SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR GRANT OF
LICENCE FOR DOMESTIC MANUFACTURERS
(Updated on 21 05 2007)
The
simplified procedure has been introduced with a view to reduce the time taken
for grant of licence after submission of application. In this procedure, applicant is required to
furnish the test report(s) of the sample(s) got tested by them in the BIS
approved laboratories, along with the application. If the test report(s) and other documents are
found satisfactory, a verification visit is carried out by BIS. The licence is
granted thereafter, if the verification report is found satisfactory. The applicant also has the option to get the
documents and other details as specified in the application, certified by a
Chartered Engineer of relevant discipline and submit the same to BIS. The
licence then shall be granted after scrutiny of the documents and report
submitted by Chartered Engineer. By this procedure the licence is expected to
be granted within 30 days of receipt of application by BIS, provided all
required documents are furnished and found satisfactory. Eligibility Criteria
for Chartered Engineer has been laid down by Institution of Engineers at their
site (www.ieindia.org) as "Any life Corporate Member of the Institution of
Engineers (
1 Application
1.1 If application is
submitted without verification by Chartered Engineer
Applicant has to submit application in the
prescribed Application
Form and a Self
Evaluation-cum-Verification Report along with prescribed documents
and a copy of test report not older than one month covering all requirements
according to the relevant ISS from a BIS recognized testing laboratory
together with the specified application fee of Rs. 1000/- and verification fee
of Rs.4000/-plus applicable taxes for grant of licence under Product
Certification Scheme of BIS.
1.2 If application is submitted after
verification by Chartered Engineer (Not applicable in case of All
Applicant has to submit application in the
prescribed Application
Form and a
Self
Evaluation-cum-Verification Report
duly certified by Chartered
Engineer of relevant discipline (Section C of Self evaluation cum Verification
report) along with prescribed documents and a copy of test report not older
than one month covering all requirements according to the relevant ISS from a BIS recognized testing laboratory
together with the specified application fee of Rs. 1000/-. If Verification
report by Chartered Engineer is not satisfactory and a visit by BIS officer
becomes necessary, special inspection charges of Rs 4000/- shall be payable to
BIS. It may also be desirable for the applicant to contact the concerned branch
office of BIS to find out the samples/raw materials, etc. required to be tested
for covering a specified range/type, etc. of the product in the licence.
The application form along with prescribed
documents and requisite fee is required to be submitted to the Branch Office
under whose jurisdiction the manufacturing unit is located.
Click here for locating relevant
branch office. One application should be submitted for one product and for one
manufacturing location.
The application form, documents to be attached
with the application form including Self Evaluation-cum-Verification Report and
list of BIS recognized labs is available on the BIS website (www.bis.org.in).
The licence is granted to the applicant for
varieties of products covered under a given Indian Standard amenable to
certification if he has the capability to manufacture and test the product at
the specified location. Applicant is also required to agree to operate the
prescribed Scheme of
Testing and Inspection (STI) and pay the
Marking Fee
during the course of operation of licence. Marking fee rates and STIs (different for different products) are available on
BIS website (www.bis.org.in) (also see
The test reports issued by the following
laboratories will be accepted for processing the applications (also please see
notes below):
a) All BIS recognized laboratories.
b) Labs of CSIR, ICAR and other similar
laboratories.
c) All labs under control of Central Govt. like
NTH, RTC etc.
d) All labs under control of State Govt. which are
NABL accredited.
e) All Labs of National Level Institutions like
IITs, National Metallurgical Institute etc.
f) Labs of Department of Central Universities.
g) Labs of National Institute of Technologies.
Note 1: In case
of BIS accredited labs, if the specific product is not covered in the list of
items for which the laboratory is approved but are similar to the products for which
the lab is approved, the test report of such lab may be accepted.
Note 2: Applicant shall invariably declare parameters,
wherever applicable, at the time of submission of samples with laboratory for
testing. For any clarification in this regard, laboratory or concerned BIS
Branch office may be approached.
Note 3: Before submission of the samples for testing in
any of the approved labs, the applicant shall ensure from the laboratory
preferably in writing that they have complete testing facility for the specific
product and they shall issue complete test report as per relevant Indian
Standards in a definite time period.
For products having testing facilities available
only in BIS laboratories (and not in any of the labs indicated above) OR where
the testing charges of the products in laboratories indicated above are several
times higher than those charged by BIS laboratories, BIS laboratories would
accept samples of such products from applicants and carryout testing after
collecting testing charges fixed by BIS. Applicant however should clearly
indicate the related Indian Standard Specification Number, quantity and
description etc. of the product which they intend to get tested in their
request to BIS lab for testing. Test Report shall be issued to prospective
applicant by BIS laboratories and such test reports may contain endorsement on
each page as “For BIS Internal Use Only”.
This scheme excludes processing of applications
for products like LPG Cylinders where joint inspection by BIS along with other
Statuary bodies like Chief Controller of explosives is involved, Cement where
permission to manufacture cement is given by Cement Desk of Ministry of
Industry. Nearest BIS BO may be contacted to ascertain details for such
products.
2 Recording
If the application is found complete in all
respect along with Self Evaluation Report, Test Reports and other documents, it
will be recorded and assigned an application number. The application is
acknowledged and the number is conveyed to the applicant for future reference.
3 Processing
3.1 If verification is to be done by BIS Officer
The concerned BO where the application has been
submitted further scrutinizes the application, self evaluation-cum-verification
report and test report(s) submitted by the Applicant. A factory visit is normally arranged within
15 days of the submission of application to verify capabilities of the
organization with respect to Manufacturing and Testing facilities and
competence of Quality Assurance Personnel.
During the visit, sample(s) of product from
regular production is also tested, sealed for Independent Testing in BIS
approved laboratory. After receipt of its Test Report(s), the case will be
reviewed. If the sample is found failing, marking shall be stopped immediately
and a notice for cancellation of Licence shall be given. Decision on
cancellation shall be taken based on the merit of the case and as per BIS Act,
Rules and Regulations.
In case of discrepancies
observed during verification visit, all corrective actions shall be required to
be completed by the applicant in such a time that process of grant of licence
is complete within 30 days. However,
extension in time required for compliance, if any, shall be given to applicant
in writing and thus, any delay will be in the account of applicant. The total
time for processing the application in such cases shall not exceed three
months. In such cases if the independent test report from BIS or its approved
laboratories (sample of which was drawn during verification visit) is received
in the meantime and found failing, the application may be rejected and
applicant advised to furnish fresh application under
the normal procedure after improving the quality of the product.
3.2 If verification is
done by Chartered Engineer
The applicant would submit a certificate (Section C
of Self evaluation cum verification report) from a certified registered
Chartered Engineer of relevant discipline certifying the installation and
working of manufacturing machinery, test equipments (as per ISS), production
process, competency of testing personnel, conformity of the test reports to
applicable Indian Standards and other details as per relevant Indian Standards
as furnished by the applicant in the self evaluation-cum-verification report.
On the basis of the certificate by Chartered
Engineer, BIS shall consider the grant of licence if all documents including
test reports of the samples are found satisfactory.
4 Grant of Licence
Grant of licence shall be considered by the
Competent Authority after scrutiny of required documents submitted by the
applicant and verification of the same by BIS to its satisfaction as per BIS
Act, Rules and Regulations and guidelines formulated for the purpose. The
details of such documents are as under:
a) Application (Form
1) (to be submitted by the applicant)
b) Self Evaluation Report (Form
II) (to be submitted by the applicant along with application)
c) Verification of the Self Evaluation Report
(by BIS-Section B of Form II/by
Chartered Engineer- Section C of Form II)
d) Test report(s) submitted by the applicant
meets the criteria of the ISS applied for.
Test report(s) submitted shall not be older than one month covering all
requirements including long term tests, if any and tests on all raw materials
(conformity of which have been specified as mandatory in the relevant Indian
Standard).Testing shall be got done according to the relevant ISS from any of the
labs indicated above for the particular product. Where applicant is using BIS
Standard Marked raw materials, the applicant shall not be required to furnish
test report of these raw materials. However, verification of such raw materials
shall be done by BIS officer during verification visit/surveillance visit (if
verification is done by Chartered Engineer) and samples of the same may be
drawn for testing in BIS or its recognized laboratories as a market sample.
For products, where there is no testing facility
available in any of the laboratories
indicated above,licence shall be granted based testing in the factory for which
the applicant should have complete testing facility in-house for all tests as
per related Indian Standards.
After processing for grant of licence is complete,
the applicant is advised to deposit the advance minimum marking fee as
applicable and the annual licence fee through Bank Draft within seven days and
thereafter the approval letter of grant of licence is issued.
Process of grant of licence is expected to be
completed within 30 days of submission of the application, if all
pre-requisites are met by the applicant. At the time of submission of the
application, it should be complete in all respects along with Fee, Self
Evaluation Report, Valid Test Reports (not more than one month old) and other
prescribed documents/ requisite details.
5. Validity
The
initial validity period of the licence is one year. Licence can be renewed for
further period of one/two years, subject
to satisfactory operation of licence as observed during periodic inspections,
factory & independent testing of samples drawn from factory and market. The
licensee shall apply to BIS on the prescribed
Renewal Form along
with renewal application fee of Rs. 500/-, annual licence fee of Rs. 1000/- and
marking fee, as applicable.
6. Fee
1. Application fee of Rs. 1000/-(to be
submitted with the filled-up application)
2. Charges for verification visit @ Rs. 4000/-
per man day for first day and Rs.3000/- for subsequent days (to be submitted
with the application) (If verification is to be done by BIS)
3. Advance annual minimum marking fee (as
prescribed by BIS) (different for different products) (details available on BIS
website) (To be deposited at the time of grant of licence and submission of
renewal application) (Annual licence fee of Rs.1000/- is also to be paid at the
time of grant of licence)
4.
Renewal application Fee (Rs. 500/-) and Annual licence fee (Rs. 1000/-) (to be
submitted at the time of renewal along with duly filled-in prescribed Renewal
Form)
5. The testing charges of the sample(s) drawn
during verification visit( if
verification is done by BIS) shall be paid by the applicant along with
the application or during verification visit which shall be adjusted in marking
fee to be paid by the applicant at the time of grant of licence.
6.
Special visit(s), if required e.g. for inclusion of varieties, resumption of
marking etc. for any shortcoming in the verification by Chartered Engineer @
Rs. 3000 per man day (after grant of licence).
7. Concession in minimum marking fee for second
or subsequent licences would be applicable as under:
Minimum Marking Fee
(Rs.) Concession
(Rs.)
Up to 20000 ---
20001
– 23000 Minimum Marking Fee minus 20000
23001
– 35000 3000
35000
– 50000 4000
50001
– 65000 5000
65000
– 80000 6000
Above
80000 8000
Note:
Licence with highest minimum marking fee shall be treated as the first licence,
for the purpose of concession in Minimum Marking Fee.
8.
Applicable Govt. taxes
For further information please
contact: Branch office under whose
jurisdiction the manufacturer is located. (http://www.bis.org.in/cert/JurisdictionofBOs.htm)
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