MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

(Department of Commerce)

PUBLIC NOTICE

New Delhi, the 21 st December, 2001

No. 57 (RE-2001)/1997—2002

F. No. 01/94/180/051/AM 02/PC-IV.—In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 4.11 of the Export and

Import Policy 1997—2002, as notified in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide S. O. No.

283(E) dated 31 -03-1997, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in Handbook (Vol. 1).

(RE-01), 1997—2002.

1) The last paragraph ol para /.:> 1 is amended as under:

The claim against the lost Shipping Bill shall be made within a period of six months

from the date of issuance of the duplicate copy of the shipping bill and any

application received thereafter shall be rejected. Provided however that if a

provisionally assessed DEPB shipping bill is lost, the time period for filing of

application for DEPB would be 6 months from the date of release / final assessment

of the shipping bill.

(This amendment primarily extends the time period for the filing of application for

DEPB/DFRC in the case of lost EP copy of the shipping bill from "six months of the date

of export" to "six months from the date of issuance of the duplicate copy of the shipping

bill")

2) A new para 10.11 (B) is added as under:

Supply of goods required for setting up of any nuclear power project specified in List

35 to S.No 370 of the Customs Notification No 17 dtd 01.03.2001 having a capacity

of 440 MW or more, as certified by an officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary to

the Government of India in the Department of Atomic Energy, shall be entitled for

deemed export benefits in cases where the procedure of Competitive Bidding (and not

International Competitive Bidding) h ^ been followed.

The domestic supplier supplying to such nuclear power plants shall be entitled for the

benefits listed in paragraph 10.3 (a), (b) and (c) of the Exim Policy, whichever is

applicable .

(This new para confers deemed export benefits to domestic supplies to specified

nuclear power projects)

3) The following sub para (g) is added in Appendix 14 A pertaining to the "Format

of the Project Authority Certificate"

(g) That supply of goods to specified nuclear power projects under the procedure of

Competitive Bidding in made in accordance with the provisions of para 10.11(B) of

Handbook of Procedures (Vol 1), 1997-2002 and the import content of the order is

Rs. (Figures and words

)

THE GAZETTE OFINDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

[PART I—SEC. 1]

(This new para confers deemed export benefits to domestic supplies to specified

nuclear power projects)

4) The following sub para (vi) is added in Appendix 14 B pertaining to the "Format

of Certificate of Payments issued by the Project Authority

(vi) Supply of goods to specified nuclear power projects under the procedure of

Competitive Bidding in which the Ministry of Finance extends the benefits of deemed

exports to domestic supplies.

(This new para confers deemed export benefits to domestic supplies to specified

nuclear power projects)

This issues in public interest.

N.L. LAKHANPAL, Director General of Foreign Trade

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