NOTIFICATION NO.FTX.56/2017/16, DATED 29-6-2017 : Assam GST

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SECTION 11 OF THE ASSAM GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – POWER TO GRANT EXEMPTION FROM TAX – CONCESSIONAL STATE RATE FOR SUPPLIES TO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 11(1)

NOTIFICATION NO.FTX.56/2017/16, DATED 29-6-2017

In exercise of the powers conferred under the proviso to sub section (1) of section 11 of the Assam Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Assam Act No. XXVIII of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Governor of Assam, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby exempts intra-State supplies of goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below read with relevant List appended hereto and falling under the tariff item, sub-heading, heading or Chapter, as the case may be, as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, from so much of the State tax leviable thereon under section 9 of the Assam Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Assam Act No. XXVIII of 2017) 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, as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the Table aforesaid.

TABLE

S. No.Chapter /Heading /Sub-heading /Tariff itemDescription of GoodsRateCondition No.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
1.Any ChapterGoods specified in the List annexed to this Table required in connection with:

(1)Petroleum operations undertaken under petroleum exploration licenses or mining leases, granted by the Government of India or any State Government to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation or Oil India Limited on nomination basis, or
(2)Petroleum operations undertaken under specified contracts, or
(3)Petroleum operations undertaken under specified contracts under the New Exploration Licensing Policy, or
(4)Petroleum operations undertaken under specified contracts under the Marginal Field Policy (MFP), or
(5)Coal bed methane operations undertaken under specified contracts under the Coal Bed Methane Policy.
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ANNEXURE

Condition No.Conditions
1.If,—

(a)the goods are supplied to,-
(i)the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation or Oil India Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “licensee”.) or a sub-contractor of the licensee and in each case in connection with petroleum operations to be undertaken under petroleum exploration licenses or mining leases, as the case may be, granted by the Government of India or any State Government on nomination basis; or
(ii)an Indian Company or Companies, a Foreign Company or Companies, or a consortium of an Indian Company or Companies and a Foreign Company or Companies (hereinafter referred to as the “contractor”) or a sub-contractor of the contractor and in each case in connection with petroleum operations to be undertaken under a contract with the Government of India; or
(iii)an Indian Company or Companies, a Foreign Company or Companies, or a consortium of an Indian Company or Companies and a Foreign Company or Companies (hereinafter referred to as the “contractor”) or a sub-contractor of such Company or Companies or such consortium and in each ease in connection with petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations, as the case may be, to be undertaken under a contract signed with the Government of India, on or after the 1st day of April, 1998, under the New Exploration Licensing Policy, or on or after the 1st day of April 2001 in terms of the Coal Bed Methane Policy, or on or after the 14th day of October, 2015 in terms of the Marginal Field Policy, as the case may be;
(b)where the recipient of outward supply of goods,—
(i)is a licensee, he produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Central tax or the Assistant Commissioner of Central tax or the Deputy Commissioner of State tax or the Assistant Commissioner of State tax, as the case may he, having jurisdiction over the supplier of goods, at the time of outward supply of goods, the following, namely, a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the goods are required for petroleum operations referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a) and have been imported under the licences referred to in that sub-clause;
(ii)is a contractor, he produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Central tax or the Assistant Commissioner of Central tax or the Deputy Commissioner of State tax or the Assistant Commissioner of State tax, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the supplier of goods, at the time of outward supply of goods, a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the goods are required for
(A)petroleum operations referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) under the contract referred to in that sub-clause, or
(B)petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations referred to in sub-clause (iii) of clause (a), as the case may be, under a contract signed under the New Exploration Licensing Policy or the Coal Bed Methane Policy or the Marginal Field Policy, as the case may be;
(c)where the recipient of outward supply of goods is a sub-contractor, he produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Central tax or the Assistant Commissioner of Central tax or the Deputy Commissioner of State tax or the Assistant Commissioner of State tax, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the supplier of goods, at the time of outward supply, the following, namely :—
(i)a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the goods are required for :—
(A)petroleum operations referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a) under the licenses or mining leases, as the case may be, referred to in that sub-clause and containing the name of such sub-contractor, or
(B)petroleum operations referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) under the contract referred to in that sub-clause and containing, the name of such sub- contractor, or
(C)petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations, as the case may be. referred to in sub- clause (iii) of clause (a) under a contract signed under the New Exploration Licensing Policy or the Coal Bed Methane Policy or the Marginal Field Policy. as the case may be, and containing the name of such sub contractor;
(ii)an affidavit to the effect that such sub-con tractor is a bona fide sub- contractor of the licensee or lessee or contractor, as the ease may be;
(iii)an undertaking from such licensee or lessee or contractor, as the case may be, binding him to pay any duty, fine or penalty that may become payable, if any of the conditions of this entry are not complied with by such sub-contractor or licensee or lessee or contractor, as the case may be;
(d)where the goods so supplied to the licensee or a sub-contractor of the licensee, or the contractor or a sub-contractor of the contractor are sought to be transferred to another sub-contractor of the licensee or another licensee or a sub-contractor of such licensee, or another sub-contractor of the contractor or another contractor or a sub-contractor of such contractor (hereinafter referred to as the “transferee”), such transferee produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Central Tax or the Assistant Commissioner of Central tax or the Deputy Commissioner of State tax or the Assistant Commissioner of State tax, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over such transferee, at the time of such transfer, the following, namely :—
(i)a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the said goods may be transferred in the name of the transferee and that the said goods are required for petroleum operations to be undertaken under :—
(A)petroleum exploration or mining leases referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a), or
(B)petroleum operations to be undertaken under a contract referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a), or
(C)petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations, as the case may be, to be undertaken under a contract referred to in sub-clause (iii) of clause (a)
(ii)undertaking from the transferee to comply with all the conditions of this entry, including that he shall pay duty, fine or penalty that may become payable, if any of the conditions of this entry are not complied with by himself, where he is the licensee/contractor or by the licensee/contractor of the transferee where such transferee is a sub-contractor.

List

[See S.No. 1 of the Table]

(1)Land Seismic Survey Equipment and accessories, requisite vehicles including those for carrying the equipment, seismic survey vessels, global positioning system and accessories, and other materials required for seismic work or other types of Geophysical and Geochemieal surveys for onshore and offshore activities.
(2)All types of drilling rigs, jackup rigs, submersible rigs, semi-submersible rigs, drill ships, drilling barges, shot-hole drilling rigs, mobile rigs, workover rigs consisting of various equipment and other drilling equipment required for drilling operations, snubbing units, hydraulic workover units, self-elevating workover platforms. Remote Operated Vessel (ROV).
(3)Helicopters including assemblies/parts.
(4)All types of marine vessels to support petroleum operations including work boats, barges, crew boats, tugs, anchor handling vessels, lay barges and supply boats, marine ship equipment including water maker, DP system and Diving system.
(5)All types of equipment/units for specialised services like diving, cementing, logging, casing repair, production testing, simulation and mud services, oil field related lab equipment, reservoir engineering, geological equipment, directional drilling, stimulation, Coil Tubing units. Drill Stem Testing (DST), data acquisition and processing, solids control, fishing (as related to downhole retrieval in oil field operations or coal bed methane operations), well control, blowout pre vent ion (it OP), pipe inspection including Non Destructive Testing, coring, gravel pack, well completion and workover for oil/gas/CBM wells including wireline and downhole equipment.
(6)All types of casing pipes, drill pipes, production tubing, pup joints, connections, coupling, kelly, cross overs and swages. Drive Pipes.
(7)All types of drilling bits, including nozzles, breakers and related tools.
(8)All types of oil field chemicals or coal bed methane chemicals including synthetic products used in petroleum or coal bed methane operations, oil well cement and cement additives, required for drilling, production and transportation of oil Or gas.
(9)Process, production and well platforms/installation for oil, gas or CBM and water injection including items forming part of the platforms/installation and equipment required like process equipment, turbines, pumps, generators, compressors, prime movers, water makers, filters and filtering equipment, telemetery, telecommunication, tele-control and other material required for platforms/installations.
(10)Line pipes for flow lines and trunk pipelines including weight-coating and wrapping.
(11)Derrick barges, Mobile and stationary cranes, trenchers, pipelay barges, cargo barges and the like required in the construction/installation of platforms and laying of pipelines.
(12)Single buoy mooring systems, mooring ropes, fittings like chains, shackles, couplings marine hoses and oil tankers to be used for oil storage and connected equipment Tanks used for storage of oil, condensate, coal bed methane, water, mud, chemicals and related materials.
(13)All types of fully equipped vessels and other units/equipment required for pollution control, fire prevention, fire fighting, safety items like Survival Craft, Life Raft, file and gas detection equipment, including H2S monitoring equipment.
(14)Mobile and skid mounted pipe laying, pipe testing and pipe inspection equipment,
(15)All types of valves including high pressure valves,
(16)Communication equipment required for petroleum or coal bed methane operations including synthesized VHF Aero and VHF multi channel sets/VHF marine multi channel sets.
(17)Non-directional radio beacons, intrinsically safe walkie-talkies, directional finders, EPIRV, electronic individual security devices including electronic access control system.
(18)Specialized antenna system, simples telex over radio terminals, channel micro wave systems, test and measurement equipment.
(19)X-band radar transponders, area surveillance system.
(20)Common depth poim (CDP) cable, logging cable, connectors, geo-phone strings, perforation equipment and explosives
(21)Wellhead and Christmas trees, including valves, chokes, heads spools, hangers and actuators, flexible connections like chtcksons and high pressure hoses, shut down panels.
(22)Cathodic Protection Systems including anodes,
(23)Technical drawings, maps, literature, data tapes. Operational and Maintenance Manuals required for petroleum or coal bed methane operations.
(24)Sub-assemblies, tools, accessories, stores, spares, materials, supplies, consumables for running, repairing or maintenance of the goods specified in This List.

Explanation.—

(1)In this Schedule, ‘tariff item”, ‘sub-heading’ ‘heading” and ‘Chapter” shall mean respectively a tariff item, heading, sub-heading and Chapter as specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975).
(2)The rules for the interpretation of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, 1975, including the Section and Chapter Notes and the General Explanatory Notes of the First Schedule shall, so far as may be, apply to the interpretation of this notification.

This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of July, 2017,

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