Deferment in the date of effect for implementation of bar-coding on Primary and Secondary level packaging on export consignment of pharmaceuticals and drugs for tracing and tracking purpose.

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To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I, Section-I

Government of India

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department of Commerce

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Public Notice No. 10  (RE-2012)/2009-2014

New Delhi, Dated the 11^th  July, 2012

Sub: Deferment in the date of effect for implementation of bar-coding on Primary and Secondary level packaging on export consignment of pharmaceuticals and drugs for tracing and tracking purpose.

In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, as amended from time to time, Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes following amendments in Public Notice No. 59(RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 30.06.2011 read with Public Notice No. 87 (RE-2010)/2009-2014 dated 22.12.2011:

 2.         The trace and track technology as per serial number 2(i) a and 2(i) b of Public Notice No. 59(RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 30.06.2011 will come into effect as follows:

(a) Primary Level packaging - With effect from 1^st July, 2013

(b) Secondary Level packaging - With effect from 1^st January, 2013

 3.         Effect of this Public Notice:

 Earlier the requirement of affixing barcodes on Secondary level and Primary level packaging was to come into effect from 01.07.2012 and 01.01.2013 respectively. Now this time limit is being extended by 6 months each.

 

(Anup K.Pujari)

Director General of Foreign Trade

E-mail: dgft[at]nic[dot]in

 

(Issued from F.No. 01/91/180/648/AM 09/Export Cell)

Kindly let me know how to proceed with secondary level packaging, what steps should be take by me so that there will no problem in custom clearance in future rgds

[DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN]

Dear Sir,

Thanks for such information. However such notifications would find place in this web site for the information of the readers.

AI Summary

Bar-coding requirement for pharmaceutical packaging postponed; primary and secondary packaging implementation dates deferred to a later schedule. The Public Notice postpones the trace-and-track bar-coding requirement for pharmaceutical exports, setting secondary level packaging to commence on 1 January 2013 and primary level packaging to commence on 1 July 2013, thereby extending each previously prescribed implementation date by six months under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy.