Faceless Assessment – Standard Examination Orders
Faceless Assessment – Standard Examination Orders through RMS – Phase 1, Part 1 reg.
Reference is invited to para 3.6 of Circular No.14/2021-Customs dated 7th July 2021, wherein it has been informed that Board has decided to introduce RMS generated uniform examination orders at all Customs stations across the country. It may be recalled that, Board, vide Circular No. 45/2020-Customs dated 12th October 2020, had requested the National Assessment Centres (NACs) to review the examination orders given by different FAG officers in the same situation and streamline and standardise them, so as to avoid needless variations in practice and thereby obviate delays.
- Based on the inputs by NAC, National Customs Targeting Centre (NCTC) (former RMCC) has developed system generated centralized examination orders for Bills of Entry (BE), in coordination with DG Systems and National Assessment Centers (NACs), based on various parameters, which is now ready for rollout in phases. This functionality is expected to enhance the uniformity in examination, and lower the time taken in the process as well as reduce associated costs.
Phase 1 – Second Check Examination :
3.1 To harmonise the examination orders across FAGs, the Board has decided to
implement system-generated centralized examination orders in a phased manner, in case
of risk-based selection for examination after assessment.
3.2 To that end, NCTC, in consultation with DG Systems and the respective NACs, has developed a system wherein standardised examination orders will be centrally generated by RMS and populated on the corresponding Bill of Entry, based on a host of risk parameters concerning goods, entities, and countries, relating to that bill.
3.3 The standardized examination orders thus generated by RMS will be visible to Assessing Officers during the assessment. While these RMS-generated standardised examination orders will be the new norm, the Assessing officer will have the option of adding any additional examination instruction/order to the pre-populated RMS-generated examination order, if necessary.
3.4 According to the new procedure, after processing BE data, RMS will generate a consolidated examination order for each selected BE based on potential risks. An RMS generated examination order would include the following main points: (i) % of containers to be examined, (ii) selected area/part (s) in a given container and % of goods in the selected area/part (s) to be examined, (iii) Item level instructions and (iv) additional examination instruction, if any.
