(1) No person shall import or cause to import from or export or cause to export to, any country specified in Schedule VI, any ozone depleting substance unless he obtains a licence issued by the authority.
(2) No licence shall be issued under sub-rule (1) 7 unless the said authority is satisfied that the grant of licence shall not cause calculated level of consumption of that group of ozone depleting substances (except Group I and Group III given in column (4) of schedule I in the relevant twelve month period, as a percentage of corresponding calculated consumption in base years, to exceed the number specified in column (5) of Schedule II.
(3) No licence shall be issued under sub-rule (1) unless the said authority is satisfied that the grant of licence shall not cause calculated level of consumption of ozone depleting substance given in Group I and III in column (4) of Schedule I in the relevant twelve months period as specified in column (6) of Schedule III, as a percentage of calculated consumption in base years to exceed the number specified in column (5) of that Schedule.
The Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation and Control)Rules, 2000
(4) The calculated base level of consumption and the calculated base level of production for India as a whole for each group of ozone depleting substances shall be notified by the Central Government.