Brief
of Certification procedure for Foreign Manufacturers
BIS is
operating a product certification scheme for foreign manufacturers. In this
scheme, a licence can be granted for any product against an Indian Standard
specifying product characteristics, which is amenable to certification. The
scheme operates on self-certification basis, whereby the manufacturer is
permitted to apply the Standard Mark on the product after ascertaining its
conformity to the Indian Standard licenced for.
Through its surveillance operations, the Bureau maintains a close vigil on the
quality of goods certified. Separate application shall be required to be
submitted for each product/Indian Standard. The BIS licence is granted to the
factory address at which the manufacturing takes place, final product is tested
as per relevant Indian Standards and conforming product is applied with BIS
Standard Mark. Those desirous of obtaining the BIS licence have to apply to BIS
in prescribed application form
(which
can also be downloaded from BIS web-site at http://www.bis.org.in/ ) along with an
application fee of Rs.1000/- in Indian Rupees or equivalent US
$.
The
foreign manufacturer shall set up a liaison/branch office located in
Processing
charges of US $ 300 are required to be paid after scrutiny and recording of the
application. The applicant will have to bear expenditure towards travel, stay,
miscellaneous expenses like visa etc. and per diem, as applicable, for a team of
officers (normally not more than 2 officers) for their visit for preliminary
inspection to the manufacturing premises. Cost of transportation & testing
of the samples drawn during visit shall also be borne by the applicant.
Licence
is granted to an applicant if results of preliminary inspection(s) and testing
are satisfactory; the applicant has in-house requisite manufacturing &
testing facilities (as per relevant Indian Standards) ; has competent testing
personnel (permanently employed) ; agrees to comply with requirements laid down
in Scheme of Testing & Inspection (STI) and undertakes to pay the BIS Marking Fee. Copy of STI (different
for different products) is available with BIS and can be obtained any time on
request/at the time of submission or recording of application/during visit. The
rate of marking fee is US $
2000(minimum for one year) + 1% of the invoice sale price of the product for
first US $ 10 lakhs(I
million)
+ 0.5% of invoice sale price for next US $ 15 lakhs(1.5
million)
+ 0.2% of invoice sale price for rest amount computed on yearly basis. The
annual licence fee shall be Indian Rupees 1000/- (in equivalent
Immediately
after grant of licence, the applicant is required to pay annual minimum marking
fee of US $ 2000 and annual licence fee of Indian Rupees 1000/- (in
equivalent
US $).Subsequently,
the licensee is required to quarterly pay the fee in US$ based on production
marked during the quarter as per marking fee rates, given above .
The
initial validity period of the licence is one year. Licence can be renewed for
further periods of one or two years subject to satisfactory operation of licence
as observed during follow up (periodic) inspections, satisfactory factory &
independent testing of samples drawn from factory & market etc. Cost of such
inspections and for any other visit for special inspections shall be borne by
the firm.
At the
end of validity, the licensee shall apply to BIS on the prescribed renewal form
along with the renewal application fee of Rs. 500/-
(in equivalent
It
would be in the interest of applicant, for expeditious processing of the case,
to submit application for grant of licence only if following is
satisfied:
While
submitting the application, the applicant shall make sure that it is complete in
all respects and all the relevant documents as per enclosed check list are
enclosed.
Contact
at the following address both for further enquiry & submission of
application:
Head
(Central Marks Department-1)
Bureau
of Indian Standards,
9-Bahadur Shah Zafar
Marg,
Telefax: 91 11
23239382
E-mail: cmd1@bis.org.in