Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Public Notice No. 45 (RE-2012)/ 2009-14
Dated: 29th January, 2013
Subject: Amendment in Para 3.2.1 of Handbook of Procedures Vol. I (RE 2012)/
2009-14.
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2009-14, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby amends Para
3.2.1of the Handbook of Procedures Vol. I (RE 2012)/ 2009-14:
- Paragraph 3.2.1 of HBP v1 is amended by addition of a new sentence at the end
of the existing paragraph, as under:
Existing paragraph: “3.2.1 Application for status recognition shall be filed
with jurisdictional RA / Development Commissioner (DC). However, in cases where
export performance of EOUs / SEZs is clubbed together with company / firm /
Group Company in DTA, the same will be considered by jurisdictional RA (in DGFT)
only.”
Amended paragraph:
3.2.1 “Application for status recognition shall be filed with jurisdictional RA
/ Development Commissioner (DC). However, in cases where export performance of
EOUs / SEZs is clubbed together with company /firm / Group Company in DTA, the
same will be considered by jurisdictional RA of DGFT only. EHTPs and STPs shall
file an application of Status Recognition with concerned jurisdictional RA”.
Effect of this Public Notice: By addition of this sentence EHTPs and STPs can
apply to the jurisdictional RAs for grant of Status Certificate.
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
[email protected]
(F.No. 01/91/180/2030/AM09/ PC-3)