EU Treated as Single Market for Vehicle Import Manufacturer Declaration

[DGFT Notification No. 13 dated 28^th August 2012]

Subject: Amendment in ITC (HS) 2012 Schedule 1 – Import Policy.

In exercise of powers conferred under section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in Schedule 1 – Import Policy of ITC (HS) – 2012, under Chapter 87, Para 2 (II) (a) (iv):-

2. Para 2 (II) (a) of chapter 87 lists certain conditions that every new vehicle being imported to the country must satisfy. Of these conditions, sub para (iv) of para 2(II)(a) is amended by adding a new sentence “The country of manufacture will also mean a Single Market like the European Union (EU)” after the existing sentence. Accordingly, the amended para would read as :-

“2 (II) the import of new vehicles shall be subject to the following conditions:

a. The new vehicle shall-

(i) have a speedometer indicating the speed in Kilometers per hour;

(ii) have right hand steering, and controls (applicable on vehicles other than two and three wheelers);

(iii) have photometry of the headlamps to suit “keep-left” traffic’; and

(iv) be imported from the country of manufacture. The country of manufacture will also mean a Single Market like the European Union (EU).”

3. Effect of this Notification: In the phrase “the country of manufacture” in para 2(II) a (iv) of Chapter 87, the words ‘the country’ would include a Single Market like the EU.