Amendment in Export Policy of Human Embryos

(To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-ll, Section - 3, Sub-Section (ii))

Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi

Notification No. 11 /2015-2020 Dated: 12" June , 2020

Subject: Amendment in Export Policy of Human Embryos.

5.0. (E). In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 & 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby, amends the export policy of Human Embryos under Chapter 5 of ITC (HS), 2018, Schedule -2 (Export Policy)

4. New entry at Serial No. 49A is inserted in Chapter 5 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, as under:

||Tariff Item|Item Description|Export||Policy Conditions||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||HS Code||Policy|||||
|49A||05119999||Human Embryos/ Gametes/|Free||[Subject<br>to|.‘No|Objectio||
|||Gonad tissues||Certificate’ from|Indian|Council|of|
|||||MedicalResearch(ICMR)||||

5. Effect of this Notification:

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Human Embryos / Gametes/ Gonad tissues are "Free" for export subject to ‘No Objection Certificate’ from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

. \zle 6liere * (Amit Yadav) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/50/AM-21/EC/E-21502)