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ANNEXURE A

QUESTIONNAIRE TO BE FILLED BY IMPORTERS WHO ARE RELATED TO THE FOREIGN SUPPLIER 1. Name of the Importer with full address of the Head or corporate registered office, Administrative office/factory and PAN No.

Ans. ETA STAR WESTERN AUTO PARTS CENTRE PRIVATE LIMITED Old No. 5 New No.11, Wheat Crofts Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034. PAN number AABCE9210E 2. Whether the Importer is a proprietorship / Partnership / Private Limited / Public Limited /Branch office of the incorporated outside of India.

Ans. Private Limited Company 3(a) Name of the foreign Supplier from whom the goods are imported. Ans. Western Auto LLC 3(b) Nature of the business relationship of the Importer with the Supplier (e.g. subsidiary/ branch office /distributor /agent /indenter or any other) Ans. .Buyer / Seller Relationship 3(c) Nature of the transaction - e.g. sale to the Importer, consignment sales, branch transfer or any other.

Ans. Sale to the Importer 4. Whether any Officer or Director in the Company / Firm of the Importer holds any office in any Company outside India. If so, whether such a company is related to / associated in any way with the Supplier of the imported goods. Also give details of converse situation if applicable?

Ans. No
5.

Whether the Importer and the Supplier of the goods are partners in business?

Ans. No

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6.

Whether there is an employer -employee relationship between the Importer and the Supplier of the imported goods and vice versa?

Ans. No 7. Whether the Foreign Supplier or any of the associated Companies jointly or severally directly or in indirectly own control or hold equity worth 5% or more of the total paid up capital of your or any of your associated Companies?

Ans. No 8. Whether any other third person jointly or severally, directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds the equity shares worth 5% or more of the paid up capital of the Foreign Supplier and of your including associated companies?

Ans. No 9(a) Whether the Supplier of the goods is in a position, directly or indirectly, to exercise restraint over you, legally or operationally in any manner? Ans. No 9(b) Specify the role if any of the Supplier or any of its associate business entities, in your corporate policy, design specification, quality control, marketing, sublicensing of the patent franchise etc? Ans. No Applicable 9(c) Whether any Legal Liabilities created by contract or agreements entered into by the Supplier devolve on the Importer?

Ans. No 10. Whether the Importer is in a position, directly or indirectly to exercise restraint over both the Importer and the Supplier of imported goods legally or operationally, in any manner? Details as per (b) and (c) of (9) above for this covers position?

Ans. No 11. Whether the Importer is in position, directly or indirectly to exercise restraint over both the Importer and the Supplier of imported goods legally or operationally, in any manner? Details as per (b) and (c) of (9) above?

Ans. No 12. Whether the Importer and the Supplier of the imported goods together are in a position, directly or indirectly; exercise restraint

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over a third person, legally or operationally in any manner? Details as per (b) and (c) of (9) above. Ans. No 13. Whether the Importer and the Supplier of the imported goods are members of the same family?

Ans. Not Applicable 14(a) Whether the Importer is a sole agent, distributor or indenter or appointed by foreign Suppliers. Ans. No 14(b) Give full particular of all the Suppliers of goods from outside India for whom the Importer acts as agent /distributor/indenter? Ans. No 15. Whether the Importer is a branch or Subsidiary of the Supplier of the imported goods? (The words subsidiary has the same meaning here as in section 4 of the Companies Act.

Ans. No 16(a) Whether the Importer is engaged in the local manufacture of any products of the Supplier of the imported goods? Ans. No 16(b) If yes, whether manufacture? Ans. No 16(c) If yes, whether the imported items exclusively supplied by the Suppliers? Ans. No 16(d) Whether the product manufactured by the Importer using the imported goods is sold under a trade mark design or patent owned or controlled by the Supplier of the goods or any person related of them? Ans. Not Applicable 17. Whether the imported goods are component parts of CKD/SKD sets for local assembly into finished goods? If yes, furnish a complete list of the items imported in CKD/SKD condition. are manufactured or the imported goods are used in some

Ans. No

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In the case of (16) and (17) above; are the components imported by any person into India as spares for stock and sale? If so, please furnish the price at which such imports are made.

Ans. Not Known 19. Whether the Importer has imported any capital goods, plant machinery, equipment etc. from the Supplier of the imported goods or its related or associated concern or persons? Please furnish details.

Ans. No 20. Is any amount paid or payable, directly or indirectly, to or on behalf of Supplier of the imported goods for engineering, development, art work, design work, plans or sketches undertaken elsewhere than in India and connected with the production of the imported goods? Are any services rendered by or on behalf of the Importer relatable to this?

Ans. No 21. Is the import of the goods covered under an agreement? Are there other Agreements between the Importer and the Supplier? If yes, list them.

Ans. No 22. What is the basis of arriving at the price in the invoice?

Ans. Commercial Negotiations 22(a) Is it price list with discount. Ans. No 22(b) Is it net discounted price. Ans. No 22(c) Is it quotation. Ans. No 22(d) Is it transfer price. Ans. No 22(e) Is it other (please specify). Ans. Negotiation / Agreed Price

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23.

Do the Suppliers of the imported goods supply the same directly to any other person in India? If so, please furnish the prices at which these imports are made, with supporting documents.

Ans. Not Known 24. What is the form of Payment by the Importer for the imported goods? Furnish the head of account under which other payments, if any, are made to the Supplier of the imported goods and details of the payment /transfer of funds in any form.

Ans. Through bank 25. Furnish the total quantity and FOB value of imports made by the Importer from the same Supplier during the last three years.

Ans. Enclosed 26. Amount of royalty / technical know how fees/ licence fee/any other fee paid or payable by the Importer to the Supplier of the imported goods.

Ans. Nil 27. Furnish the full details of amount, if any received by the Importer in the form of Agency Commission, overriding commission or any other remuneration received either from other Importers in India or from the Supplier of the imported goods.

Ans. Nil 28. Expenses incurred by the Importer on behalf of, by understanding or Agreement with or under instruction from the Supplier of the imported goods e.g. advertising, propaganda expenses, or any other expenses for the promotion of sales of the imported goods.

Ans. Nil 29. Whether the Supplier of the goods supplies similar or connected items to buyers/ branches /collaborators in other countries? If yes prices at which such transactions have taken place, for last one year.

Ans. No

Remarks: The supplier is an Authorized sales and service agent for all types of cars in Dubai. The company initially had certain unused stocks of automobile components which they offered as a clearance sale to the importer at a reduced price for sale in India. Later as and when we requested for the components they would intern procure the goods and sell it to us with a nominal profit.

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