The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India vide notification No. 62/94-Customs (N.T.), dated the 21st November, 1994 [S.O. 829(E), dated the 21st November, 1994 ] and last amended vide Notification No. 21/2005-Customs (N.T.), dated 11th March, 2005 [S.O. 306(E), dated 11th March, 2005].
After Sl.No.4 of the list of documents to be annexed to the application for obtaining Importer Exporter Code Number under the heading “Guidelines for applicants”, i.e. para 4.I of ‘AayaatNiryaat Form’ the following is added
The licence holders, desiring to avail the benefit of extension in the validity period, as indicated above, may present their licenses to the concerned licensing authorities for getting an endorsement made on the body of the licence to that effect.
The merits of these representations are under study and shortly the revised appendices shall be notified. Accordingly all RLAs are advised not to accept any application for grant of DFCE under EXIM Policy (2003-04) and Target Plus Scheme under Foreign Trade Policy (2004-05) benefits till fresh notifications as mentioned above are issued. Applications already received, if any, may be kept in abeyance
