Power of
Regional Authorities of DGFT to Issue Nominated Agency Certificates for Import
of Precious Metal Withdrawn – Para 4.94(a) Deleted
[Ref: Public Notice
No. 31/2015-2020 dated 18 October 2017]
Effect of this Public
Notice: Power of Regional Authorities of DGFT to issue/renew Nominated Agency Certificates has been removed
Sub: Amendments in Chapter-4 of Hand Book of Procedures 2015-2020,
related to nominated agencies
In exercise of powers conferred under Para
2.04 of the Foreign
Trade Policy 2015-2020,
as amended from time to time,
the Director General of Foreign Trade, in public interest,
makes the following amendments in Hand Book
of Procedures 2015-2020 as under:
1. Para 4.94 (a) is deleted.
The Deleted para is as below:
4.94 Guidelines/ Monitoring for
import of precious metal by the Nominated Agencies
The guidelines on import of precious metal by the nominated agencies and
monitoring are as under:
(a) Regional Authority competent to issue/renew
Nominated Agency Certificate
are given below:
|
S.No. |
Category |
Issuing /renewing Authority for Status
Recognition Certificate |
Issuing / renewing Authority for
Nominated Agency Certificate |
|
1. |
IEC holder having DTA unit as well as
SEZ/EOU unit |
Regional Authority concerned as per
Appendix 1A of Hand Book of Procedures. |
Regional Authority concerned as per
Appendix 4A of Hand Book of Procedures. |
|
2. |
IEC holder having SEZ/EOU unit only |
Development Commissioner concerned as per
Appendix 1A of Hand Book of Procedures. |
No such Certificate for such applicants. |
|
3. |
IEC holder having DTA unit only |
Regional Authority concerned as per
Appendix 1A of Hand Book of Procedures. |
Regional Authority concerned as per
Appendix 4A of Hand Book of Procedures. |
(i) Four Star
Export House (status on the basis of exports made only of Gems & Jewellery Sector items excluding export performance from
SEZ/EOU units, if any) and Five Star Export House (excluding export
performance of Gems and Jewellery items from SEZ/EOU
units, if any) may apply to the concerned Regional Authority online in ANF
4-I for issue of Nominated Agency Certificate. Applicant shall upload a
self-attested copy of the valid Status Holder Certificate issued under FTP
2015-2020.
(ii) On the
date of application for renewal of Nominated Agency Certificate, the Status Certificate
must be valid for next financial year also. Secondly, applicant should also be
eligible to qualify to be recognized as Four Star Export House (based on the
export of gems and jewellery sector items excluding
export performance from SEZ/EOU units, if any) / Five Star Export House(excluding
export performance of Gems and Jewellery items from
SEZ/EOU units, if any) on the date of application. In other words, Regional
Authority shall reassess the eligibility of status holder based on export
performance before issuing / renewing the Nominated Agency Certificate.
(iii) Regional Authority after scrutiny of
details given by the applicant, may grant Nominated Agency Certificate to the
eligible applicant as per format given in Appendix 4N of Hand Book of Procedures.
The Nominated Agency Certificate / Renewal of Nominated Agency Certificate
shall be issued by the Head of Office.
(iv) The existing Nominated Agency Certificate
issued under FTP (2009-2014) shall be valid upto 31st March
2015. Thereafter, Nominated Agency Certificate issued under FTP 2015-2020 shall
be valid for a period of one year from the date of issue.