3.06
Jurisdictional RA / RA Concerned
(a) Applicant shall have option to choose Jurisdictional RA on the basis of corporate office/Registered Office /Head Office / Branch Office address endorsed on IEC for submitted application/s under MEIS and SEIS. This option need to be exercised at the brgining of financial year. Once an option is exercised, no change would be allowed for claims relating to that year. To illustrate, if an exporter has chosen RA Chennai for claiming rewards for exports made in 2015-16, then all claims for exports made in 2015-16, irrespective of the date of application shall be made to RA Chennai only.
(b) Jurisdiction of MEIS
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Jurisdictional RA |
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Importer Exporter Code (IEC) holders having units in DTAs/ EHTPs/BTPs/ STps or more than one of these |
Jurisdictional RA of DGFT as in Appendix 1A |
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IEC holders having units in SEZs /EOUs or both |
Respective Development Commissioner of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as in Appendix 1A |
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IEC holders having units both in (i) & (ii) above |
Units located in category (i) & (ii) will apply to respective Jurisdictions at Col-3 |
(c) Jurisdiction for SEIS (Single application on annual basis)
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IEC holders having units only in DTAs |
Jurisdictional RA of DGFT as in Appendix 1A |
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IEC holders having units only in SEZs |
Respective Development Commissioner of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as in Appendix 1A |
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IEC holders having units in multiple SEZs |
Single applicational for all units to the Development Commissioner of the SEZ where it has achieved highest Forex Earnings. |
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IEC holders having units both in DTA and SEZs |
Single applicational for all different units to the Jurisdictional RA of DGFT as given in Appendix 1A |
(Above para 3.06 has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO.58/2016, DT. 10/02/2017)
[OLD- 3.06
Jurisdictional RA / RA Concerned
(a) Applicant shall have option to choose Jurisdictional RA on the basis of Corporate Office/ Registered Office/Head Office / Branch Office address endorsed on IEC for submitting application/applications under MEIS and SEIS. This option need to be exercised at the beginning of financial year. Once an option is exercised, no change would be allowed for claims relating to that year. To illustrate, if an exporter has chosen RA Chennai for claiming rewards for exports made in 2015-16,then all claims for exports made in 2015-16, irrespective of the date of application shall be made to RA Chennai only.
(b) Importer Exporter Code(IEC) holders having units in SEZs /EOUs shall apply to the concerned Development Commissioner of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) given in appendix 1A for availing benefit under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) and Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) provided in FTP 2015-2020.
(c) In case of IEC holders that have units in SEZ/EOUs as well as in DTA, such IEC holders, for availing benefits under MEIS and SEIS provided in FTP 2015-2020, shall file their applications as under :-
(i) DTA units shall apply to concerned Regional Authority(RA), DGFT as given in Appendix 1A;
(ii) SEZ/EOU units shall apply to concerned Development Commissioner (DC), SEZ as given in Appendix 1A. ]
(Above paragraph 3.06 has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO.30/2015, DT. 26/08/2015)
[OLD - Applicant shall have option to choose Jurisdictional RA on the basis of Corporate Office/ Registered Office/Head Office / Branch Office address endorsed on IEC for submitting application/applications under MEIS and SEIS. This option need to be exercised at the beginning of financial year. Once an option is exercised, no change would be allowed for claims relating to that year. To illustrate, if an exporter has chosen RA Chennai for claiming rewards for exports made in 2015-16,then all claims for exports made in 2015-16, irrespective of the date of application shall be made to RA Chennai only. ]