Authorization of Textiles Committee to issue Certificate of Origin under various Free Trade Agreements/Preferential Trade Agreements

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART-I, SECTION-I

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE

PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 67 /2015-2020 NEW DELHI, DATED THE 30th
MARCH, 2016

Subject: Authorization of Textiles Committee to issue Certificate of Origin under various Free Trade

Agreements/Preferential Trade Agreements – reg.

In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby notifies that “Textiles Committee” would also be one of the agencies as listed in Appendix 2-B-“List of Agencies Authorized to issue Certificate of Origin (COO) (Preferential)” of Handbook of Procedure (Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020) competent to issue Certificate of Origin (COO) under the following Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)/Preferential Trade Agreement(PTAs)

i) Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) ii) Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISLFTA) iii) ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement (ASEAN-India FTA) iv) India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA) v) India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (IMCECA) vi) South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) vii) India-Chile Preferential Trading Agreement (India-Chile PTA) viii) India-Mercosur Preferential Trading Agreement (India-Mercosur PTA) ix) Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) x) SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangements (SAPTA)
xi) India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CECA)

The revised Appendix 2B would, accordingly read as under:

Sl No Name of the Agreement Existing Authorized Agencies New (in Bold) Authorized Agencies 1 Global System Of Trade
Preferences (GSTP) (i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)- for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)- for Marine products (iii) Tobacco Board for Tobacco products (i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)-for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)-for Marine products (iii) Tobacco Board for Tobacco products (iv) Textile Committee – Textile and made ups
2 India Sri Lanka Free Trade
Agreement (ISLFTA) (i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)- for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export for Marine products

(i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)-for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export Marine products (iii) Textile Committee – Textile and made ups 3 ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement (ASEAN-India FTA) (i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)- for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export for Marine products

(i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)-for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export Marine products (iii) Textile Committee – Textile and made ups

4 India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA) ((i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)- for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export for Marine products

((i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)-for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export Marine products (iii) Textile Committee – Textile and made ups

5 India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (IMCECA) (i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)- for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export for Marine products

(i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)-for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export Marine products (iii) Textile Committee – Textile and made ups 6 South Asia Free Trade Area(SAFTA) ((i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)- for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export for Marine products

((i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)-for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export Marine products (iii) Textile Committee – for Textile and made ups 7 India-Chile Preferential Trading Agreement (India-Chile PTA) (i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)- for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export for Marine products

(i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)-for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export Marine products (iii) Textile Committee – for Textile and made ups 8 India-Mercosur Preferential Trading Agreement (India-Mercosur PTA) ((i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)- for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export for Marine products

((i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)-for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export Marine products (iii) Textile Committee – for Textile and made ups 9 Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) As per Appendix 2D of Handbook of Procedure (Appendices and AayatNiryat Forms) 2015-2020

As per Appendix 2D of Handbook of Procedure (Appendices and AayatNiryat Forms) 2015-2020 (iii) Textile Committee – for Textile and made ups 10. SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA) As per Appendix 2D of Handbook of Procedure
(Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms) 2015-2020

As per Appendix 2D of Handbook of Procedure
(Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms) 2015-2020 (iii) Textile Committee – for Textile and made ups 11. India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement ( CECA)
(i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)- for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export for Marine products

(i) Export Inspection Council (EIC)-for all goods (ii) Marine Products Export Marine products (iii) Textile Committee – for Textile and made ups

Effect of Public Notice:

Appendix 2-B-“List of Agencies Authorized to Issue Certificate of Origin (COO) (Preferential)” has been revised to include Textile Committee for issuing COO under 11 Free/Preferential Trade Agreements.

(Anup Wadhawan) Director General of Foreign Trade
Email: dgft@nic.in

[ISSUED FROM F.NO.01/93/180/80/AM-16/PC-2(B)