CUS NTF NO. 108/2016 (NT) DATE 11/08/2016
Amendments in the Import Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations, 1976
G.S.R. ... (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Import Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations, 1976, namely: -
1. (1) These Regulations may be called the Import Manifest (Aircraft) Amendment Regulations, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the e-gazette of India.
2. In the Import Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations), in regulation 5, -
(a) for sub-regulation (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(1) The passenger manifest shall be delivered within fifteen minutes of the closure and departure of the flights from the port of embarkation outside India.";
(b) for sub-regulation (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(2) The manifest shall be transmitted electronically to the Indian Customs either in flat file format or in United Nations/ Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport Passenger List Advance Passenger Information (UN/EDIFACT PAXLST API) message format as per Annexure.";
(c) in sub-regulation (3), after the word "concerned", the following words shall be inserted, namely:-
"Principal Commissioner of Customs or".
3. In the said regulations, after regulation 5 and before FORM I, the following Annexure shall be inserted, namely:-
"ANNEXURE
(i) Flat File Naming Convention:
The structure of file name will be as below:- 160401PJFKDELBY161.api where
| 160401 | 6 digit scheduled Arrival date in YYMMDD format |
| P/C | P for PAX and C for Crew |
| JFK | Departure Airport Code (Last Leg port) |
| DEL | 3 character destination airport code (DEL=Delhi) |
| BY | 2/3 digit IATA carrier code |
| 161 | 3/4 digit IATA flight number |
| .api | File extension |
(ii) File structure Details:
One file structure will contain a complete manifest for Pax/Crew of a particular flight. Separate file for Crew and PAX for each flight needs to be sent.
(iii) Field Details / Description:
| S. No. | Field Description | Length | Type | Remarks |
| 1. | Flight Carrier Code | 3 | Character | IATA Carrier Code |
| 2. | Flight Number | 4 | Number | 3/ 4 digit numeric |
| 3. | Flight Scheduled Departure Date | 8 | Character | YYYYMMDD |
| 4. | Flight Scheduled Departure Time | 4 | Character | HHMM |
| 5. | Flight Actual Departure Date | 8 | Character | YYYYMMDD |
| 6. | Flight Actual Departure Time | 4 | Character | HHMM |
| 7. | Flight Scheduled Arrival Date | 8 | Character | YYYYMMDD |
| 8. | Flight Scheduled Arrival Time | 4 | Character | HHMM |
| 9. | Flight Last Leg Port Outside India | 3 | Character | IATA Airport Code |
| 10. | Flight First Arrival Port in India | 3 | Character | IATA Airport Code |
| 11. | Number of Crews in flight | 4 | Number | 0 for PAX file |
| 12. | Number of PAX in flight | 4 | Number | 0 for Crew file |
| 13. | PNR | 10 | Character | Passenger Name Record Locator |
| 14. | Pax/Crew Serial Number | 4 | Number | Running Serial Number within the file |
| 15. | Pax/Crew Status | 1 | Character | T=Transit, D=Disembarking |
| 16. | Pax/Crew Type | 3 | Character | CRW=Crew PAX=Passenger |
| 17. | Document Type | 2 | Character | P=Passport, O=Others |
| 18 # | Document Number | 20 | Character | Passport Number/ Unique ID Number for other travel documents |
| 19 | Document Expiry Date | 8 | Character | YYYYMMDD |
| 20. | Document Issue Country | 3 | Character | 3-char Country Code |
| 21. | Pax/Crew Name | 100 | Character | As appears in Passport / other travel document |
| 22. | Pax/Crew Date of Birth | 8 | Character | YYYYMMDD |
| 23. | Pax/Crew Nationality | 3 | Character | 3-char Country Code |
| 24. | Pax/Crew Gender | 1 | Character | M/F |
| 25. | Pax/Crew Embark Airport | 3 | Character | IATA Airport Code |
| 26. | Pax/Crew Disembark Airport | 3 | Character | IATA Airport Code |
| 27. | Pax/Crew Disembark Address | 40 | Character | Address of PAX at Disembarking country (e.g. House / Flat No, Street etc.) |
| 28. | Pax/Crew Disembark City | 35 | Character | Airport Name of Disembarking City |
| 29. | Pax/Crew Disembark Postal Code | 9 | Character | Postal Code of Disembark address |
| 30 | Pax/Crew Disembark Country | 3 | Character | 3-char country code of disembarking country |
| 31. | Pax/Crew Residential Country code | 3 | Character | 3-char country code |
| 32. | Subsequent Place /Port of Call within the Country | 3 | Character | IATA Airport Code |
| 33. | Crew Other Document Code | 2 | Character | Only in case of CREW, For License code L |
| 34. | Crew Other Document Number | 20 | Character | CREW License Number |
| 35. | Crew Other Document Expiry Date | 8 | Character | Date of expiry of License in YYYYMMDD format |
| 36. | Crew Other Document Issue Country | 3 | Character | 3-char country code where license has been issued |
| 37. | Crew Type | 3 | Character | 3-char CREW type as mentioned in UN/EDIFACT |
| 38. | Pax/ Crew Home Address | 70 | Character | Address of Home place (e.g.House/Flat No, Street name and number etc.) |
| 39. | Pax/ Crew Home City | 70 | Character | Home city name |
| 40. | Pax/ Crew Home State | 70 | Character | Home State name |
| 41. | Pax/ Crew Home Country | 3 | Character | 3-char country code |
| 42 | Pax/ Crew Birth Place | 70 | Character | Address of Birthplace (e.g. House/Flat No, Street name and number etc.) |
| 43. | Pax/ Crew Birth City | 70 | Character | City name of birth place |
| 44. | Pax/ Crew Birth State | 70 | Character | Birth place State name |
| 45. | Pax/ Crew Birth Country | 3 | Character | 3-char country code of birth address |
| 46. | Visa Number | 15 | Character | Visa Number as in Travel Document |
| 47. | Pax/Crew Visa Issue Date | 8 | Character | YYYYMMDD |
| 48. | Pax/Crew Visa Issue Place | 50 | Character | VISA issue place |
| 49. | EDIFACT Version Number | 10 | Character | Version Number of US/UN EDIFACT |
| 50. | EDIFACT Release Number | 10 | Character | Release Number of US/UN EDIFACT |
| 51. | Carrier Contact Information | 50 | Character | Name of the nodal officer of the carrier to contact |
| 52. | Carrier Contact Number | 50 | Character | Phone numbers of the contact person |
| 53. | Carrier Contact Fax | 50 | Character | FAX numbers of the contact person |
#The passport number is not mandatory for some countries viz. currently for Nepal and Bhutan and in those cases 'O'(other) value to be mentioned in the document type and Unique Document number be provided.
Each data element should be separated by "|" (pipe line) in the record (Total 53 no. of "|" should be there in each record)
In case of value not available for a specific data element, null value (not space) should be given.
Each record for PAX should be in a single line, no line separator is required.
Example of structure of file for PAX only
B Y | 1 6 1 | 2 0 16 0 4 0 1 | 1 0 1 0 | | | 2 0 16 0 4 0 2 | 0 7 4 5 | L H R | D E L | 0 | 1 6 0 | H K 2 5 6
L | 2 0 | D | P A X | P | A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 1 0 0 4 0 1 | G B R | J O H N D S O N | 7 5 0 5 0 6 | G B
R | M | J F K | D E L | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J M A R T I N | 9 1 1 1 2 7 4 6 8 8 2 3 | | |
(iv) For furnishing the information in United Nations/ Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport Passenger List Advance Passenger Information (UN/EDIFACT PAXLST API) message format, airlines/ carriers may refer WCO/IATA/ICAO passenger list message (PAXLST) implementation guide.
(www.wcoomd.org).".
4. In the said regulations, for FORM-II, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely:-
"FORM II
(See regulation 3)
PASSENGER MANIFEST
Owner or Operator.............................................Marks of Nationality and Registration....................
Flight No. ............................... Date .......................................................................................
Point of embarkation..................................... Point of disembarkation........................................
(Place and Country) (Place and Country)
| "I. Flight information: | For use by owner or operator only | For official use only |
| a. airline carrier code and flight number | | |
| b. departure airport |
| c. scheduled departure date and time |
| d. actual departure date and time * |
| e. arrival airport |
| f. scheduled arrival date and time |
| g. subsequent port of call outside the country |
| h. number of crew in flight |
| i. number of passengers in flight |
| II. Passenger information: |
| a. serial number in the manifest |
| b. status; whether transiting or disembarking |
| c. name of the passenger |
| d. gender |
| e. date of birth |
| f. nationality |
| g. address in the country of primary residence |
| h. place of birth |
| i. address of birth * |
| III. Journey information: |
| a. journey start airport |
| b. destination airport |
| c. passenger name record locator |
| d. address in India* |
| e. residence country code* |
| IV. Travel document information: |
| a. document type |
| b. document number |
| c. expiry date |
| d. country of issue |
| V. Crew related information |
| a. crew other document code* |
| b. crew other document number* |
| c. crew other document expiry date* |
| d. crew other document issue country* |
| e. crew type* |
| VI. Visa related information for foreigners |
| a. visa number * |
| b. visa issue date* |
| c. place of issue* |
| VII. Message related information |
| a. EDIFACT version number |
| b. EDIFACT release number |
| c. Carrier contact information |
| d. Carrier contact number |
| e. Carrier contact fax |
| Prepared by..............................Page................of.......................pages." |
*The data fields with (*) mark are not mandatory.
[F. No. 520/12/2009-CusVI]
(B. Konthoujam)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Note: The principal regulations were published in Part I, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification under G.S.R 1550 dated 23rd October, 1976 and were last amended vide notification No. 74/2005-Customs (N.T.) dated the 30th August, 2005, vide number G.S.R. 547(E) dated the 30th August, 2005.
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