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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Notification No.
30/2015-2020
New Delhi, Dated: 08 November, 2019
Subject: Amendment in Policy Condition No. 3 of Chapter 88 and incorporation of
Policy Condition No. 3 in Chapter 95 of ITC (HS) 2017, Schedule- I (Import
Policy) -regd.
S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of
FT (D&R) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Central Government, hereby
amends Policy Condition 3 of Chapter 88 and also incorporate it as Policy
Condition No. 3 in Chapter 95 of ITC (HS) 2017, Schedule- I (Import Policy), as
under:
| Existing Policy Condition No.3 |
Revised Policy Condition No.3 |
Import of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)/
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAVs)/ Remotely
Piloted Aircraft (RPAs)/ drones is Restricted’
requiring prior clearance of the Directorate
General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA) and import
license from DGFT |
Import of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)/
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAVs)/ Remotely
Piloted Aircraft (RPAs)/ drones is Restricted’
requiring prior clearance of the Directorate
General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA) (DGCA) and
import license from DGFT
Further,
import of Civil Remotely Piloted
Aircraft (RPA) is governed as per
the
Guidelines issued by the Directorate General
of Civil Aviation
vide F.No.05-13/2014-AED
Vol. IV dated 27th August, 2018.
However, Nano category (less than or equal to
250 grams) and
operating below 50ft/ 15
meters above ground level requires
Equipment Type Approval (ETA) from WPC
Wing, Department of
Telecommunications for
operating in de — licensed frequency band(s)
and does not require import clearance of the
Directorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA)
or import license from DGFT. |
2. Effect of this Notification: Policy Condition for Nano Category of Civil
Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAs) is laid down in sync with the Guidelines issued
by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation vide F.No.05-13/2014-AED Vol.IV
dated 27th August, 2018 and O.M. No.R-11017/05/2017-PP dated 27/09/2019 of WPC
wing of Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication.
This
issues with the approval of Minister of Commerce & Industry.
[Issued from F. No. 01/89/180/22/AM-12/PC-2(A)/ (e-2911)1
(Amit Yadav)
Director General of Foreign Trade
& ex-officio Additional Secretary to the
Government of India
E- mail: dgft@nic. in
Note 1. : The principal
notification No. 36/2015-2020, dated the 17th January, 2017
was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O.
172 (E), dated the 17th January, 2017.
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