‘Pre-packaged commodity’ is defined under the Act as, ‘a commodity which without the purchaser being present is placed in a package of whatever nature, whether sealed or not, so that the product contained therein has a pre-determined quantity’. Rule 27 of LMPC has made it mandatory for all importers, manufacturers as well as commercial packers to apply for a Packer registration. The concerned applicants have to file an application within 3 months (90 days) from the date of having initialised their import activities.
As per the rules, certain mandatory declarations have to be made on every package, which are:
- Name and address of the manufacturer/ packer/ importer
- Country of origin in case of imported packages
- Common or generic name of the commodity contained in the package
- Net quantity, in terms of standard unit of weight or measure or in number
- Month and year of manufacture/ pack/ import
- Retail sale price in the form of Maximum Retail Price (MRP) Rs….. Inclusive of all taxes
- Consumer care details
List of documents required for applying for an LMPC certificate
- Details of the importer-exporter code which is provided by the Directorate
- General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
- A Certificate of GST registration
- Digital photographs of the said applicant
- Proof of identity – residential, driver’s license
- Aadhaar card
- Registration certificate of the business
- A single sample of the label will be fastened onto the surface of the packaged product.
- If the commercial enterprise in question is established under the 2013 Companies Act, the applicant must furnish copies of the articles of association (AOA) and the memorandum of association (MOA)
- Proof of the commercial premises
- BA no-objection certificate from the state pollution control board
- The demand for documents varies across the states, and the applicant should obtain clarity on the same
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