Online registration for export certificates becomes mandatory, shifting RC applications to digital submission with transitional hard-copy issuance. Registration Certificates for exports of cotton, cotton yarn, non-basmati rice, wheat and sugar must be applied for online; until the Message Exchange System with CBEC is in place applicants must bring a printed copy of the online application plus Letter of Credit or Foreign Inward Remittance Certificate as applicable and the Export Contract when collecting the hard-copy RC. Grant of RCs will continue in hard form initially, with electronic copies available on request and full electronic transmission to follow once MES is operational.