Procedure for Change in IEC Address – Jurisdiction of RA at New Address

[DGFT Public Notice No. 59 dated 21^st February 2017]

Effect of this Public Notice: Amendment in procedure for seeking modification in IEC is notified.

Subject: -Amendment in Chapter 2 of the Handbook of Procedure (2015-20).

In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby amends the revised provision as at Sl no.1 [para 2.14(A) of the Handbook of Procedure (2015-20)] of the Public Notice No.54/2015-2020 dated 11.01.2017 as under:

SNo.	HBP Para/ Public Notice / Appendix	Provision	Revised Provision
1.	2.14A	When an IEC holder seeks modification/change of Branch Office/Head Office/Registered Office address in its IEC and which involves a shift in its jurisdictional RA, a request to that effect will have to be made to RA concerned under whose jurisdiction the applicant exists. On the basis of this request, the RA (custodian of the IEC file till now) will process such requests and amend IEC, if found appropriate, under intimation to the RA under whose jurisdiction the applicant wants transfer. The new RA shall allow the person in its new address to carry out necessary functions and also apply for eligible benefits as per FTP	When an IEC holder seeks modification/ change of Head Office/ Registered Office address in its IEC and which involves a shift in its jurisdictional RA, a request to that effect will have to be made to the new RA, to whose jurisdiction the applicant is shifting its office. The new RA shall make appropriate amendments, based on documents submitted to it by the applicant. The new RA will also separately inform the RA, who had initially issued the IEC, of the changes made in the concerned IEC. Thereafter, the new RA shall allow the applicant to carry out necessary functions and also apply for eligible benefits as per FTP through its office.