NOC issuance by designated STEs: uniform service charge applied to onion exports under amended FTP. Designated State Trading Enterprises (STEs) are authorised to issue NOC to associate shippers for export of onion and may levy a uniform service charge of 1% of the invoice value for issuing the NOC; this substitutes Paragraph 3(ii) of Notification No. 27(RE-2008)/2004-09 with immediate effect while all other conditions of that notification remain unchanged.