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Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi Public Notice No. 09/2023 New Delhi, Dated: 25" April, 2023

Subject: Amendment in Para 4.12 (vi) of the Handbook of Procedures, 2023.

In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in the provision of Para 4.12(vi) of the Handbook of Procedures 2023:

Norms ratified by any Norms Committee | Norms ratified by any Norms Committee (NC) in the O/o DGFT on or after| (NC) in the O/o DGFT on or after 01.04.2023 in respect of any Advance | 01.04.2023 in respect of any Advance Authorisation obtained under paragraph | Authorisation obtained under paragraph 4.07 shall be valid for a period of three | 4.07 shall be valid for a period of three years from the date of ratification. Since all | years from the date of ratification. decisions of the Norms Committees are | However, the Norms ratified by any available in the form of minutes on the | Norms Committee (NC) on or after DGFT website, all other applicants of | 01.04.2015 in respect of any Advance Advance Authorisation are also eligible to | Authorisation obtained under paragraph apply and get their authorisations based on | 4.07 of HBP, 2015-2020 shall also be such ratified norms on repeat basis during | valid further upto 31.03.2026.

| Authorisation obtained under paragraph apply and get their authorisations based on | 4.07 of HBP, 2015-2020 shall also be such ratified norms on repeat basis during | valid further upto 31.03.2026. Since all validity of these norms. This para is not | decisions of the Norms Committees are applicable for authorisations applied for | available in the form of minutes on the items listed under Appendix 4P. DGFT website, all other applicants of Advance Authorisation are also eligible to apply and get their authorisations based on such ratified norms on repeat basis during validity of these norms. This para is not applicable for authorisations applied for items listed under Appendix 4P.

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Effect of the Public Notice: Para 4.12(vi) of the Handbook of Procedures 2023 in respect of Advance Authorization issued under para 4.07 of HBP 2015-2020 has been amended to extend the validity of ad-hoc norms ratified from 01.04.2015 up to 31.03.2023, which shall now be valid up to 31.03.2026, for ease of doing business and reduction of transaction cost.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)

Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India e-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/94/180/011/AM24/PC-4)