S.O.(E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC (HS) 2012, Schedule 1 (Import Policy):

2. Consequent to a review, import policy of the following items in Chapter 29 and Chapter 38 is revised from ‘restricted’ to ‘free’ as they are not Ozone Depleting Substances. After revision, the import policy is as under:
 

3. Import policy of the following items in Chapter 29 and Chapter 38 is revised from ‘free’ to ‘restricted’ as they are Ozone Depleting Substances. After revision, the import policy is as under:
 

4. The following Policy Condition is inserted after Policy Condition 2 appended to Chapter 38 ITC (HS) 2012, Schedule 1 (Import Policy):

“(3) Import is permitted by actual users against a licence from a country which is a party to the “Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer”. List of countries which are parties to the Montreal Protocol (details can be accessed from website: www.unep.org/ozone) is in Appendix IV to this Schedule. However, import from countries, which are not parties to the Montreal Protocol is ‘Prohibited’.”

5. Part A, B and C of Appendix IV to ITC (HS) 2012, Schedule 1 (Import Policy) have been revised and substituted as at Annexure to this Notification.

6. Effect of this Notification:

Import of items containing Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) has been restricted and non-ODS items have been made free. A revised list of countries which are parties to the Montreal Protocol under Appendix IV to Schedule 1 is notified.
 

APPENDIX-IV

APPENDIX-IV

(Anup K. Pujari)

Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft[at]nic[dot]in

(Issued from 01/93/180/1036/AM-99/PC 2(A)