Labelling Restrictions of Cigarette and Tobacco Products

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY

PART-II, SECTION—3, SUB SECTION (ii)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NOTIFICATION No. 108 (RE-2008) / 2004-2009

NEW DELHI, DATED 5^th JUNE, 2009

S.O. (E) - In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5, read along with Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, also read along with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy – 2004-09, the Central Government hereby amends Schedule-I of the ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, 2004-09 as under:

1. The following condition will be added to chapter 1A: General Notes regarding Import Policy :

“21. Import of cigarette or any other tobacco product shall be subject to the provisions contained in the “Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules, 2009”, as notified by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.”

2. This issues in public interest.

Sd/-

(R.S. Gujral)

Director General of Foreign Trade

And Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Govt. of India

[Issued from File No. Mon. 6878/AM 04/PC-2(A)]