SCOMET export controls: IEC exemption removed for SCOMET items and inter ministerial clearance plus compliance required. Exemption from obtaining an Importer-Exporter Code is not applicable to exports of SCOMET items in Appendix 3, Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) except where another exemption applies. An Inter-Ministerial Working Group chaired by the Export Commissioner will consider SCOMET export applications under issued guidelines. Exporters must undertake to submit a copy of the Bill of Entry into the destination state party to DGFT (PC-III) within thirty days of delivery, failure of which will attract administrative enforcement and penalties under the foreign trade and customs regulatory framework.