5.03 — Nexus Certification

• (a) RA concerned shall, on the basis of nexus certificate from an independent Chartered Engineer (CEC) submitted by the applicant in Appendix 5A, issue EPCG authorisation. For issuance of such certificate, the Chartered Engineer shall act only in the domain of his/her competence. In case of fabrication, reasonable wastage, if any, anticipated at the time of installation of capital goods shall be certified by the Chartered Engineer in the nexus certificate and the same would be mentioned in the condition sheet of the EPCG authorisation at the time of issue. The wastage so permitted at the time of issuance of authorisation would be allowed to be sold as scrap/waste on payment of applicable duty by the authorisation holder.

• (b) An application for amendment in the list of import item(s) including addition(s)/deletion(s), if any, may be filed with RA concerned provided the authorisation is valid for import. The applicant would give justification for seeking such amendment(s) along with fresh nexus certificate from an independent Chartered Engineer.

• (c) An application for amendment in the list of export item(s) including addition(s)/deletion(s) if any, may be filed with RA concerned provided the Export Obligation period of the authorisation is valid and the CG has nexus with export product. The applicant would give justification for seeking such amendment(s) along with fresh nexus certificate from an independent Chartered Engineer.