| Date: | 05-08-2019 | 
	
		| Notification No: | Public Notice No. 23/2015-2020 | 
	
		| Issuing Authority: | DGFT | 
	
		| Type: | Public Notice | 
	
		| File No: | File No. 01/61/180/ 65/AM19/PC-3 | 
	
		| Subject: | Provision for claiming additional benefits under MEIS for HS Codes for which rates were enhanced with a retrospective effect | 
	
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Government of IndiaMinistry of Commerce & Industry
 Department of Commerce
 Directorate General of Foreign Trade
 New Delhi
 
 Public Notice 
No. 23/2015-2020
 
Dated 5th August, 2019 
Subject: Provision for claiming additional benefits under MEIS for HS Codes for which rates were enhanced with a retrospective effect.
 In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in Appendix 3B, Table 2 as notified vide 
Public Notice 02 dated 01.04.2015.
 
 2. The para 9.03 is amended as below:
 
 
 
	
		| Existing Para 9.03 (as amended vide Public notice 16 dated 
		28.06.2018)
 | Amended Para 9.03 |  
		| 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.
 However, no supplementary claims for scrips
 under chapter 3 of the FTP 2015-20 would be
 admissible
 | 9.03 Supplementary Claims (i) 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.
 
 (ii) Supplementary claims would be admissible
 under 
		MEIS, only for certain HS Codes, for
 which rates under MEIS 
		have been enhanced
 with a retrospective effect based on 
		guidelines
 issued in this regard. In such cases, the
 supplementary cut @2% as in 9.03 (i) above
 shall not be applied.
 
 (iii) Supplementary claim under chapter 3 of
 the FTP 2015-20 for 
		any other reason would
 not be admissible.
 |  
Effect of Public Notice: A provision enabling issue of additional benefits under MEIS for HS Codes, for which enhanced rates under MEIS were notified with a retrospective effect, has been incorporated in the Handbook of Procedure, 2015-20.
 
(Issued from File No. 01/61/180/ 65/AM19/PC-3)
 (Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi)
 Director General of Foreign Trade
 E-mail: [email protected]
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