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23 May, 2019

May 23, 2019

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) published following:
- Clarification on discontinuing submission of physical copy of RCMCs with effect from 1^st July 2019 while filling application for incentives/entitlements under FTP - Trade Notice No. 17/2019-20 dated 22 May 2019 (Click here).
- Prohibition on direct or indirect imports and exports from/to Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)in terms of UNSC Resolutions concerning DPRK para 2.17 of Foreign Trade Policy - Trade Notice No. 16/2019-20 dated 16 May 2019 (Click here).
- Procedure for claiming MEIS benefits for exports made to countries in the OFAC list such as Iran and payment received through Vostro Payments - Trade Notice No. 15/2019-20 dated 16-05-2019 (Click here).

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) published following:
- Exempting services provided by project implementation agencies under the DDUGKY for the period commencing from the 1st of July,2012 and ending with the 29th of February, 2016 - Corrigendum to Notification No. 01/2019-Service Tax dt 06-03-2019 published on 22 May 2019 (Click here).
- Taxability of the service of access to a road or bridge in the period 08-11-2016 to 01-12-2016 - Circular No. 212/2/2019-Service Tax dated 21 May 2019 (Click here).
- Exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees notified - Notification No. 37/2019-Cus (NT) dated 16 May 2019 (Click here).

Thailand has removed safeguard measures applicable on hot rolled steel flat products - Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India F.20/2/2017 FT (ASEAN) dated 20 May 2019 (Click here).

Sri Lanka import procedure for used motor vehicle under import control license published - Controller General of Import and Export, Sri Lanka circular dated 15 May 2019 (Click here).

Checklist and application format (Click here) for importing food product into Nepal published - Department of Food Technology & Quality Control (DFTQC), Nepal dated 19 May 2019.

Administrative measures on imported medicinal materialspublished by China - General administration of market supervision circular dated 21 May 2019 (Click here).

China hiked tariff on U.S. Agriculture and forest products worth $60 bn (Click here) - Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) dated 13 May 2019.

Enforcement decree on medical Device technique amended (Click here) by South Korea - Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) published on 22 May 2019.

Regulation concerning supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products amended -European Commission Regulation (EC) No. 469/2009 published on 20 May 2019 (Click here).

France imposed ban on import of Cherries from the countries where the use of phytopharmaceutical products containing the active substance dimethoate is authorized for the treatment of cherry trees (Click here) - Directorate-General of Food and Nutrition - Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifoods and Forestry dated 8 May 2019.

United Kingdom published following:
- Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 published - Statutory instrument 2019 no. 262 dated 22 May 2019 (Click here).
- Animal Health, Seed Potatoes and Food (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 published - Statutory instrument 2019 no. 262 dated 14 May 2019 (Click here)

EEU - Eurasian Economic Commission published following:
- Eurasian Economic Council classifies vitamin containing drugs used to treat various diseases etiologies under HS 300450000 - EEC decision 70 published on 21 May 2019 (Click here).
- Technical regulation on the safety of milk and dairy products amended - EEC decision no. 72 published on 20 May 2019 (Click here).

Russia - The government is introducing an experiment on mandatory camera labelling (except for movie cameras) from 15 May to 30 November 2019 - RussianDecree no. 589 dated 16 May 2019 (Click here).

Regulation on nitrosamines approved by Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency - ANVISA notification dated 22 May 2019 (Click here).

Saudi Arabia - Saudi Food and Drug Authority published following:
- Regulation of marketing exclusivity published by Saudi Arabia - Saudi Food and Drug Authority circular dated 22 May 2019 (Click here).
- Guideline for Tamper-Evident packaging published by Saudi Arabia - Saudi Food and Drug Authority circular dated 20 May 2019 (Click here).

Exempted medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics section 18A and 18B of Medicines and Related Substances Act (Click here) - Department of Health, South Africa dated 17 May 2019.

A decision on warning and preventing the import, marketing and circulation of two counterfeit forms of medical vaccine (Click here) published - Department of Pharmaceuticals and Medicines, Lebanon dated 14 May 2019.