REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 131] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1975/ASADHA 14,1897
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
PUBLIC NOTICES
IMPORT TRADE CONTROL
New Delhi, the 5th July 1975
SUBJECT.—Import Policy for the year April, 1975—March, 1976.
No. 63-ITC(PN)/75.—Attention is invited to the import policy as given in Section II, against Serial No. 65(6)(a)(iii)/V of the Import Trade Control Policy- Red Book (VoL I) for the period April, 1975—March, 1976.
2 It has been decided to insert the following additional remark as (3) in column 4 against the aforesaid serial number in Section II of the Import Trade Control Policy—Red Book (Vol. I) for the period April, 1975—March, 1976:—
"(3) Requirements of actual users in respect of office machines, namely, electric accounting, calculating and invoicing machines etc, will be met by imports through Electronics Trade and Technology Develop- ment Corporation, New Delhi, from rupee payment area. Applica- tions from actual users for import of such machines should be made to CCI&E (ML-II Section), New Delhi, through the sponsoring authority concerned and import licences in the name of ETTDC with L/A in favour of actual users will be issued in respect of those items of office machines as are cleared by the Deptt. of Electronics/DGTD. Import of hand-operated adding and calculating machines will not be allowed, In the case of commercial banks and government departments, applications for import of office machines may be made direct to CCI&E. New Delhi."
(855)
#5SUBJECT.—Scope of licensing for import of ~spare parts: April 1976—March 1976.
No. 64-ITC(PN)/7S.—Attention is invited to para 88 of Section I of the Import Trade Control Policy—Red Book (Vol. I) for the period April 197S—March Iff7fl, giving the scope and definition regarding permissibility of spare parts against Im- port licences issued to actual users for the licensing period April 1975—March 1976.
2, On a review of the position, it has been decided to insert the following after the words 'non-permissible', appearing in line 18 of pora 58 of Section I of ^ the Red Book (Vol, I) for the period 1975-76:
"The intention is that even if a particular serial number is not shown in Section II of the I.T.C. Policy, import of spare"" parts covered by that serial number, will be treated as permissible unless specifically ban- ned in terms of the policy indicated in Section II of the Red Book (Vol. I). In other words, the provision of para 78 of Section I of this book will be applicable in the case of finished products covered by that serial number and import of spare parts will be treated "• permissible unless specifically banned."
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SUBJECT.—Period of validity of high value release orders.
No. 6S-rrC(PN)/75.—Attention ia invited to provision made in para 258 in Chapter XI of the Import Trade Control Hand Book of Rule3 and Procedure, 1975- 78 in' terms of which the validity of release orders In respect of items import of which ifl canalised through the public sector agency will be 12 months, unless otherwise provided.
2. Instances have come to notice that there have been difficulties In servicing release orders of high value within the validity of 12 months. In order to obviate such difficulties, it has been decided that, in the case of release orders for a value of Rs. 1 crore and more, the inlHal validity will be 18 months Instead of 12 months.
3. The provision of paragraph 258 of Import Trade Control Hand Book of Rules and Procedure, 1975-76, may be deemed to have been amended accordingly.
B. D. KUMAR,
Chief Controller of Imports and Exports.
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