Implementation of Hazardous and Other Wastes Rules, 2016
MINISTRY of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) has decided that licenses of import of plastic and PET scrap issued under previous Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Trans boundary Movement) Rules, 2008 will be treated as legal documents.
However, the import will be limited to the following four categories as on date of issue of their office memorandum:
(i) Those consignments which have arrived under the valid licenses on Indian ports.
(ii) Those consignments under valid licenses which are in transit from the country of origin.
(iii) The quantity of import for which Letter of Credit (LC) has already been opened by valid license.
(iv) The quantity of import for which advance has already been paid with documentary evidences. However, in this category the quantity permissible for import will not be the entire quantity for contract against which the advance is paid but the quantity would be limited to the value of advance paid.
Instruction F.No.-III(Pt.) dated September 30, 2016