Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of
Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Udyog Bhawan
Public
Notice No. 27/2015-20
New Delhi, Dated the 21st September, 2017
Subject:- Amendment to Paragraph 2.72 (b) of the Handbook of Procedures of
the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20.
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 of the Foreign Trade
Policy(FTP) 2015-20, the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) hereby makes
amendments in Paragraph 2.72 (b) of the Handbook of Procedures(HBP) of FTP
2015-20 read with Public Notice
No 4/2015-20 dated 24th April 2017, with
immediate effect:
The revised Paragraph 2.72 (b) of the HBP of FTP 2015-20 would be substituted
to read as under:-
‘(b) If the exporter has been notified in writing by DGFT or he knows or has
reason to believe that an item not covered in the SCOMET list has a potential
risk of use in or diversion to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or in missile
system or military use (including by terrorists and non-state actors), he shall
apply for a SCOMET license. The export of such an item may be denied or
permitted as per the procedure provided for SCOMET items in Paragraph 2.73.
Note: “Military use” shall mean incorporation into items listed in SCOMET
Categories 5D or 6 or for the use, development, or production of military items
listed in these categories.’
2. Effect of this Public Notice:
Paragraph 2.72 (b) of the Handbook of Procedures of FTP 2015- 20 has been
amended to include definition of ” Military use’ in the context of catch-all
controls in exports.
(Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi) Director Genera of foreign Trade E-mail:
[email protected] (Issued from F.No.01/91/171/ 73/AM10/EC)
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