The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on August 10, 2021 has issued a notice regarding the submission of Notarised and apostilled documents for imports and registration after receiving representation about difficulties in submission of notary, apostilled and embassy attestation of regulatory documents such as Power of Attorney, FSC, Manufacturing License, with legal signatures etc. due to COVID-19 pandemic.
CDSCO has decided that the applicant may submit applications for import registration as per the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 & Cosmetics Rules, 2020 made thereunder along with such documents which are self-attested and an undertaking that they will submit the notarized/ apostilled documents with legal signatures after obtaining the same from the concerned authority after normalization of the situation in light of COVID 19 or within four months of issuance of Registration Certificate, whichever is earlier.
Any applications with self-attestation, as and when received, will be processed and, if found satisfactory, import registration may be issued with the condition that the firm shall submit notarized/ apostilled documents after obtaining the same from the concerned authority after normalization of situation in light of COVID-19 or within four months of issuance of Registration Certificate, whichever is earlier.
This order will remain effective till further notice in this regard.
[File No. COS/Misc./31/20]
