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Authorization of Textiles Committee to issue Certificate of Origin

Dated 30th March, 2016 | Copy of | Public Notice No.67/2015-2020 |

  Authorization of Textiles Committee to issue Certificate of Origin under various Free Trade Agreements/Preferential Trade Agreements – reg.

In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby notifies that “Textiles Committee” would also be one of the agencies as listed in Appendix 2-B-“List of Agencies Authorized to issue Certificate of Origin (COO) (Preferential)” of Handbook of Procedure (Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020) competent to issue Certificate of Origin (COO) under the following Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)/Preferential Trade Agreement(PTAs).

i) Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) ii) Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISLFTA) iii) ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement (ASEAN-India FTA) iv) India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA) v) India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (IMCECA) vi) South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) vii) India-Chile Preferential Trading Agreement (India-Chile PTA) viii) India-Mercosur Preferential Trading Agreement (India-Mercosur PTA) ix) Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) x) SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangements (SAPTA) xi) India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CECA)

2. The revised Appendix 2B would, accordingly read as under:

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  Effect of Public Notice: Appendix 2-B-“List of Agencies Authorized to Issue Certificate of Origin (COO) (Preferential)” has been revised to include Textile Committee for issuing COO under 11 Free/Preferential Trade Agreements.

Sd/-
(Anup Wadhawan)
Director General of Foreign Trade

F.NO.01/93/180/80/AM-16/PC-2(B)
Issued by:
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
New Delhi

The Dollar Business Bureau - Mar 31, 2016 12:00 IST