New format for e‑IEC- in Handbook of Procedure Vol. I (Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms), 2009

New for­mat for e‑IEC- intro­duc­tion of Appen­dix 18B ‑1 (For­mat of e‑IEC) in Hand­book of Pro­ce­dure Vol. I (Appen­dices and Aay­at Niry­at Forms), 2009–2014. — Pub­lic Notice — Dat­ed 10–2‑2015 — DGFT

Pub­lic Notice No. 84 (RE-2013)/2009–2014

New Del­hi, dat­ed the 10th Feb­ru­ary, 2015

Sub­ject: New for­mat for e‑IEC- intro­duc­tion of Appen­dix 18B ‑1 (For­mat of e‑IEC) in Hand­book of Pro­ce­dure Vol. I (Appen­dices and Aay­at Niry­at Forms), 2009–2014.

In exer­cise of pow­ers con­ferred under para­graph 2.4 of the For­eign Trade Pol­i­cy (2009–2014),the Direc­tor Gen­er­al of For­eign Trade here­by intro­duces a new for­mat for issuance of e‑IEC as Appen­dix 18B‑1 in the Hand­book of Pro­ce­dure Vol. I (Appen­dices and Aay­at Niry­at Forms), 2009–2014 and fur­ther noti­fies that:

i) The exist­ing for­mat, Appen­dix 18B, will con­tin­ue to be in force for IEC num­bers being issued in phys­i­cal form, based on man­u­al applications.

ii) New IEC num­bers, based on online appli­ca­tions, will how­ev­er be issued in elec­tron­ic form as per the new for­mat for e‑IEC (Appen­dix 18B‑1) as attached.

The con­cerned Region­al Author­i­ties (RA) of DGFT, after receipt of online appli­ca­tions com­plete in all respects, would process the documents/details as in the IEC appli­ca­tion and com­mu­ni­cate the deci­sion regard­ing grant or refusal of IEC, through sys­tem gen­er­at­ed sms on the reg­is­tered mobile num­ber of the appli­cant. Simul­ta­ne­ous­ly, the sys­tem will also gen­er­ate and send the e‑IEC to the appli­cant through email; or as the case may be gen­er­ate a rejec­tion let­ter, con­vey­ing the grounds for rejec­tion through email.

2. Effect of Pub­lic Notice:

A new for­mat for issue of IEC num­bers in elec­tron­ic form i.e. e‑IEC, based on online appli­ca­tions, is being intro­duced as Appen­dix 18B‑1. Fur­ther, it is noti­fied that deci­sion regard­ing grant or refusal of IEC will be con­veyed to the appli­cant through sms and sys­tem gen­er­at­ed let­ter, on the reg­is­tered email address of the applicant.

(Pravir Kumar)

Direc­tor Gen­er­al of For­eign Trade

E.Mail:dgft@nic.in

[F.No.01/93/180/20/AM-13/ PC‑2(B)]

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APPENDIX 18B‑1

FORMAT OF ELECTRONIC IMPORTER — EXPORTER CODE (e‑IEC)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF _______ DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE

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(Full Address)

CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC IMPORTER — EXPORTER CODE (e‑IEC)

[This is a com­put­er gen­er­at­ed cer­tifi­cate. The authen­tic­i­ty of this cer­tifi­cate may be ver­i­fied by click­ing on the link “View your IEC” on the DGFT’s web­site (http://dgft.gov.in) and fill­ing in the e‑IEC num­ber and min­i­mum three let­ters of the name of the e‑IEC holder.]

1.  Name	dig­i­tal photograph
2.  Address
3.  Name and Des­ig­na­tion of the sig­na­to­ry appli­cant whose pho­to­graph has been uploaded
4.  Address of the Branch/Div./Unit, if any:
5.  IEC number:
6.  Date of issue:
7.  PAN:

Place:

Date:

Name and Des­ig­na­tion of the Issu­ing Authority

Note: In case of any change in the name/address or con­sti­tu­tion of e‑IEC hold­er as per para 9.1 of Hand­book, the e‑IEC hold­er shall cease to be eli­gi­ble to import or export against the IEC num­ber after expiry of 90 days from the date of such change unless in the mean­time, the con­se­quen­tial changes are effect­ed in the e‑IEC by the con­cerned licens­ing authority.