13.2 An exporter desiring to obtain a Registration-cum- Membership Certificate (RCMC) shall declare his main line of business in the application which shall be made to the Export Promotion Council (EPC) relating to that line of business. However, a status holder has the option to obtain RCMC from Federation of Indian Exporters Organisation (FIEO). The service exporters (except software service exporters) shall be required to obtain RCMC from FIEO.

In addition, an exporter has the option to obtain an RCMC from FIEO or any other EPC, if the products exported by him relate to those EPC"s. If the export product is such that it is not covered by any EPC, RCMC in respect thereof may be issued by FIEO.

A list of Export Promotion Councils/Commodity Boards with addresses and other details is given in Appendix-31.