DGFT Policy Circular No-27/2007 dated
17.01.2008
Validity of Registration-cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC) and Councils
authorized to issue RCMC
1. Representations have been received seeking
clarification regarding the validity of RCMC vis-à-vis the date of export, the
date of application for claiming benefit or the date of grant of benefit by DGFT.
As per Para 2.44 of FTP, any person applying for an authorization to
import/export or for any benefit or concession under FTP shall be required to
furnish RCMC granted by competent authority. Accordingly, it is clarified that
for grant of any authorization or any other benefit or concession under FTP,
RCMC is required to be valid on the date of application made to DGFT or any
Regional authority under DGFT.
2. Vide Policy Circular No.9 dated 31.8.2007, it has been clarified that while
obtaining RCMC, an exporter has to declare main line of business in the
application. The exporter is required to obtain RCMC from the Council, which is
concerned with the product of his main line of business.
In this regard, it is further clarified that in case where the main line of
business of the exporter has changed after obtaining RCMC from a particular
Council, such RCMC shall continue to be acceptable under this Policy, till the
expiry of its validity. Meaning thereby, in these cases the exporters shall not
be required to obtain a new RCMC from the Council, which is concerned with his
new main line of business, till the old RCMC is valid.
This issues with the approval of competent authority.(O.P.
Hisaria)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
(Issued from File No. 01/94/180/Chpt.2/01/AM08/PC-I)
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