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              New process of registration including new Form for Application (FORM A-1) and registration certificate(FORM RC) has been issued vide Board's Circular No. 593/30/2001 - CX dated 19-10-2001. Also instructions on conversion of Registration number of existing registratnts into PAN-based Registration Numbers has been issued vide Board's Circular No. 594/31/2001 CX dated 19-10-2001. They are communicated herewith for information and necessary action.

               The form A-1 and Form RC prescribed vide Notification No. 65/2001 Central Excise (N.T.) dated 17-10-2001 mentioned in the above Board's Circular have already been communicated vide this office Trade Notice No. 98/2001 dated 31-10-2001. With effect from 1^st November 2001, application for Registration has to be submitted only in Form A-1. The manner in which Form A-1 is to be filled in has been specified in Board's circular No. 593/30/2001 CX dated 19-10-2001 now communicated. Any correction / changes in the material information already furnished to the department is required to be made in Form A-1 only.

            To bring uniformity in database, the Registrants who are already in possession of new PAN-based ECC numbers are also required to furnish the information in Form A-1 immediately to the jurisdictional officer in duplicate.

            Further, with effect from 1^st December, 2001 all manufacturers , warehouse holders and registered dealers should use the new PAN-based 15 digit Registration number in all the documents. To avoid hardship to the registrants regarding fresh printing of stationery, the registrants are permitted to put new PAN-based 15 digit Registration Number alongwith old Registration Number in old stationery till 31-03-2002. However, with effect from 1-4-2002, only the PAN-hased Registration Numbers will have to be used.

The contents of this Trade Notice may please be brought to the notice of all concerned.

(Issued from file C.No.IV/16/2/2001 CX II VOL II)

/sd/-

(JANAKI ARUNKUMAR)

ADDL. COMMISSIONER(TECH)

To

As per mailing list (Both department and trade)

                I am directed to say that under rule 9 of the Central Excise (No.2) Rules, 2001, the Board has prescribed new Form for Application [FORM A-1] as well as Registration Certificate [FORM RC] by notification No. 65/2001-Central Excise (N.T.) dated 17^th October, 2001, which come into effect from 1^st November, 2001. The format of Application is common to manufacturers, private warehouse holders, and registered dealers or depots of manufacturers issuing Cenvatable invoice. The same Application will also be used for any corrections/ changes in material information to be intimated to the Department, such as change in constitution, name and addresses of proprietor/partner/director, change in size / definition of boundaries of registered premises, address of Head Office etc. It has also been decided to replace the existing Registration Numbers (given by Range Offices at the time of registration), Personal Ledger Account Numbers (given by Chief Accounts Officers of the Commissionerate) and Excise Control Code Numbers (given by Pay and Accounts Officer till 1999) by New PAN -based 15 digit Registration Number [ which will be identical to PAN-based 15 digit New Excise Control Numbers being allotted since 1999) with effect from 1^st December, 2001 and the detailed instructions in this regard are contained in Circular No. 594/31/2001-CX dated 19^th October, 2001.