Certification Schemes as per BIS:
The Product Certification Scheme of BIS aims at providing Third Party Guarantee of quality, safety and reliability of products to the ultimate customer. Presence of ISI / BIS certification mark known as Standard Mark on a product is an assurance of conformity to the specifications. The conformity is ensured by regular surveillance of the licensee’s performance by surprise inspections and testing of samples, drawn both from the market and factory.
- Domestic Manufacturers Certification Scheme
- Normal Procedure
- Simplified Procedure
- Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme
- ECO Mark Scheme
Tatkal Scheme
Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS)
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY) has notified “Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012″on 3 Oct 2012 for electronics items. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) then registers the manufacturers under its registration scheme who are permitted to declare that their articles conform to the Indian Standard (s).
REQUIREMENT FORBIS REGISTRATION
There are four basic pillars of BIS Licence;-
· Manufacturer The BIS licence shall be granted to the manufacturers only not to the importers or the sellers. However, the importer can act as an Authorized Indian Representative on behalf of the foreign manufacturer and submit the application to BIS but the final licence shall be granted to the manufacturer only.
· Manufacturing Address –If the same manufacturer having multiple factory locations for one product, then separate BIS licence shall be required for each location.
· Product –Each product needs separate BIS licence. However, if the same product having different models, then the same may be covered under one licence.
· Brand / Trademark –Each Brand or Trademark need separate BIS licence.
STEPS INVOLVED IN BIS REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
Online submission of application- The applicants are required to fill the online application form for BIS Registration.
Testing of products in BIS approved Lab – The product sample drawn for testing in the laboratory as decided by the authority of the Bureau of the Government laboratory empanelled by the Bureau.
Offline submission (hardcopy) of application- The hard copies of the application form along with the documentation and the test report shall be submitted within 15 days of online submission of the application to the BIS office.
Scrutiny of application and Report by BIS officials- After the submission of the application, documents and the test report the BIS will scrutinize the applications.
Grant of Licence- The BIS licence is granted to the applicant within thirty days from the date of receipt of complete application and its recording. Registration is initially granted for 2 years which has to be renewed after every 2 years.
Products under BIS Compulsory Registration Scheme