NOC (No objection Certificates) / Exemption for Steel Importers

Sr.

No.

Terminology

Remarks

1

TECH_REJECT

● It means that the application has not been selected for onward evaluation by the Technical Committee due to some shortfall.

● In this regard a system generated email is sent to the applicant informing about the same with the advice to rectify and reapply for further necessary actions at our end.

2

TECH_ACCEPT

● It means that the application has been selected for onward evaluation by the Technical Committee.

3

APPROVED

● It is merely a status which means, that the application was found in order by the Technical Committee and a decision has been taken in this regard.

● Applicant may refer to the email which was sent regarding Decision of Technical Committee. The rows below will help to understand the terminologies used in the Technical Committee’s decision.

4

Out of Purview

● It means that the consignment containing the applicant's steel grade/product has been evaluated by the Technical Committee and it currently does not fall under the purview of the Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2020.

● In this regard a system generated clarification letter is sent to the applicant for clearance of said consignment only.

5

Covered

● It means that the applicant's steel grade/product has been evaluated by the Technical Committee and it falls under the purview of the Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2020.

● Any imported consignment of such steel grade/product shall bear the Standard Mark under a license from the BIS as per Scheme–I of Schedule–II of the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.

● No clarification letter shall be issued for clearance of such consignments containing such kind of steel grades/products.

6

Rejected/Deferred

● It means that the Technical Committee has found some shortfall in the application and hence is unable to evaluate it.

● The applicant is informed about the same via email. The applicant is advised to address the communicated reason/s for rejection properly and re-apply for evaluation in the subsequent meetings.

7

Overlapping

● This decision is specific to the “Clarification in Advance” application category only, i.e., before the import of the actual consignment.

● It means that the applicant's steel grade/product has been evaluated by the Technical Committee and either the chemical composition or the mechanical properties or both overlap with any of the Indian Standard which is notified under Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2020.

● Such grades cannot be decided as Out of Purview or Covered based on sample MTC and consignment specific decisions (whether covered under the SQCO or not) could only be taken on the perusal of actual MTC.

8

Out of Scope of Technical Committee

● It means that the steel grade/product in the application is out of the mandate of Technical Committee/MoS. However, it may be falling under the purview/mandate of any other QCO issued by any other Department/Ministry of GoI.