**Summary:**
This Public Notice, No. 49/2015-2020, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, amends Para 2.54 of the Handbook of Procedures 2015-2020. Specifically, it extends the deadline for designated sea ports to install and operationalize Radiation Portal Monitors and Container Scanners to March 31, 2020. Sea ports failing to meet this deadline will be derecognized for the purpose of importing unshredded metallic scrap, effective April 1, 2020. This notification is issued in exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020. The relevant file number is 01/89/180/53/AM01/PC-2[B]/P-9348. The Director General of Foreign Trade, Amit Yadav, also the Ex-officio Additional Secretary, has approved this notice.
Key Entities Referenced
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The issuing authority for the public notice, responsible for foreign trade policy.
Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020: The overarching policy framework under which the public notice is issued.
Handbook of Procedures, 2015-2020: A document providing detailed procedures related to the Foreign Trade Policy.
Radiation Portal Monitors: Equipment used for detecting radioactive materials at ports.
Container Scanners: Equipment used for scanning shipping containers for security purposes at ports.
31.03.2020: The extended deadline for installation and operationalization of Radiation Portal Monitors and Container Scanners at designated ports.
01.04.2020: The date from which sea ports failing to meet the deadline will be derecognized for import of unshredded metallic scrap.
Amit Yadav: Director General of Foreign Trade and Ex officio Additional Secretary.
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6616 GI/2019 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. 1]
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(Department of Commerce)
(DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE)
PUBLIC NOTICE
New Delhi, the 24th December, 2019
No. 49/(2015-2020)
Subject: Amendment in Para 2.54 of the Handbook of Procedures, 2015-2020.
No. 01/89/180/53/AM-01/PC-2 (B)/P–9348.—In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the
Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby amends sub-para (v)(ii) of Para 2.54 of
the Handbook of Procedure (2015-20) and extends the deadline to install and operationalize Radiation Portal Monitors
and Container Scanners up to 31.03.2020. Such sea ports which fail to meet the deadline will be derecognised for the
purpose of import of un-shredded metallic scrap w.e.f. 01.04.2020.
Effect of this Public Notice: The period for installation and operationalisation of Radiation Portal Monitors and
Container Scanner in the designated ports is extended up to 31.03.2020.
AMIT YADAV, Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex- officio Addl. Secy.
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