Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997

Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997 [Notification No. 35/97-Cus. (N.T.), dated 29-7-1997.] In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (5) of section 8B of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :- 1. Short title and commencement. - (i) These rules may be called the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997. (ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official gazette. 2. Definitions. - In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "Act" means the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975); (b) "Critical circumstances" means circumstances in which there is clear evidence that imports have taken place in such increased quantities and under such circumstances as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to the domestic industry and delay in imposition of provisional safe- guard duty would cause irreparable damage to the domestic industry; (c) "increased quantity" includes increase in imports whether in absolute terms or relative to domestic production; (d) "Interested Party" includes - (i) any exporter or foreign producer or the importer of an article subjected to investigation for purposes of imposition of safeguard duty or a trade or business association, majority of the members of which are producers, exporter or importers of such an article; (ii) the government of the exporting country; and (iii) a producer of the like article or directly competitive article in India or a trade or business association, a majority of members of which produce or trade the like article or directly competitive article in India; (e) "like article" means an article which is identical or alike in all res

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