The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 194] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1968/ASVINA 18, 1890
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MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
PUBLIC NOTICE
IMPORT TRADE CONTROL
New Delhi, the 10th October 1968
SUBJECT : —Import of printing machinery falling Under S. No. 67(1) (i)/V during April 1968—March 1968 period.
No. 220-ITC(PN)/68—Attention is invited to remark (1) against S. No. 67 (i)/V in Section II of the Import Trade Control Policy (Red Book—Vol. I) for the period April 1968—March 1969 and Ministry of Commerce Public Notice No. 117-ITC(PN)/68 dated 20th June, 1968 issued on the above subject.
2. It has been decided that under the aforesaid policy, A.U. applications from existing units will be considered for replacement or balancing purposes only for import from "West Germany of printing machinery and attachments other than mechanical composing machines against monetary ceiling allocated under the West German Commodity Credit.
3. Applications will also be considered for the import of second hand print- in? machines from newspaper establishments and quality printers subject to the following conditions : —
834 T HE GAZETIE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART 1-SEC, I](ii) A certificate ia furnished from a qualified printing engineer of the supplying country—West Germany to the effect that the machine in question would be capable of service for a further period of at least ten years.
(ii) An undertaking is furnished from the foreign suppliers that spare parts for the machine in question would be available at least for a period of ton years.
4. Applications for licences should be made to the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, New Delhi in form 'B' in the prescribed manner, complete in all respects so as to reach him by the 10th December, 1968 at the latest. Appli- cants whose applications for the import of printing machinery already made for the licensing period April 1968—March 1969 and are pending with the licensing authority on the date of this Public Notice or have been rejected as being in- complete or for non-availability of foreign exchange, need not submit fresh ap- plications, but instead communicate their willingness that they are still interested in the import of printing machinery from West Germany by quoting this office reference number and date by the said last date viz,, 10th December, 1968.
5. The applications from quality printers should be forwarded through the concerned sponsoring authority viz., the Director of Industriea concerned in the cases of printers registered as small scale units and the State Controllers of Printing in the case of other printers as laid down in para 186(2) of the Import Trade Control Hand Book of Rules and Procedure, 1968.
R. J. REBELLO,
Chief Controller of Imports and Exports