CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS ADOPTED BY BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

Product Certification Schemes –General Products Domestic Certification –Certification schemes for Foreign Manufacturers and Indian Importers. –Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery. –Eco-mark Management System Certification Schemes –Quality System Certification including HACCP. –Environment Management System Certification. –Occupational Health & Safety BIS Certification Activities

PRODUCT CERTIFICATION ISO TYPE 5 SCHEME Modeled on ISO Guide 28 Conforms to ISO Guide 65 Voluntary Scheme Almost 1200 Products

PRODUCT CERTIFICATION n OVERVIEW –STARTED IN UNDER ISI CERTIFICATION MARK ACT OF 1952 –TYPE 5 THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION –GENERALLY VOLUNTARY IN NATURE –COVERS CONSUMER & INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS n PROGRESS >18000 n LICENCES IN OPERATION –PRODUCTS COVERED 1200 –INDUSTRIAL UNITS COVERED 8450 n DOCUMENTATION –BIS CERTIFICATION MANUAL BASED ON ISO/IEC GUIDES Contd..

HQ – Delhi 5 Regional Offices 33 Branch Offices 5 Inspection Offices 8 Labs

LABORATORY TESTING n OVERVIEW –FIRST BIS LABORATORY SET UP IN 1962 –SAMPLES TESTED ANNUALLY IN BIS LABORATORIES –SAMPLES TESTED ANNUALLY IN OUTSIDE RECOGNIZED LABORATORIES 8500 n CHAIN OF BIS LABORATORIES –CENTRAL LABORATORY 1 –REGIONAL LABORATORIES 4 –BRANCH LABORATORIES 3 n DOCUMENTATION –QUALITY MANUAL ALIGNED WITH »ISO/IEC GUIDES 25 »EN 45001

n Certification Process –APPLICATION –PRELIMINARY INSPECTION –TESTING OF SAMPLES –ACCEPTANCE OF SCHEME OF TESTING AND INSPECTION –MARKING FEE –GRANT OF LICENCE –MONITORING/SURVEILLANCE »SURPRISE VISITS »TESTING IN FACTORY »TESTING IN INDEPENDENT LABORATORIES »FACTORY SAMPLES »MARKET SAMPLES –FEEDBACK FROM ORGANIZED CONSUMERS –INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS –RENEWAL OF LICENCE EVERY ONE/ TWO YEARS

109 Products Food Colours & Food Additives Cement Gas Cylinders Electrical Appliances Infant Milk Products Pressure Stoves Packaged Drinking Water and Natural Mineral Water Thermometers Mandatory Certification

QUALITY SYSTEMS CERTIFICATION OVERVIEW –ISO 9000 SERIES ADOPTED BY BIS IN 1988 –OVER 160 BIS AUDITORS –LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 1999 –OVER 1200 UNITS LICENCED - FOR QUALITY SYSTEMS CERTIFICATION –RvA ACCREDITATION FOR 23 TECHNOLOGY SECTORS DOCUMENTATION –BIS CERTIFICATION MANUAL/PROCEDURES BASED ON ISO/IEC GUIDES 61 AND 62 EN PROCEDURE –APPLICATION –ASSESSMENT –GRANT OF LICENCE –SURVEILLANCE AUDITS –RENEWAL OF LICENCE

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS BIS ADOPTED ISO SERIES OF STANDARDS CERTIFICATION STARTED SECTORS COVERED –CEMENT, TEXTILES & ALLIED PRODUCTS –NUCLEAR, THERMAL AND STEEL PLANTS –ENGINEERING & CHEMICAL UNITS

HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINT (HACCP) CERTIFICATION IS BASED ON CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION DOCUMENT ALINORM 97/13A

INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION IEC QUALITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (IECQ) IEC SYSTEM FOR CONFORMITY TESTING TO STANDARDS FOR SAFETY OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS (IECEE ) AGENT OF FOREIGN CERTIFICATION SCHEMES NAMELY CSA, SABS

Certification of Foreign Manufacturers and Imported Goods Launched in September Allows Grant of BIS Standard Mark to Foreign Manufacturers and Indian Importers. Prime Objective of the scheme -Regulating the quality of imports No. of Licences granted50

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