Pre shipment inspection of import consignments under the textiles product group.

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY (PART­I, SECTION­1)     GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE   PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 12(RE­2001)/1997­2002 NEW DELHI:  3rd May, 2001               In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 4.11 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997­2002, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby notifies the procedure to be followed for compliance of  condition at paragraph 11 of Notification no. 3 (RE­2001)/97­02 dated 31.03.2001,  for allowing import of textile and textile articles:   1.                    All import consignments carrying a preshipment inspection certificate from a textile testing laboratory accredited to the National Accredition Agency of the country of origin, certifying that the import consignment does not contain any of the hazardous dyes as per aforementioned paragraph 11 shall be allowed to be cleared.   2.                    The import consignments which do not carry any preshipment inspection certificate as per paragraph 1 above, shall be allowed to be cleared after getting the sample of the imported consignment tested and certified from any of the agencies indicated in the Annexure to this public notice, that the imported consignment does not carry any of the prohibited dyes as per paragraph 11 of notification no. 3(RE­2001)/97­02 dated 31.03.2001.         (N.L. LAKHANPAL) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE   Copy to all concerned, By order  etc.   (O.P.Hisaria) Dy. Director General of Foreign Trade     ANNEXURE TO PUBLIC NOTICE NO.12(RE­2001)/97­02 DATED 03.05.2001

Sl.No. Address Location Tel. No./Fax. No. Contact person 1.        Textile Committee, ‘Crystal’,  79, Dr. A.B. Road, Worli, Mumbai­ 400018. Mumbai (022) 4982331, 4934555, 4964521 Dr. G.S. Nadiger, Director(Laboratories) 2.        Textiles Committee Platinum Centre,  2nd Floor,  Bank Road, Cannanore­ 670001 Cannanore (0497)506390 Shri Tilak Prasad, Asstt. Inspecting Officer 3.        Textiles Committee, North  wing  1st Floor,  T.N.S.C. Board Complex,  212, R.K.  Murli Road, Mylapore, Chennai­ 600004. Chennai (044) 4940740 Shri M.Gopalan, Dy. Chief Inspecting Officer 4.        Textiles Committee, N/S/0/2,  Nehru Place,  Tong Road,  Jaipur­ 302015 Jaipur (0141)514453/N.A. Shri S.N. Bailur, Senior Scientific Officer II

5.        Textiles Committee, 48­ B,  Tagore Nagar,  Civil Lines, Ludhiana­ 141001 Ludhiana (0161)474906 Shri Balaram Kumar, Senior Scientific Officer II 6.        Textiles Committee, 18A, Keelamathur, Pallivasal Street,  Kamraj Road, Madurai­ 625009 Madurai (0452)623303 Shri A.Abraham, Inspecting Officer 7.        Textiles Committee, 41, Community Centre,  Phase­ I,  Naraina, New  Delhi­ 110028 New Delhi (011)5795241 5792364 5793722 Fax: 4795241 Shri P.K Sen, Senior Scientific Officer I   8.        Textiles Committee, 205,  B.S. Sundaram Road,  Tirupur­ 641601 Tirupur Fax: (0421)702500 Shri N. Jeeva, Inspecting Officer 9.        Central  Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI), Central  Silk Bangalore (080)6685238/6680435 Dr. T.H. Somashekhar, Director

Board, Madiwala Road, Bangalore­ 560054 10.   Eco  Testing Laboratory Central  Silk Technological Research Institute, Central  Silk Board,  21, Radha  Rani Sinha  Road, Bhagalpur­ 812001, Bihar Bhagalpur PP(0641) 401048 Shri M.A. Moon Dy. Director 11.   Eco  Testing Laboratory, Central  Silk Technological Research Institute, Central  Silk Board,  IIT Campus, Chowkaghat, Varanasi­ 221002 Varanasi (0541)347306 Shri M.K. Majumdar, Dy. Director