A. List of Import Items notified for mandatory compliance with BIS Standards

B. Clarifications on mandatory compliance with BIS Standards

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A. List of Import Items notified for mandatory compliance with BIS Standards

74 BIS Standards for Imports Notified by DGFT Notification 44-RE/24.11.2K

A new Appendix III to Schedule I of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, shall be annexed as per annexure `A' of this Notification.

Import of all the products as per Appendix III to Schedule I of the ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, shall be subject to compliance of the mandatory Indian Quality Standards as mentioned in column 2 of the said Annexure, which are also applicable to domestic goods. For compliance of this requirement, all manufactures/ exporters of these products to India, shall be required to register themselves with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

Alternatively certification of the products under mandatory quality Indian standards will be permitted under the BIS Product Certification Scheme for Indian importers provided all the following conditions are met:

a)  Items are required for captive consumption, and

b)  Items are required on continuous basis, and

c)  Items are procured from pre-identified sources.

The Indian Importers would have to apply to BIS for seeking a licence for each of the notified product he intends to import. BIS would record the application after satisfying itself that all the above conditions are met and that the applicant importer has installed the test facilities. Based on the recording of application, the Customs can clear the consignment, which will be tested by the BIS and a licence issued if the product conforms to the relevant Indian standard. The importer would use the material only after grant of licence for the first lot so imported and for the subsequent imports, after testing the product for conformance to Indian Standard.

The conditions of Paragraph 6 above shall not be applicable on imports of gifts where the recipient of a gift is a charitable, religious or an educational institution registered under a law relating to the registration of societies or trusts or otherwise approved by the Central or a State Government and the gift sought to be imported has been exempted from payment of customs duty by the Ministry of Finance.

Not withstanding anything contained in the Appendix III to the Schedule 1 of ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, import of cylinders and import of valves/valve fittings will be exempted from the conditions at paragraph 6 above. However, this exemption shall be applicable only on such cylinders, import of which has been approved by Chief Controller of Explosives, Nagpur. [Amended by DGFT notification 29 dated 28 January 2004]

See also, other material on application of BIS Standards for imports <BIS_STANDARDS> <BIS_LIC> <LABELNG_MARKG_BIS> <BIS_REGN_ACT_RULES>

Annexure A to Notification No. 44 Dated 24th November, 2000

The Appendix III to Schedule 1 (IMPORTS) of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items as issued by the DGFT on 5 June 2012 read as under:

Appendix III Items under Mandatory BIS Certification Reference General Note 2 (A) of the Schedule
Sl. No.	Parent Act	Rules/ QC Order	Notification		Implementing Authority
I	Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006	Food Safety & Standards (Prohibition & Restriction on sales) Regulations 2011	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dept of Health, Notification dated: 1 Aug 2011 Date of Implementation: 5 Aug 2011		Food (Health) Authority of the State
1.	IS 1165	Milk powder
2.	IS 1166	Condensed milk, partly skimmed and skimmed condensed milk
3.	IS 1656	Milk-cereal based weaning foods
4.	IS 11536	Processed cereal based complementary foods for infants
5.	IS 12176	Sweetened ultra high temperature treated condensed milk
6.	IS 13334(Part 1)	Skimmed milk powder, standard grade
7.	IS 13334(Part 2)	Skimmed milk powder, extra grade
8.	IS 14542	Partly skimmed milk powder
9.	IS 14433 (Part 1)	Infant milk substitute, milk protein based
10.	IS 13428	Packaged Natural Mineral Water
11.	IS 14543	Packaged Drinking Water (Other than Packaged Natural Mineral Water)
12.	IS 15757	Follow –up – formula- Complimentary Food-Specification
II	Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986) Sec 14	Cement (Quality Control ) Order,2003	Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Dept. of Industrial Policy and Promotion S.O. No. 191(E) Dt. 17 Feb 2003 Date of Implementation: 17 Feb 2003		Officers appointed by State Govt.(not below the rank of General Manager, District Industries Centre)/ Central Govt.(not below the rank of Under Secretary)
13.	IS 269	33 Grade Ordinary Portland cement
14.	IS 455	Portland Slag cement
15.	IS 1489 (Pt 1)	Portland pozzolana cement - Part 1 Fly Ash based
16.	IS 1489 (Pt 2)	Portland pozzolana cement – Part 2 Calcined Clay based
17.	IS 3466	Masonry cement
18.	IS 6452	High alumina cement for structural use
19.	IS 6909	Super sulphated cement
20.	IS 8041	Rapid hardening Portland cement
21.	IS 8042	White Portland Cement
22.	IS 8043	Hydrophobic Portland Cement
23.	IS 8112	43 Grade Ordinary Portland cement
24.	IS 8229	Oil well cement
25.	IS 12269	53 Grade Ordinary Portland cement
26.	IS 12330	Sulphate resisting Portland cement
27.	IS 12600	Low heat Portland Cement
III	Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986) Sec 14	Electrical Wires, Cables, Appliances and Protection Devices and Accessories (Quality Control) Order, 2003	Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Dept. of Industrial Policy and Promotion Date of Implementation: 17 Aug 2003 (Subsequently amended vide S.O. 165(E) dated 5 Feb 2004, S.O.1172 (E) dated 22 Aug 2005, S.O. 512(E) dated 19 Feb 2009, S.O. 2058(E) dated 7Aug 2009 & S.O.2604 (E) dated 19 Oct.2010.)		Officers appointed by State Govt.(not below the rank of General Manager, District Industries Centre)/ Central Govt.(not below the rank of Under Secretary)
28.	IS 302 (Pt2/Sec 3)	Safety of household and similar electrical appliances -Electric Iron
29.	IS 302 (Pt2/Sec 30)	Safety of household and similar electrical appliances- Electric radiators
30.	IS 302 (Pt2/Sec 201)	Safety of household and similar electrical appliances - Electric immersion water heater
31.	IS 302 (Pt2/Sec 202)	Safety of household and similar electrical appliances - Electric stove
32.	IS 418	Tungsten filament general service electric lamps (upto 100 W)
33.	IS 694	PVC insulated cables for working Voltages upto and including 1100 V
34.	IS 3854	Switches for domestic and similar purposes
35.	IS 8828*	Electrical Accessories - Circuit Breakers for over current protection for household and similar installations
36.	IS 9968 (Pt.1)	Elastomer insulated cables (Pt.1): For working voltages upto and including 1100 V
37.	IS 12640 (Pt.1)	Residual current operated circuit breakers for household and similar uses - (Pt.1) : Circuit breakers without integral overcurrent protection (RCCBs)
38.	IS 12640 (Pt.2)	Residual current operated circuit breakers for household and similar uses - (Pt.2): Circuit breakers with integral overcurrent protection (RCVOs)
39.	IS 13010	AC Watt-hour meters, class 0.5, 1 & 2
40.	IS 13779	ac static watt-hour meters, class 1 & 2
41.	IS 14697	ac static transformer operated watt-hour and VAR- hour meters, class 0.2S & 0.5S
42.	IS 15111 (Pt1 & Pt 2)	Self ballasted lamps for general lighting services Part 1 Safety requirements and Part 2 Performance requirements
IV	Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986) Sec 14	Multiple Dry Batteries (Q.C.) Order, 1987	Dept. of Civil Supplies, S.O. 516 (E) Dt. 25 May 1987 Date of Implementation: 01 Oct 1987		Officers appointed by State Govt.(not below the rank of General Manager, District Industries Centre)/ Central Govt.(not below the rank of Under Secretary)
43.	IS 8144	Multipurpose dry batteries
V	Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986) Sec 14	Clinical Thermometers (Quality Control), 2001	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Dept. of Consumer Affairs, GSR No. 843(E) dated 9 November2001 Date of Implementation: 09 May 2002		Director, Legal Metrology
44.	3055(Part 1)	Clinical Thermometers: Part 1 Solid Stem Type
45.	3055(Part 2)	Clinical Thermometers: Part 2 Enclosed Scale Type
VI	Essential Commodities Act, 1955	Mild Steel Tubes (excluding seamless tube & tubes according to API specification) (Quality Control order, 1978 and Amendment Order, 1983	Min. of Industry (Dept. of Heavy Inds.) G.S.R. No. 374(E) dated 18 July 1978 and G.S.R. No. 462(E) dated 1 June 1983 Date of Implementation: 1 June 1983		State Govts.
46.	IS 1161	Steel tubes for structural purposes
47.	IS 1239(Pt1)	Mild steel tubes, tubular products and other wrought steel fittings: Part 1 Mild Steel Tubes
48.	IS 4270	Steel tubes used for water wells (upto 200 mm dia)
VII	Essential Commodities Act, 1955	Oil Pressure Stoves (Q.C) Order, 1997	Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Dept. of Industrial Policy and Promotion SO 451(E) dated 16 June 1997 Date of Implementation: 16 June 1997		Officers appointed by State Govt. (not below the rank of General Manager, District Industries Centre)/ Central Govt. (not below the rank of Under Secretary)
49.	IS 1342	Oil pressure stoves
50.	IS 2787	Multi-burner oil pressure stoves
51.	IS 10109	Oil pressure stove, offset burner type
VIII	Essential Commodities Act, 1955	Solvent Extracted Oil, De-oiled Meals and Edible Flour (Control) Order, 1967	Dept. of Civil Supplies, Directorate of Vanaspati, Notification No. GSR 410 of India dated 17 March 1967 Date of Implementation: 17 March 1967		Vegetable Oil Products Controller of India
52.	IS 3470	Hexane, Food grade
IX	Indian Explosive Act, 1884	Gas Cylinder Rules, 2004	Min of Industry, Dept. of Industrial Development, G.S.R. No. 627(E) Dt. 21 Sept. 2004 Date of Implementation: 21 Sept. 2004		Controller of Explosives. DM's, Magistrates Subordinates to DM's, Commissioner of Police & all Police Officers of rank not below that of Sub-Inspector
53.	IS 3196 (Pt 1)**	Welded low carbon steel gas cylinder exceeding 5 litre water capacity for low pressure liquefiable gases: Pt1 Cylinders for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
54.	IS 3196 (Pt 2) **	Welded low carbon steel gas cylinder exceeding 5-litre water capacity for low-pressure liquefiable gases: Pt 2 Cylinders for liquefiable gases other than LPG.
55.	IS 3196 (Part 4) **	Welded low carbon steel cylinders exceeding 5 litre Water capacity for low pressure liquefiable gases- Specification Part 4 Cylinders for toxic and corrosive gases
56.	IS 3224**	Valve fittings for compressed gas cylinder excluding liquefied petroleum gas cylinders
57.	IS 3745 **	Yoke type valve connections for small medical gas cylinders
58.	IS 7142**	Welded low carbon steel gas cylinder for low pressure liquefiable gases not exceeding 5 litre water capacity
59.	IS 7285 (Part 1) **	Refillable Seamless steel gas cylinders – Specification – Part 1: Normalized Steel Cylinders
60.	IS 7285 (Part 2) **	Refillable Seamless steel gas cylinders – Specification – Part 2: Quenched and Tempered Steel Cylinders with Tensile strength less than 1 100 MPa (112 kgf/mm2)
61.	IS 7302**	Valve fittings for gas cylinder valves for use with breathing apparatus
62.	IS 7312**	Welded and seamless steel dissolved acetylene gas cylinders
63.	IS 8737**	Valve fittings for use with liquefied petroleum gas cylinders of more than 5 litre water capacity: Pt 2 Valve fittings for newly manufactured LPG cylinders
64.	IS 8776**	Valve fittings for use with liquefied petroleum gas cylinder up to and including 5 litre water capacity
65.	IS 9798**	Low pressure regulators for use with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) mixtures
66.	IS 14899**	Liquefied petroleum gas containers for automotive use
67.	IS 15100**	Multifunction valve assembly for permanently fixed liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) containers for automotive use
X	Atomic Energy Regulation Board	Diagnostic Medical X- Ray Equipment		AERB/443/39 MDX/3509/94 Oct 94 Date of Implementation: 10 Oct 1994	Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
68.	IS 7620(Pt1)	Diagnostic Medical X-Ray Equipment

XI	The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (regulation of production, supply and distribution), Act 1992	The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (regulation of production, supply and distribution), Rules 1993	Department of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development, GSR No.527(E) Dt. 31July 1993 Date of Implementation: 31 July 1993	Food (Health) Authority of the State
69.	IS 14625	Plastic Feeding Bottles

XII	Environment (Protection), Act 1986		Environment Protection Second Amendment Rules, 2002		Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. G.S.R. 371 (E) dated 17 May 2002 Date of Implementation: 17 May 2002	Central Pollution Control Board
70.	IS 10001		Constant speed compression ignition (diesel) engines for general purposes (up to 20 KW)
XIII	Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986) Sec 14		Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2008		Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Deptt. Of Consumer Affairs, S. O. 2172(E), dated 09 September 2008 Date of Implementation: 12 Sep 2008	(i) An officer not below the rank of an Under Secretary in the Ministry of Steel (ii) All General Manager, District Industries Centers of the State Govts. And (iii) Directors or Commissioners of Industries of the State Govts. Or Union Territories
71.	1785(Part 1)		Specification for plain hard-drawn steel wire for pre-stressed concrete; Part 1 Cold-drawn stress relieved wire.
72.	1785(Part 2)		Specification for plain hard-drawn steel wire for pre-stressed concrete; Part 2 as drawn wire.
73.	6003		Specification for indented wire for pre-stressed concrete.
74.	6006		Specification for uncoated stress relieved strand for pre-stressed concrete.
75.	13620		Specification for fusion bonded epoxy coated reinforcing bars.
76.	14268		Specification for uncoated stress relieved low relaxation seven ply strand for pre-stressed concrete.
XIV	Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986) Sec 14		Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2008		Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Deptt. Of Consumer Affairs,* S. O. 2173(E), dated 09 Sept. 2008 S. O. 438(E), dated 10 Feb. 2009 S.O. 308 (E) dated 10 Feb. 2010 Date of Implementation: 12 Feb 2010		(i) An officer not below the rank of an Under Secretary in the Ministry of Steel (ii) All General Manager, District Industries Centers of the State Govts. And (iii) Directors or Commissioners of Industries of the State Govts. Or Union Territories
77.	IS 277		Galvanized steel sheets (plain and corrugated).
XV	Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986) Sec 14	Ductile Iron Pressure pipes and Fittings 1986 (63 of (Quality Control) Order 2009		Ministry of Commerce and Industry (DIPP) S.O. No. 1544(E) dated 25th June 2009 Date of Implementation: 1 July 2009 The above order was rescinded by DIPP vide Gazette Notification No. 2681(E) dated 23 October 2009 and a fresh notification No 2749(E) dated 30th October 2009 was issued wherein the date of implementation for this order was made as 1 March 2010			(i) Directors or Commissioners of Industries of the State Govts. Or Union Territories (ii) An officer not below the rank of an Under Secretary in the Deptt. Of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Govt. of India (iii) General Manager, District Industries Centre of a State Govt.
78.	IS 8329	Centrifugally cast (Spun) Ductile Iron Pressure pipes for Water , Gas and Sewage
79.	IS 9523	Ductile Iron Fittings for Pressure Pipes for Water, Gas and Sewage
XVI	Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986) Sec 14	Pneumatic Tyres and Tubes for Automotive Vehicles (Quality Control) Order, 2009		Ministry of Commerce and Industry (DIPP) S.O. No. 2953(E) dated 19th November 2009 S.O. No. 1057 (E) dated 11th May 2010 S.O. No. 2758 (E) dated 9th Nov. 2010 Date of Implementation: 13 May 2011			An officer not below the rank of an Under Secretary in the Deptt. of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) or an Under Secretary in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India or an officer not below the rank of General Manager, District Industries Center of a State or Union Territory Govt.
80.	IS 15627	Automotive Vehicles – Pneumatic Tyres for two and three-wheeled motor Vehicles
81.	IS 15633	Automotive Vehicles – Pneumatic Tyres for passenger car vehicles –Diagonal and radial ply
82.	IS 15636	Automotive Vehicles - Pneumatic Tyres for commercial vehicles – Diagonal and radial ply
83.	IS 13098	Automotive Vehicles - Tubes for Pneumatic Tyres

*Since revised as IS/IEC 60898-1&2

**For Indian Origin Only

Note: In terms of General Note 2 (A), as and when BIS notifies an Indian Standards for new product(s), the import of that product(s) shall conform to that specified standard from the date of implementation specified for the said product(s).

B. Clarifications on Mandatory Compliance with BIS Standards

B1. Packaged Commodity Rules and BIS Standards will apply independently

[Ref: DGFT Policy Circular No. 34 dated 13 December 2000]

Attention is invited to Notification No. 44 (RE-2000)/97-2002, dated 24.11.2000.

Representations have also been received seeking clarification whether provisions of the Standards of Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 1977, are applicable to only 131 products, listed in Notification No. 44, on which quality standards have been applied. In this context, it is clarified that, provision regarding applicability of Indian Quality Standards on 131 product is an independent provision. The conditions regarding compliance of the provisions of the Standards of Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 1977, will be applicable on import of all pre-packaged products, as these are applicable on similar domestically manufactured products.

B2. Clarification on scope of standards will be made by BIS only and not DGFT

[Ref: DGFT Policy Circular No. 04 dated 19 June 2001]

Attention is invited to Notification No.44 (RE-2000)/97-2002, dated 24.11.2000. Representations/references are regularly being received from Trade, seeking clarification whether a particular item is covered under the ambit of Appendix V to the notification No. 44 (list of 133 products). Clarification to the trade and to the customs authorities have been issued by this office based on the technical comments received from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

Clarification of this nature (whether any product is covered within the ambit of notification No. 44 or not, so far as it is applicable to BIS standards) would only be issued by BIS, and such a clarification issued by BIS shall be binding on all concerned.