2.92 Criteria for EPCs as Registering Authorities
2.92 Criteria for EPCs as Registering Authorities In order to make the EPCs truly democratic and participative in nature and for better governance and transparency, the criteria for them to function as Registering Authority are being laid down as under: (a) e-Voting: Electronic Voting would be mandatory for election to the posts of Vice Chairman/Vice President and Executive Committee members with a view to ensuring wider participation. (b) Tenure of Elected Heads: The tenure of an elected head shall not be for more than two years. The election of Chairman/President of the EPC shall be via Vice Chairman/Vice President route. However, any member having held the post of Chairman/President and/or Vice Chairman/Vice President may come back as Vice Chairman/Vice President ...
4.18 Provision for Pharmaceutical Products
Regional Authority may issue Advance Authorisation for pharmaceutical products manufactured through Non-Infringing (NI) process. A manufacturer exporter can avail the benefit of this provision whether the SION or the adhoc norms (under self declared basis in terms of paragraph 4.07 of the Hand Book of Procedures) for the said product is available or not. “Input combination permitted under NI process, as approved by the concerned agency of the regulated markets”, shall be exporter specific and country specific and shall be available only when the exports are destined for the same country.
9.03 Supplementary Claims
Wherever any application for supplementary claim is received, within specified time limits, such application may also be considered after imposing a cut @2% on the entitlement.
4.37 Port of Registration
(a) Advance Authorisation shall be issued for purpose of import and export through one of sea ports or airports or ICDs or LCS specified below. Authorisation holder shall register authorisation at the port specified in authorisation and thereafter all imports against said authorisation shall be made only through that port, unless the authorisation holder obtains permission from customs authority concerned to import through any other specified port. However, exports may be made through any of the specified ports.
5.13 Exemption from maintenance of average export obligation
5.13 Exemption from maintenance of average export obligation (a) In case of export of goods relating to the following the EPCG authorisation holder shall not be required to maintain average export obligation: (i) Handicrafts, (ii) Handlooms, (iii) Cottage & Tiny sector, (iv) Agriculture, (v) Aqua-culture (including Fisheries), Pisciculture, (vi) Animal husbandry, (vii) Floriculture & Horticulture, (viii) Poultry, (ix) Viticulture, (x) Sericulture, (xi) Carpets, (xii) Coir, and (xiii) Jute (b) However, this exemption from maintenance of average export obligation shall not be allowed for import of fishing trawlers, boats, ships and other similar items. (c) Goods, excepting tools imported under EPCG scheme by sectors specified in sub-paragraph (a) above, shall not be allowed to be transferred for a period of five ...
5.21 ExportObligation Shortfall
RA concerned may condone short fall upto 5% in specific export obligation.
Benefits for Deemed Exports
7.03 Benefits for Deemed Exports Deemed exports shall be eligible for any/all of following benefits inrespect of manufacture and supply of goods, qualifying as deemed exports, subject to terms and conditions as given in HBP and ANF-7A: (a) Advance Authorisation / Advance Authorisation for annual requirement/DFIA. (b) Deemed Export Drawback. (c) Refund of terminal excise duty, if exemption is not available.
FOREIGN TRADE POLICY 2015-20 & OTHER IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
FOREIGN TRADE POLICY (2015-2020)UPDATED AS ON JANUARY 01, 2016 BY THE DOLLAR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE UNIT HANDBOOK OF PROCEDURES (2015-2020) - UPDATED AS ON FEBRUARY 03, 2016 BY THE DOLLAR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE UNIT FOREIGN TRADE POLICY STATEMENT APPENDICES AND ANF OF FTP (2015-2020) - UPDATED AS ON OCTOBER 01, 2015 BY THE DOLLAR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE UNIT MERCHANDISE EXPORTS FROM INDIA SCHEME (MEIS) - UPDATED AS ON JULY 16, 2015 BY THE DOLLAR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE UNIT