2.74
Inter-Ministerial Working Group:
An Inter-Ministerial Working Group (IMWG) in DGFT (Hqrs.) shall consider applications for export of SCOMET items as specified in Appendix-3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items based on following guidelines :
I. Applications for Authorisation to export items or technology on SCOMET List are considered on the basis of following general criteria:
a. Credential of end-user, credibility of declaration of end-use of the item or technology, integrity of chain of transmission of item from supplier to end-user, and on potential of the item or technology, including timing of its export, to contribute to end-uses that are not in conformity with India's national security or foreign policy goals and objectives, goals and objectives of global non-proliferation, or India's obligations under International treaties /Agreements to which it is a State party.
b. Assessed risk that exported items will fall into hands of terrorists, terrorist groups, and non-State actors;
c. Export control measures instituted by recipient State;
d. Capabilities and objectives of programmes of the recipient State relating to weapons and their delivery;
e. Assessment of end-use(s) of item(s);
f. Applicability of provisions of relevant bilateral or multilateral Agreements and Arrangements, to which India is a party, or adherent, including but not limited to guidelines and control lists of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group and Wassenaar Arrangement (and its Sensitive List and Very Sensitive List) as updated from time to time.
II. Application shall be accompanied by an end user certificate (EUC) in the prescribed proforma, as applicable [Appendix 2S(i), 2S(ii) or 2S(iii)], certifying that:
a. The item will be used only for stated purpose and that such use will not be changed, nor items modified or replicated without consent of Government of India:
b. Neither the items nor replicas nor derivatives thereof will be re-transferred without consent of Government of India:
c. End-user shall facilitate such verifications as are required by Government of India.
III. The end-user certificate will indicate the name of the item to be exported, the name of the importer, the specific end-use of the subject goods and details of Purchase Order/Contract.
IV. Government of India may also require additional formal assurances, as deemed appropriate, including those on end-use and non-retransfer, from the State of the recipient.
V. (a) Licensing authority for items in Category 0 and Note 2 of the 'Commodity Identification Note' in Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) is Department of Atomic Energy. Applicable guidelines are notified by the Department of Atomic Energy under Atomic Energy Act, 1962. For certain items in Category 0, formal assurances from the recipient State will include non-use in any nuclear explosive device. Authorisations for export of certain items in Category 0 will not be granted unless transfer is additionally under adequate physical protection and is covered by appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, or any other mutually agreed controls on transferred items.
(b) Licensing authority for items in Category 6 in appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) is Department of Defence Production. Export of items in Category 6 is governed by the extant Standard Operating Procedure issued by the Department of Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence. Export of items covered in Note 3 of the 'Commodity Identification Note' in Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) is prohibited.
VI. Additional end-use conditions may be stipulated in Authorisations for export of items or technology that bear possibility of diversion to or use in development or manufacture of, or use as, systems capable of delivery of weapons of mass destruction.
VII. Authorisations for export of items in SCOMET List (other than those under Category 0, 1, 2 & 6) solely for purposes of display or exhibition shall not require any end-use or end-use certification. However, no export Authorisation for display or exhibition shall be issued for 'Technology' in any category. IMWG would seek comments from technical agencies as deemed necessary.
VIII. Authorization for export of items in Categories 0, 3 (other than 3D), 4, 5 and 7 of the SCOMET list to Iran would be subject to the relevant provisions contained in Annex B to the UN Security Council resolution 2231 (2015). The licensing authority, i.e. DGFT or Department of Atomic Energy, as the case may be, on completion of the IMWG process or the applicable internal process, shall seek the concurrence of Disarmament and International Security Affairs (D & ISA) Division in the Ministry of External Affairs, as required.
IX. The Inter Ministerial Working Group shall normally meet once every month. Where a case has been deferred in the IMWG and subsequently, NOC (s) has / have been received from all concerned agencies with no divergence in views, authorisation shall be issued with the approval of Chairman, IMWG and the case shall be brought before IMWG in its subsequent meeting for approval on ex-post facto basis. Case(s), where a decision could not be arrived in IMWG, shall be placed before Director General of Foreign Trade for appropriate decision on grant of authorization.
(Above para 2.74 has been revised vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO.11/2017, DT. 26/07/2017)
[OLD- 2.74
Inter Ministerial Working Group
An Inter-Ministerial Working Group (IMWG) in DGFT (Hqrs.) shall consider applications for export of SCOMET items as specified in Appendix-3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items based on following guidelines:
I. Applications for Authorisation to export items or technology on SCOMET List are considered on the basis of following general criteria:
(a) Credential of end-user, credibility of declaration of end-use of the item or technology, integrity of chain of transmission of item from supplier to end-user, and on potential of the item or technology, including timing of its export, to contribute to end-uses that are not in conformity with India's national security or foreign policy goals and objectives, goals and objectives of global non-proliferation, or India's obligations under International treaties/Agreements to which it is a State party.
(b) Assessed risk that exported items will fall into hands of terrorists, terrorist groups, and non-State actors;
(c) Export control measures instituted by the recipient State;
(d) Capabilities and objectives of programmes of the recipient State relating to weapons and their delivery;
(e) Assessment of end-use(s) of item(s);
(f) Applicability of provisions of relevant bilateral or multilateral Agreements and Arrangements, to which India is a party, or adherent, including but not limited to the guidelines and control lists of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group and Wassenaar Arrangement (and its Sensitive List and Very Sensitive List) as updated from time to time.
(Above (f) has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO.04/2017, DT. 24/04/2017 )
[OLD- (f) Applicability of provisions of relevant bilateral or multilateral agreements, to which India is a party, to the case under consideration.]
II. Application shall be accompanied by an end user certificate as per Appendix 2S, certifying that:
(a) The item will be used only for stated purpose and that such use will not be changed, nor items modified or replicated without consent of Government of India;
(b) Neither the items nor replicas nor derivatives thereof will be re-transferred without consent of Government of India; (c) End-user shall facilitate such verifications as are required by Government of India.
III. The end-user certificate will indicate the name of the item to be exported, the name of the importer, the specific end-use of the subject goods and details of Purchase Order/Contract.
IV. Government of India may also require additional formal assurances, as deemed appropriate, including those on end-use and non- retransfer, from the State of the recipient.
V (a) Licensing authority for items in Category 0 and Note 2 of the 'Commodity Identification Note' in Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) is Department of Atomic Energy. Applicable guidelines are notified by the Department of Atomic Energy under Atomic Energy Act,1962. For certain items in Category 0, formal assurances from the recipient State will include non-use in any nuclear explosive device. Authorisations for export of certain items in Category 0 will not be granted unless transfer is additionally under adequate physical protection and is covered by appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, or any other mutually agreed controls on transferred items.
(b) Licensing authority for items in Category 6 in Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) is Department of Defence Production. Export of items in Category 6 is governed by the extant Standard Operating Procedure issued by the Department of Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence. Export of items covered in Note 3 of the 'Commodity Identification Note' in Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) is prohibited.
(Above V. has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO.04/2017, DT. 24/04/2017 )
[OLD- V. Licensing authority for items in Category 0 in Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) is Department of Atomic Energy. Applicable guidelines are notified by the Department of Atomic Energy under Atomic Energy Act,1962. For certain items in Category 0, formal assurances from the recipient State will include non-use in any nuclear explosive device. Authorisations for export of certain items in Category 0 will not be granted unless transfer is additionally under adequate physical protection and is covered by appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, or any other mutually agreed controls on transferred items.]
VI. Additional end-use conditions may be stipulated in Authorisations for export of items or technology that bear possibility of diversion to or use in development or manufacture of, or use as, systems capable of delivery of weapons of mass destruction.
VII. Authorisations for export of items in SCOMET List (other than those under Category 0, 1 and 2) solely for purposes of display or exhibition shall not require any end-use or end-user certification. However, no export Authorisation for display or exhibition shall be issued for 'Technology' in any category
VIII. Authorization for export of items in Categories 0, 3 (other than 3D), 4, 5 and 7 of the SCOMET list to Iran would be subject to the relevant provisions contained in Annex B to the UN Security Council resolution 2231 (2015). The licensing authority, i.e. DGFT or Department of Atomic Energy, as the case may be, on completion of the IMWG process or the applicable internal process, shall seek the concurrence of Disarmament and International Security Affairs (D&ISA) Division in the Ministry of External Affairs, as required.]
(Above sub-para VIII has been incorporates vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO.19/2016, DT. 29/06/2016 )