Pre-shipment quality certification: rice exports to Russian Federation now require certification from specified laboratories or notified agencies.
The amendment requires that exports of rice to the Russian Federation be permitted only upon presentation of pre-shipment quality certification issued by one of the following: Insecticide Residue Testing Laboratory; Geo-Chem Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.; Reliable Analytical Laboratory; Arbro Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; Shri Ram Institute for Industrial Research (Delhi); Shri Ram Institute for Industrial Research (Bangalore); Delhi Test House; Vimta Labs; or any other agency that may be notified from time to time.

Sector-specific IT Special Economic Zone designation establishes an approval committee and confers inland container depot status.
A sector-specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services is notified over specified survey parcels in Pallipuram Village aggregating 24.5313 hectares. An Approval Committee, chaired by the Development Commissioner and comprising designated government representatives, is constituted for the zone. The zone is also deemed to be an Inland Container Depot from 8 June 2009.

Special Economic Zone notification designating IT/ITES zone and establishing approval committee; area notified and classified as inland container depot.
Notification under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 designates a sector specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services at Gangaikondan Village, Tirunelveli Taluk, Tamil Nadu, comprising specified survey parcels aggregating forty point four eight hectares, and establishes an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members. The Central Government also declares the zone deemed an Inland Container Depot/Port under the Customs Act, 1962, effective from the date specified, and a later note records de notification by a subsequent notification.

Common adjudicating authority designation empowers an Export Commissioner to adjudicate specified show cause notices arising from a revenue intelligence investigation.
The Commissioner of Customs (Export), Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Mumbai is appointed as the common adjudicating authority empowered to exercise the adjudicatory powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, solely for adjudication of Show Cause Notices arising from the specified Directorate of Revenue Intelligence investigation concerning M/s Army Trading Company Private Limited and others.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to centralise adjudication of specified customs show cause notices.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawahar Custom House, Nhava Sheva as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Kolkata and the Commissioner of Customs, Tuticorin solely for adjudicating show cause notices issued against M/s. Kamla Exports and others referenced by the investigation file and notice dated 11th February, 2009.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to vest adjudication of specified show cause notices with Commissioner of Customs (Import) JNCH.
Designates the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as the Common Adjudicating Authority empowered under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Tuticorin, solely for adjudication of the Show Cause Notice(s) concerning M/s NGK Trading Company and another issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai, as identified in the notification.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to exercise customs adjudication powers for specified show cause notices under customs law to centralize proceedings.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking powers under section 4(1) and section 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Seaport (Import), Chennai-1 for the purpose of adjudicating specified show cause notices addressed to M/s I.G. International and another, issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to decide DRI show-cause notices for specified import consignments under customs jurisdiction.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking sub-section (1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Air Cargo Complex, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of three specified Commissioners of Customs for adjudicating the show-cause notices issued in relation to two named importers under referenced DRI proceedings.

Common adjudicating authority appointment centralises adjudication of a customs show cause notice under the Customs Act.
The Commissioner of Customs (Exports), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, Raigad, Maharashtra is appointed as a common adjudicating authority under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962 to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Maritime Commissioner for the purpose of adjudicating the matters arising from the specified show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment consolidates adjudication jurisdiction for specified show cause notices arising from an investigation.
Appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, Raigad, Maharashtra as a Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the adjudicatory powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Seaport (Import), Chennai for the purpose of adjudicating specified show cause notices arising from an investigative referral.

Renewal of recognition requires final approval of a settlement or trade guarantee fund before the exchange may commence trading.
SEBI granted renewal of recognition to Bhubaneswar Stock Exchange Limited for one year commencing 5 June 2009, conditioned on the Exchange commencing trading only after obtaining SEBI's final approval for establishment of a Settlement Guarantee Fund or Trade Guarantee Fund, with SEBI retaining authority to prescribe or impose further conditions.

Investment concentration limit in money market instruments set for mutual funds excluding government securities, treasury bills, and CBLOs.
The amendment inserts provision 1B imposing that no mutual fund scheme shall invest more than thirty percent of its net assets in money market instruments of an issuer, while excluding Government securities, treasury bills and collateralized borrowing and lending obligations from this issuer-level limit.

Anti-dumping duty on CD-R imports imposed; duties specified by origin and exporter, payable in domestic currency.
Definitive anti dumping duties are imposed on Compact Disc Recordable (CD R) imports under sub heading 8523 40, based on designated authority findings of dumping, material injury and causation for specified source countries. The Central Government, under section 9A and relevant rules, prescribes per unit duty rates in a table distinguishing origin, export route, producers and exporters; duties are effective from the provisional levy date and payable in Indian currency, with the applicable exchange rate as notified under section 14 of the Customs Act and determined on presentation of the bill of entry.

Import of tobacco products now subject to packaging and labelling rules, making health ministry standards mandatory for imports.
The government amends Schedule I of the ITC (HS) Classification to add a condition in chapter 1A General Notes that import of cigarette or any other tobacco product shall be subject to the provisions of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules, 2009 as notified by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, thereby making those labelling requirements mandatory for import compliance.

Import prohibition on avian sourced livestock and products from notifiable avian influenza countries, with limited exceptions and conformity conditions.
Amendment to the ITC (HS) Classification prohibits imports of specified live stock and live stock products from countries reporting notifiable Avian Influenza, listing banned items such as birds, unprocessed avian meat and products, semen, day old chicks, hatching eggs, egg products, unprocessed feathers, live pig, and related biological/pathological materials; the prohibition remains until further orders. Exceptions permit processed pet food with meat ingredients, diagnostic and research pathological materials on specific request, and processed poultry meat following satisfactory conformity assessment of the exporting country.

Interim appeal forum permits appeals to the company law tribunal until a permanent tribunal under company law is constituted.
The Central Government amended the Second, Third and Fourth Schedules to provide that, until the Tribunal is constituted under the Companies Act, 1956, appeals under the specified sub paragraphs may be made before the Company Law Board; the notification is effective on publication in the Official Gazette.

Appeal forum provision permits interim appeals to an existing adjudicatory body until the statutory tribunal is constituted.
The notification inserts identical provisos into specified sub paragraphs of the Second, Third and Fourth Schedules of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, permitting appeals to be made before an existing adjudicatory body until the statutory tribunal under the Companies Act, 1956 is constituted; the amendment takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

Interim forum provision: applications under LLP rule 32 may be made to the Company Law Board until the Tribunal is constituted.
The amendment to rule 32 of the Limited Liability Partnership Rules, 2009 inserts a proviso allowing applications under that sub rule to be made to the Company Law Board until the Tribunal constituted under the Companies Act, 1956 is in place. The change is enacted under section 79 of the LLP Act, 2008 and comes into force on publication in the Official Gazette.

Transitional jurisdiction provision: LLP rule applications may use the existing company law forum until the tribunal is constituted.
A transitional proviso was inserted after sub rule (2) of rule 32 specifying that until the Tribunal is constituted under the Companies Act, applications under that sub rule may be made to the Company Law Board, providing an interim procedural route for parties under the LLP Rules.

Post-retirement practice ban prohibits former tribunal members from practising before the tribunal and bars serving members from arbitration.
Amendment to the Tribunal's service rules omits rules 13A-13D and inserts Rule 13E, barring the President, Senior Vice President, Vice President and Members from practising before the Tribunal after retirement, and Rule 13F, prohibiting those officeholders from undertaking arbitration work while serving on the Tribunal; the provisions take effect on publication in the Official Gazette and modify conditions of service.