The CBIC vide Notification No. 14/2025-Customs (N.T.) dated March 18, 2025, notified the Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Amendment Rules, 2025. The key changes include substituting the word “certificate” with “proof” in various clauses and sub-clauses of rules 2, 3, and 6. Additionally, in Form I, Section III, Part B, paragraph 2, serial number g, “CoO” is replaced with “proof of origin”. These amendments come into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 156 read with section 28DA of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby amend the Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules, 2020, namely :-
- (1) These rules may be called the Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Amendment Rules, 2025.
 (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
- In the Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules, 2020, –
(a) in rule 2, in sub-rule (1), in clause (f), for the word “certificate”, the word “proof’ shall be substituted;
(b) in rule 3,—
(i) in sub-rule (1), —
(A) in clauses (c) and (d), for the word “certificate”, the word “proof’ shall be substituted;
(B) in clause (d), in sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (v), for the word “certificate”, the word “proof’ shall be substituted;
(ii) in sub-rule (2), for the word “certificate”, the word “proof” shall be substituted;
(c) in rule 6, –
(i) in sub-rule (1), for the word “certificate”, the word “proof’ shall be substituted;
(ii) in sub-rule (1), in clauses (a) and (b), for the word “certificate”, the word “proof’ shall be substituted;”
- In Form I, in Section III, in Part B, in paragraph 2, at serial number g, for the letters “CoO”, the words “proof of origin” shall be substituted.
The Notification can be accessed at: https://a2ztaxcorp.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Customs-Administration-of-Rules-of-Origin-under-Trade-Agreements-Amendment-Rules-2025.pdf
