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TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE
OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART-II, SECTION—3, SUB SECTION (ii) (Please see
section relating to GM products in blue colour) GOVERNMENT OF MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NOTIFICATION No. 2(RE-2006) /
2004-2009
S.O.
(E) In exercise of powers conferred
by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read
with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy – 2004-09, the Central
Government hereby amends Schedule – I (Imports) of the ITC(HS)
Classifications of Export and Import Items, 2004-09 as under: 1.
1.
The Licensing Note
to Chapter – 87 will be amended as follows: “ (i)
(i) For the purpose of certification
as per para (c) (i) above; (ii)
(ii)
For the
purpose of defence requirement. Para 2 (II) (g) : In case the country of manufacture is a
land locked country and the shipment takes place from another country, the
vehicles would deemed to have been exported from the country of manufacture
provided there are supporting documents to track the vehicles from the
country of manufacture to the Port of Landing and from there, to the Port of
Destination.” 2.
2.
Import Policy for
the following items will be amended as follows :
3.
3.
Import Licensing
Note No. (2) will be added at the end
of Chapter 44 and will be read as follows : “Import of Sandal Wood will be subject to
the conditions laid down in Policy Circular No. 1 (RE-06) / 2004-09 dated
7.4.2006.” 4. 4. The following conditions will be added in Chapter 1A : General Notes regarding Import Policy : “17. Import of products,
equipments containing Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) will be subject to
Rule 10 of the Ozone Depleting Substances Rules, 2000. In terms of this Rule no person shall import
or cause to import any product specified in Column (2) of Schedule VII which
was made with or contain Ozone Depleting Substances specified in Column (3),
unless he obtains a license issued by the Directorate General of Foreign
Trade.” “18. Import of Genetically Modified Food, Feed,
Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs)
and Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) will be subject to the following
conditions : (a)
(a)
The
import of GMOs / LMOs for the purpose of (i) R & D; (ii) Food; (iii)
Feed; (iv) Processing in Bulk and (v) For Environment release will be
governed by the provisions of the Environment Protection Act, 1986 and Rules
1989. (b)
(b)
The
import of any Food, Feed, raw or processed or any ingredient of food, food
additives or any food product that contains GM material and is being used
either for Industrial production, Environmental release, or field application
will be allowed only with the approval of the Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC). (c)
(c)
Institutes
/ Companies who wish to import Genetically Modified material for R & D
purposes will submit their proposal to the Review Committee for Genetic
Modification (RCGM) under the Department of Bio-Technology. In case the Companies / Institutes use
these Genetically Modified material for commercial purposes, approval of GEAC
is also required. (d)
(d)
At
the time of import all consignments containing products which have been
subjected to Genetic Modification will carry a declaration stating that the
product is Genetically Modified. In
case a consignment does not carry such a declaration and is later found to
contain Genetically Modified material, the importer is liable to penal action
under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992. “19. Import of any
form of metallic waste and scrap will be subject to the provisions of 5.
5.
Import Policy for
the following items will be amended as follows :
6.
6.
The following
Import Licensing Note No. 1 will be added at the end of Chapter – 30. “(1) (a) import of blood
and other biological material for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes for
individual cases will be free; and (b) Import of human biological
material for bio-medical purposes will be referred to the Indian Council of
Medical Research which is the nodal implementing agency for the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare guidelines dated 19th November,
1997.” 7. The Import Policy for the
following items will be amended as follows :
8. The
Import Licensing Note of Chapter – 88 will be amended to read
as under: “(1) Aircraft and Helicopters (including
used/second hand aircraft and Helicopters) may be imported by the following
without the need to obtain an import licence from the Director General of
Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry,
Government of India. (a) Air (b) Indian
Airlines (c) Vayudoot
Limited (d) Pawan Hans
Limited (e) National
Airports Authority (f) International
Airports Authority of (g) Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academi (IGRUA)/and such other
flying clubs/Academies recognised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation,
Government of India (h)
(h)
Any person who has
been granted permission by the Ministry
of Civil Aviation, Government of India, for operating scheduled or non-scheduled air
transport services (including air taxi services) for import of aircraft or
helicopters, subject to the condition that the import of the aircraft or
helicopter and their use is in accordance with that permission. (i)
(i)
The Aero
Club of (2) The import of aircraft by any other
category of importers shall require an import licence to be granted by the
Director General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, Ministry of
Commerce & Industry, Government of India.” 9. Import Licensing Note No. 1 of Chapter 72
and Chapter 74 stands deleted. 10.
The Import Policy for the following items will be amended as follows :
11. This issues in public interest. Sd/- (K.T. Chacko) Director General of
Foreign Trade
And Ex-Officio Additional
Secretary to the Govt. of (Issued from File No
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