Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Dated 2nd April, 2020
TRADE NOTICE NO 61/2019-20
To
1. RA’s of DGFT
2. Customs Commissionrates
3. Members of Trade
4 Joint Secretary (Customs), CBEC, Department of Revenue
5. All 17 Local Administrators for REG of EU GSP
Subject: Acceptance of scanned
copies of pre-registration application and other documents by Local Users for
REG under the European Union’s Generalised System of Preferences (EUGSP)
This trade notice is issued in continuation of this Directorates’ Public Notice
No.51/(2015-2020) dated 30th December, 2016 on the procedure for
registration and self certification of goods under the European’s Union
Generalised System of Preferences (EU GSP).
2. As you are aware, under the EU GSP Self-Certification system, applicant
exporters need to fill a Pre-Application form with requisite details to
pre-register themselves with the relevant Local Users for REG under the EU GSP
REX system. Subsequently, they take a printout and submit the physical copy with
relevant documents to the Local Users for REG for obtaining their REX number. In
view of the closure of establishments I restrictions on moving out of residences
imposed in India due the COVID-19 pandemic, the offices of the Local Users for
REG are either closed or working with skeletal staff and hence the applicants
are unable to visit to the offices of Local Users to physically submit the
Pre-Application Form.
3. It is therefore instructed that until the offices of the Local Users for REG
open after normalcy returns, they would accept scanned copies of the
Pre-registration application and other relevant documents submitting by the
applicant exporters for processing their applications. The REX numbers would
also be issued and the scanned copy sent by email to the exporters. Moreover, in
case of any deficiency, this would be electronically communicated to the
exporter and all additional documents would be accepted on email for correcting
this deficiency and issuing the REX number.
This issues with approval of competent authorities.
(S.K. Mohapatra)
Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: mohapatra.sk@nic.in
[Issued from F. No.01/93/180/56/AM-13/PC-2B]