"alcatel-india-ltd-vs-commissioner-of-customs-on-24-november-2005-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/alcatel-india-ltd-vs-commissioner-of-customs-on-24-november-2005-4","title":{"rendered":"Alcatel India Ltd. vs Commissioner Of Customs on 24 November, 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Authority Tribunal<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Alcatel India Ltd. vs Commissioner Of Customs on 24 November, 2005<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: S S Quadri, S Pal, B Agrawal<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>RULINGS<br \/>\nNEW DELHI<br \/>\nCENTRAL EXCISE, CUSTOMS AND SERVICE TAX<\/p>\n<p> Ruling No. AAR\/26(Cus)\/2005 in Application No. AAR\/44(Cus)\/40\/2005<\/p>\n<p>Decided On:  24.11.2005<\/p>\n<p>Appellants:  Alcatel India Ltd. <\/p>\n<p>Vs.\n<\/p>\n<p>Respondent:  Commissioner of Customs<\/p>\n<p>Hon&#8217;ble Judges:\n<\/p>\n<p> Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri, J. (Chairman),  Somnath Pal and  B.A. Agrawal, Members<\/p>\n<p>Counsels:\n<\/p>\n<p>For Appellant\/Petitioner\/Plaintiff:  None <\/p>\n<p>For Respondents\/Defendant:  A.K. Roy, Joint CDR CESTAT<\/p>\n<p>Subject:  Customs<\/p>\n<p>Acts\/Rules\/Orders:\n<\/p>\n<p> Customs Act, 1962 &#8211; Section 28H;  Customs Tariff Act, 1975;  Customs Tariff Rules &#8211; Rules 1 and 6<\/p>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri, J. (Chairman)<\/p>\n<p>1. In this application under Section 28H of the Customs Act, 1962 (for short &#8220;the Act&#8221;), M\/s. Alcatel India Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcatel, France, proposes to import into India the latest technology equipment of Optical Networking\/GSM equipment etc. To ascertain its customs duty liability in regard to the hardware  and optical fibre cables for submarine telecommunications systems, it seeks advance ruling of the Authority on the following question:\n<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Whether the Alcatel Light Manager-1626 proposed to be imported into India, is classifiable under Heading No. 8517 5099 of the First Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>The Alcatel 1626 Light manager (for short the &#8220;goods&#8221;) is a hybrid of optical, electronic and mechanical system that forms part of a telecommunication system for use in transmission of aggregate data. The goods are telecommunications equipment, which offer a transmission system providing very high bandwidth capacity through Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology. The system can provide up to 96&#215;10 Gbit\/s operating channels with a 0 to 100% add\/drop capability in the OADM&#8217;s (Optical Add\/Drop Multiplexers), which enable selective access to the needed channels and non-regenerative pass-through for the others. The goods include: (a) the Mux\/Demux architecture; (b) the 10 Gbit\/s transponders and concentrators; (c) the booster and the pre-amplifier and manage the integrity, quality, receipt and transmission of telecommunication aggregate data within the telecommunication system and are capable of providing transmission in a terrestrial environment across all the distances classes. It is submitted that in accordance with Rule 1 of the General Rules for the Interpretation of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act 1975 (for short &#8220;the Rules&#8221;) the said goods are classifiable under Tariff heading 8517; in accordance with Rule 6, these goods will fall under sub-heading 8517 50 and that the appropriate tariff heading is 8517 50 99. It is added that the U.K. and Australia have classified the goods under tariff heading 8517 50.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. In his comments the designated Commissioner of Customs states as follows:\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Comments: On the basis of description of goods given in annexure II and General characteristics given in Technical documents, it appears that the party&#8217;s contention that in accordance with Rule 1 of the general Rule of interpretation, these goods are classified under tariff heading 8517 electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier &#8211; current line system or for digital line system; videophones: is correct.\n<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion: In view of above, proposed classification of item under tariff heading 8517 5099 may be accepted.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>3. it is evident that the proposed classification by the applicant is accepted by the Commissioner of Customs.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. Tariff heading 8517, the relevant sub-heading and the tariff items read as follows:\n<\/p>\n<p>                                TARIFF HEADING 8517<br \/>\nTariff Item                   Description of goods<br \/>\n8517                          Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line<br \/>\n                              telegraphy, including line telephone sets with<br \/>\n                              cordless hand-sets and telecommunication apparatus<br \/>\n                              for carrier-current line systems or for digital line<br \/>\n                              systems; video-phones<\/p>\n<p>Heading 8517 deals with electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy including line telephone sets with cordless hands-sets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems.<\/p>\n<pre>\n  \n                          SUB-HEADING AND TARIFF ITEMS\nTariff Item     Description of goods                   Unit   Rate of duty \n                                                             Standard Preferential\n                                                                 Areas\n(1)                    (2)                              (3)   (4)       (5)\n8517 50         Other apparatus, for carrier-current\n                line systems or for digital line\n                systems:\n8517 50 10  --  PLCC equipment                           u    Free       -\n8517 50 20  --  Voice frequency telegraphy               u    Free       -\n8517 50 30  --  Modems (modulators-                      u    Free       -\n                demodulators)\n8517 50 40  --  High bit rate digital subscriber line    u    Free - \n                system (HDSL)\n8517 50 50  --  Digital loop carrier system (DLC)   u    Free  - \n8517 50 60  --  Synchronous digital hierarchy           u    Free  - \n                system (SDH)\n8517 50 70  --  Multiplexer, statistical multiplexer   u    Free  -\n                Other:\n8517 50 91  --  ISDN terminals                           u    Free  -\n8517 50 92  --  ISDN terminal adapters                   u    Free  - \n8517 50 93  --  Routers                           u    Free  - \n8517 50 94  --  X25 pads                           u    Free\n8517 50 99  --  Other\n\n \n\n<\/pre>\n<p>On a combined reading of Rules 1 and 6 of the Rules and the terms of the heading, sub-heading and tariff items, having regard to the description of the goods, specified above, we rule that Alcatel Light Manager-1626 is classifiable under tariff item 8517 50 99.\n<\/p>\n<p>Pronounced in the open Court on this 24th day of November, 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authority Tribunal Alcatel India Ltd. vs Commissioner Of Customs on 24 November, 2005 Bench: S S Quadri, S Pal, B Agrawal RULINGS NEW DELHI CENTRAL EXCISE, CUSTOMS AND SERVICE TAX Ruling No. AAR\/26(Cus)\/2005 in Application No. AAR\/44(Cus)\/40\/2005 Decided On: 24.11.2005 Appellants: Alcatel India Ltd. 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