Circular No.ES/114 / 2016-17 September 27, 2016
To: Members of the Council
Sub: Clarification in respect of definition of service provider under Common Service Providers (CSP) in Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) scheme
Dear Member,
This is to inform you that the Directorate General of Foreign Trade has issued Trade Notice No.18/2016 dated 23.09.2016 regarding the clarification in respect of definition of Service provider under Common Service Providers (CSP) in Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Scheme.
In this connection, Para 9.00 of the FTP 2015-20 which states as under:
"For purpose of FTP unless context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings attached to them”
and Para 2.57 of the FTP 2015-20 clarifies that in the context of common service providers under the EPCG scheme dealt with in Para 5.02 of the FTP the definition of service provider includes job workers of the type illustrated in the example given in the above Trade Notice.
Members may kindly make note of the above.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
V. ANIL KUMAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
