Notification DT. 22/08/2022 : FEM Regulations 2022

1Notification Date22/08/2022
2SubjectNotification DT 22/08/2022: FEM Regulations 2022
3Brief descriptionThe Indian entity may lend or invest in any debt instrument issued by a foreign entity or extend non-fund based commitment to or on behalf of a foreign entity including overseas step down subsidiaries of such Indian entity subject to the following conditions within the financial commitment limit as prescribed in the Foreign Exchange Management (Overseas Investment) Rules, 2022.
4Additional information

1. An Indian entity may lend or invest in any debt instruments issued by a foreign entity subject to the condition that such loans are duly backed by a loan agreement where the rate of interest shall be charged on an arm’s length basis.

2.Guarantees may be issued to or on behalf of the foreign entity or any of its step down subsidiary in which the Indian entity has acquired control through the foreign entity.

3. An Indian entity, which has made ODI by way of investment in equity capital in a foreign entity may pledge the equity capital of the foreign entity or create charge by way of mortgage, pledge, hypothecation or any other identical mode

5Mode of PaymentA person resident in India making Overseas Investment may make payment-
(i) by remittance made through banking channels;
(ii) from funds held in an account maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Act;
(iii) by swap of securities;
(iv) by using the proceeds of American Depository Receipts or Global Depositary Receipts or stock swap of such receipts or external commercial borrowings raised in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder for making ODI or financial commitment
by way of debt by an Indian entity.
6Obligations of person resident in IndiaA person resident in India acquiring equity capital in a foreign entity, which is reckoned as ODI, shall submit to the AD bank share certificates or any other relevant documents as per the applicable laws of the host country or the host jurisdiction, as the case may be, as an evidence of such investment in the foreign entity within six months from the date of effecting remittance.
7Delay in reportingA person resident in India who does not submit the evidence of investment within the time specified under sub-regulation (1) of regulation 9 or does not make any filing within the time specified under regulation 10, may make such submission or filing, as the case may be, along with Late Submission Fee within such period as may be advised, and at the rates and in the manner as may be directed by the Reserve Bank, from time to time.
8Restriction on further financial commitment or transferA person resident in India who has made a financial commitment in a foreign entity in accordance with the Act or rules or regulations made thereunder, shall not make any further financial commitment, whether fund-based or non-fund-based, directly or indirectly, towards such foreign entity or transfer such investment till any delay in reporting is regularized

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