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OFFICE OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, |
PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 113
/2001
Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of
Revenue, New Delhi, Notification No.3
(RE-2001)/1997-2002 issued vide F.No.01/89/180/00224/AM01 dated 31.03.2001 is
reproduced below for the guidance of the clearing agents, importers and trading
staff .
C11/34/2001-AP (PORT) (S.
SANKARAVADIVELU)
CUSTOM HOUSE, CHENNAI-1. DY. COMMR. OF CUSTOMS (APPG.)
DATE :11.06.2001
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NOTIFICATION NO.3
(RE-2001)/1997-2002
F.NO.01/89/180/00224/AM01
DATED 31.03.2001
S.O. (E) - In exercise of powers conferred under
section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with
paragraph 1.3 and 4.1 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, the Central
Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC (HS)
Classifications of Export and Import Items, 1997-2002 published on 31st
March, 1997 (RE-98), as amended from time to time, namely –
2. The following shall be added after paragraph 6 of Chapter 1A
(General notes regarding Import Policy) of ITC (HS) Classifications of Export
and Import Items, 1997-2002 :
“7. Import of meat and poultry products
will be subject to the compliance of conditions regarding manufacture,
slaughter, packing, labeling and quality conditions as laid down in Meat Food
Products Order, 1973. All manufactures of meat/poultry products exporting their
goods to India shall be required to meet the sanitary and hygienic requirements
as stipulated under Schedule-II of the aforementioned Order. The imported
product shall also comply with the specified packaging, labeling and quality
standards as laid down in Schedule-IV of the Order. Compliance of these
conditions is to be ensured before allowing customs clearance of the
consignment.
8. Import of all such edible/food products,
domestic sale and manufacture of which are governed by Prevention of Food
Adulteration Act, 1954, shall be subject to all the conditions laid down in the
aforesaid Act. Import of all these products will have to comply with the
quality and packaging requirements as laid down in the Act. Compliance of these
conditions is to be ensured before allowing customs clearance of the
consignment.
9.
Import of all primary agricultural products will be subject to a Bio Security
& Sanitary-Phyto Sanitary import permit, to be issued by Department of
Agriculture and Co-operation, as per conditions of Plants, Fruits and Seeds
(Regulation of Import into India) Order, 1989. The permit will be based on
Import Risk Analysis of the product, to be conducted on scientific principles,
in accordance with the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and
Phyto-Sanitary measures. The Import Risk Analysis will be conducted based on
various scientific principles, including inter alia,
(a)
the type of pests etc. known to be associated with the
particular product in the exporting country;
(b)
the organisms already established in India; and
(c)
the potential impact of such organisms on India’s
international trade.
10. Irrespective of the Policy indicated against the exim code
nos.090220 04 and 090240 06 in column 3 of ITC (HS) Classifications of Export
and Import Items, 1997-2002, the import of these items will be subject to the
conditions of the provisions of the Tea Waste (Control) Order, 1959 as amended
from time to time. Import of tea waste is to be allowed only to the license
holders under the afore mentioned Order issued by Tea Board.
11. Import of textile and textile articles is permitted subject to
the condition that they shall not contain any of the hazardous dyes whose
handling, production, carriage or use is prohibited by the Government of India
under the provisions of clause (d) of subsection (2) of section 6 of the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with the relevant rule(s)
framed thereunder. For this purpose, the import consignments shall accompany a
preshipment certificate from the notified agencies. In case where such
certificates are not available, the consignment will be cleared after testing
of the same from the notified agencies.
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