No.CLE-HO/POL/CIRCULAR/2023

March 15, 2023

Members of the Council,

Sub : DGFT Circular/ Public Notices

Dear Sir,

Please find enclosed the following Public Notice/Policy Circulars.

1.      Public Notice No.58/2015-2020 dated 24.02.23 . This Public Notice states that it has been decided to permit the Regional Authorities of DGFT to allow the EPCG Authorization holder to furnish additional fee to cover excess duty utilized for the EPCG authorizations issued under the FTP 2009-14 (extended upto 31.03.2015) also at the time of application of Export Obligation Discharge Certificate (EODC), subject to the condition that excess duty utilized was not more than 10% of duty saved value of the authorization.

2.      Public Notice No.59/2015-2020 dated 28.02.23 regarding prescribing uniform composition fee towards application concerning extension of export obligation period and or regularization of exports already made under Advance Authorization scheme.

3.      Policy Circular No.46/2015-20 dated 20.02.23 stats that it has been decided by the competent authority, that all such MEIS/SEIS applications, which have been kept pending and are deficient at the RAs under provisions of Para 3.06 of the HBP 2015-20 may be re-opened by the RAs and examined again on merits/additional documents submitted by the firm as per extant policy and procedural conditions. RAs are advised to provide an opportunity of personal hearing to the applicants, before rejecting a case.

Thanks & regards,

R.Selvam
Executive Director

Circular