Clubbing of Advance
Licences Issued between 1 April 2002 and 31 May 2012 Allowed
[DGFT Public
Notice No. 02 dated 18th April 2013]
In exercise of
powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the
Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the
Director General of Foreign Trade hereby notifies the following amendments in
Chapter 4 of the Handbook of Procedures (Volume I). This shall come into force
from 18th April, 2013.
(1) In order to facilitate disposing of pending
requests of the exporters by RAs, it has been decided to amend Para 4.20.5 of
HBP v1 which reads as under:-
No clubbing of authorisations issued on
or before 31st March, 2004 shall be allowed. Further, no clubbing of
authorisations covered under Appendix 30A of the HBPv1 or authorisations with
less than 18 months EOP shall be allowed.
The amended Sub-para
shall read as under [new portion in bold letters]:-
“No clubbing of authorisations issued
on or before 31st March, 2004 shall be allowed. Further, no
clubbing of authorisations covered under Appendix 30A of the HBPv1 or
authorisations with less than 18 months EOP shall be allowed. However,
requests for clubbing of Advance Licences/Authorisations, issued between
1.4.2002 and 31.5.2012, and received by RAs on or before 4.6.2012 may be
disposed of as per the provisions of HBP-v1 prior to issue of Revised
Edition/Annual Supplement dated 5.6.2012, provided conditions stipulated in
Public Notice No. 79 dated 13.10.2011 are adhered”.
(2) To rectify the omission under Appendix 21
C relating to PROCEDURE OF ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER in NOTE 3, the word ‘DFIA’
is being inserted after the words “Advance Authorisation’ in the 1st sentence
of the NOTE.
Effect of this
Public Notice
This would
facilitate disposal of pending requests the exporters for clubbing of advance authorisations where applications have been received upto 4.6.2012. The second para
would facilitate issue of duplicate authorisation in
lieu of cancelled authorisation after payment of only
Rs.200/- as additional application fee as in case of other authorisations.