1. Labels of Liquor brands are required to be registered/ renewal every financial year by the registered dealer so that the brands can be manufactured, imported& sold in the State of Goa or can be exported from the State of Goa.
2. The labels are registered/renewed by the licence holder of the Distilleries, Breweries, Wineries, Country Liquor units, wholesalers Importers and stockiest.
3. The labels needs to comply to the Rule 16 of the Goa Excise Duty Act 1964 and Rules.
4. The manufacturer/wholesaler can apply for recording or renewal of labels through Goa Excise Management System (GEMS) only.
5. The application received online is scrutinized and verified by the Excise Inspector incharge of the Unit/Station and Challan is issued for payment of fees for label registration/renewal.
6. Along with the application, the dealer needs to upload scanned copied of label and paid challan copy.
7. The labels which are imported from other State or Country the dealer has to have an authority letter from the parent company to apply for recording in the State of Goa, along with the approval letter and labels copies approved from the exporting State which are to be uploaded with the application along with other documents.
8. In case of renewal, the labels which are proposed for renewal should be the replica of labels which are approved for last financial year. Application for renewal of label has to be made on or before 31st March every financial year or else has to apply for fresh registration.
9. After the receipt of payment, the application is then forwarded online to the Head Office for processing and approval.
Procedure & Checklist for Label Registration/Renewal
Excise Label Registration in Goa is an essential for businesses that manufacture, import, or sell alcoholic beverages in the state.
Labels of Liquor brands are required to be registered/ renewal every financial year by the registered dealer so that the brands can
be manufactured, imported, & sold in the State of Goa or can be exported from the State of Goa. The label registration is managed
by the Department of Excise, Government of Goa. The labels are registered/renewed by the license holder of the Distilleries,
Breweries, Wineries, Country Liquor units, wholesalers Importers, and stockiest.
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Particulars
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Details
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1
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Competent Authority
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Department of Excise, Government of Goa
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URL/s
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Excise Department: https://excise.goa.gov.in/
Goaonline:https://goaonline.gov.in
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Type of service
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Operations
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4
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Act / Rule
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Goa Excise Duty Act 1964 and Rules
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5
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Service mode
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Online through GEMS Portal
Goa Excise Management System
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6
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Online mode notification
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Pls see the section below
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7
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Timeline for approval
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Pls see the timeline section below
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8
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Validity of approval
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1 year (till the end of the FY)
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9
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Renewal
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Before end of each Financial Year
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10
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Provision of Deemed Approval
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Not Applicable
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11
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Auto Renewal
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Not Applicable
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11
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Auto Renewal – URL
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Not Applicable
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Step by Step Procedure for approval with timeline
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Sr.No.
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Action by User Type
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Stages/Steps
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Time taken for approval
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1
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User / Investor
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Registered Business entity on GEMS Portal
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Not Applicable |
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2
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Logs in to the GEMS Portal |
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3
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Navigates to Label Registration |
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4
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Applicant fills in the application form, uploads the necessary documents along with the labels to be registered. |
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5
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The application received online is scrutinized by the Dealing Hand for documents and upload of label
copies and submitted to the Excise Inspector for issue of challan |
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6
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Department
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The Excise Inspector, incharge of the Unit/Station issues challan for payment as per the prescribed Notification.
After the payment of the challan issued, the application is forwarded online to the Head Office for processing and approval.
Application is reviewed by the Dealing Hand at the Head Office which is further scrutinized for the particulars
to be printed on the label as per Rule 16 of the Goa Excise Duty Act and Rules 1964, the application is
forwarded to Superintendent of Excise,which is then verified and forwarded to the Asst. Commissioner of Excise. |
5 days
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7
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The Asst. Commissioner of Excise approves the application and submits to the
Commissioner of Excise Dept for approval.
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5 days
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8
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Decision on the application by the Commissioner of Excise
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5 days
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9
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GEMS Portal
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Final approved documents is viewed by the user / investor for printing at their end.
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Real time
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10
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User / Investor
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User / Investor logs in to download the Certificate from GEMS portal.
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Not Applicable
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Checklist of documents: Following documents are required to avail the license
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Document
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Registration / Renewal
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1
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Scanned copies of label
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Registration
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The labels which are imported from other State or Country the dealer must have an authority letter
from the parent company to apply for recording in the State of Goa, along with the approval letter
and labels copies approved from the exporting State which are to be uploaded
with the application along with other documents.
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Registration
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3
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Only authority letter from the parent company to apply for renewal of labels
which are approved for last financial year.
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Renewal
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The fee applicable for label registration is given below
The timeline for approval of Label Registration is given below
Risk-based classification
There is no risk-based classification for this service
Service Mode:
The mandate stating the use of online application for the excise label registration is given below:
The circular issued by the Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board (Goa-IPB) is given below:
Additional Remarks: The procedural steps indicated above is uniform for all types of establishments, irrespective of risk category, size of firm, business location or type of investor (Foreign or Domestic).