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STREAMLINING OF PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE EXPORT OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
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....nbsp; e) A highly responsive redressal system. 1. Definitions i. "Accredited" means a person or body of persons that have been authorised by APEDA (Agricultural and processed food products export development authority), as being capable of discharging and/ or facilitating all or one or more than one of such functions related to the export of Perishable Agricultural Produce; ii. "Export Document" means and includes a Certificate, Test report, packing list or any other documents set out in Schedules A & B of this Appendix required to be issued by various agencies under the present laws of India or the laws of the importing country, which could hereafter be issued by a nodal agency to facilitate the export of the Perishable Agricultural Produce through Single Window Clearance; iii. "Known Shipper" means a person or a body of persons involved in exportation of Perishable Agricultural Produce with a consistent track record or reputation and accredited by APEDA under Section 4 to ....
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....ies, Agri-clinics, C&F agents, existing regulatory agencies or laboratories. These agencies would be working in addition to the currently empowered agencies under various Acts/ Rules, and will have the same powers of clearance / certification for export of perishable goods covering documents listed in Schedule A to this Appendix. Some of the agencies, which could be hired by the exporters for the purpose, are as under: (1) Nodal Agency acting as a Single Window for performing all functions; (2) Nodal Agency in combination with other Regulatory Agencies (performing core functions); (3) Nodal Agency in combination with other Regulatory Agencies (performing non-core functions); (4) Known Shipper performing through self declaration; and (5) Regulatory Agencies performing core functions in respect of documents listed in Schedule A to this Appendix. 4. Dutie....
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....; I. Issue Export Documents as per the notified procedure; II. Collection and remittance of notified charges for issue of export document; and III. Any other function as APEDA may prescribe. b) The Nodal Agency shall be accountable and answerable for the declarations and the truthfulness of the export document to APEDA and the exporter and be liable to them on this count. 6. Significance of Export Document The Export Document issued by the Nodal Agencies under the provisions of this Appendix shall be deemed to have been issued by the Government, as required under various Acts and / or rules and / or notifications and / or conventions for the export of perishable agricultural produce or as prescribed from time to time and meet the purposes of the documents as specified in the Schedule A to this Appendix. The documents specified in Schedule B shall only be facilitated by the Nodal agencies. The No....
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....all be liable to a penalty as prescribed by APEDA. (iii) If any person or a person who is in charge of, and responsible to a nodal agency to conduct the business of the nodal agency obstructs any officer of APEDA or any other person authorized by it to conduct inspection or to discharge any other function assigned by the APEDA, such persons as well as the nodal agency shall be liable to penal action as prescribed by APEDA; (iv) If any nodal agency, after having been called upon by APEDA in writing to redress the grievances of exporters, fails to redress such grievances within the time specified by APEDA, it shall be liable to a penalty as prescribed by APEDA; (v) If any nodal agency indulges in fraudulent and unfair trade practices relating to export documentation, it shall be liable to a penalty and or prosecution as prescribed under the FT (D&R) Act, 1992; (vi) Penalties under sub paras (ii) to (iv) above shall be prescribed by APEDA af....