Report by the Secretariat (WT/TPR/S/249): III. TRADE POLICIES AND PRACTICES BY MEASURE: (2) Measures Directly Affecting Imports: (vi) Import prohibitions, restrictions, and licensing: Page 55, paragraph 58:
Please explain in greater detail what the actual user condition is that is associated with import licenses.
Reply: This has been described under para 9.4, 9.5 and 9.6 of the Foreign Trade Policy (2009 2014) which is available at website http://dgft.gov.in. The Foreign Trade Policy has been notified to WTO.
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Report by the Secretariat (WT/TPR/S/249): III. TRADE POLICIES AND PRACTICES BY MEASURE: (2) Measures Directly Affecting Imports: (vi) Import prohibitions, restrictions, and licensing: Page 56, paragraph 59:
Please explain the rationale for assessing application fees on the basis of the c.i.f. value of imports instead of the cost of services rendered as prescribed in GATT Article VIII.
