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Amendment in paras 2.16, 2.20, 2.51, 2.74, 2.79 and 2.80 of the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015- 20 - regarding.
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.....79 and 2.80 of the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) of FTP 2015-20, with immediate effect (changes made are in bold letters). 2. The revised paras 2.16, 2.20, 2.51, 2.74, 2.79 and 2.80 of the HBP of FTP 2015-20 would be substituted to read as under [including addition of sub para 2.51 (c) and 2.74(IX)] . "2.16 Validity period of Authorisation/ Licence/ Certificate/ Authorisation Permissions/ CCPs a) Validity period of Import / Export Authorizations from the date of issue shall be as follows, unless specified otherwise: Sr. No Type of Authorisation Validity Period (i) Export Authorisation for restricted (Non SCOMET) goods 12 months (ii) Export Authorisation for SCOMET items 24 months. (iii) Import Authorisation for restric....
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....lidity has expired while in custody of Customs Authority / RA / or any other Government Authority. 2.51 EXIM Facilitation Committee (a) Restricted item Authorisation may be granted by DGFT or any other RA authorised by him in this behalf. DGFT/RA may take assistance and advice of a Facilitation Committee while granting authorization. The Assistance of technical authorities may also be taken by seeking their comments in writing. Facilitation Committee will consist of representatives of Technical Authorities and Departments /Ministries concerned. (b) Import authorizations for a restricted item, if so directed by the competent authority, shall be issued for import through one of the sea ports or air ports or ICDs or LCS, as per the option i....
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....export, to contribute to end-uses that are not in conformity with India's national security or foreign policy goals and objectives, goals and objectives of global non-proliferation, or India's obligations under International treaties/Agreements to which it is a State party. b. Assessed risk that exported items will fall into hands of terrorists, terrorist groups, and non-State actors; c. Export control measures instituted by the recipient State; d. Capabilities and objectives of programmes of the recipient State relating to weapons and their delivery; e. Assessment of end-use(s) of item(s); f. Applicability of provisions of relevant bilateral or multilateral Agreements and Arrangements, to which India is a party, or adhere....
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....he recipient State will include non-use in any nuclear explosive device. Authorisations for export of certain items in Category 0 will not be granted unless transfer is additionally under adequate physical protection and is covered by appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, or any other mutually agreed controls on transferred items. (b) Licensing authority for items in Category 6 in Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) is Department of Defence Production. Export of items in Category 6 is governed by the extant Standard Operating Procedure issued by the Department of Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence. Export of items covered in Note 3 of the 'Commodity Identification Note' in Appendix 3 to Sche....
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...., IMWG and the case shall be brought before IMWG in its subsequent meeting for approval on ex-post facto basis. Case(s), where a decision could not be arrived in IMWG, shall be placed before Director General of Foreign Trade for appropriate decision on grant of authorization. 2.79 Issue of authorization for repeat orders Applications for grant of authorizations for repeat orders for export of SCOMET items shall be approved by Chairman IMWG on automatic basis and the case shall be brought before IMWG in its subsequent meeting for approval on ex-post facto basis. The approval will be subject to the fulfillment of the following criteria: (i) (a) the product along with the technical specification (b) the exporter (c) the foreign buyer (d) th....