Inclusion of Paragraph 2.79G in the Handbook of Procedures of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 to notify the procedure for General Authorisation for Export of Chemicals and related equipment (GAEC)

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....e powers conferred under Paragraph  1.03 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20, the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) hereby makes amendment to Handbook of Procedures (HBP) of FTP 2015-20 for inclusion of new entry at Paragraph 2.79G with immediate effect. 2. After Sub Para 2.79F of the HBP of FTP 2015-2020, a new entry shall be inserted as under: "2.79G  -  General Authorisation for Export of Chemicals and related equipment (GAEC) under SCOMET List A. Procedure for grant of General Authorization for Export of Chemicals and related equipment (GAEC) I. In respect of export/re-export of SCOMET items under the Categories / Sub Categories of 1C, 1D,1E, 3D001 and 3D004 (excluding software and technology), th....

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.... in the EUC and that such use shall not be changed nor the items modified or replicated without the prior consent of the Government of India.; iii.  The applicant exporter declares that subsequent to issue of export authorisation, if the licensee has been notified in writing by DGFT or if they know or has reason to believe that an item may be intended for military end use or has a potential risk of use in or diversion to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or in their missile system, the exporter would not be eligible for GAEC for export of that/those item(s) and would apply separately to DGFT for a fresh authorization in terms of regular policy. iv.  Action will be taken against the exporter under FT (D & R) Act, ....

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.... be required to keep records of all the export documents, in manual or electronic form, in terms of Para 2.73 (c) of HBP, for a period of 5 years from the date of GAEC issued by DGFT. D. General Conditions & Exclusions a. GAEC would riot be issued in case of items to be used to design, develop, acquire,  manufacture, possess, transport, transfer and / or used for chemical, biological,  nuclear  weapons  or  for  missiles  capable  of  delivering  weapons  of  mass  destruction and their delivery system; b. GAEC would not be issued for countries or entities covered under UNSC embargo  or sanctions list or on assessment of proliferatio....