CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS ADOPTED BY BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

BIS Certification Activities 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

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

PRODUCT CERTIFICATION OVERVIEW STARTED IN 1955-56 UNDER ISI CERTIFICATION MARK ACT OF 1952 TYPE 5 THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION GENERALLY VOLUNTARY IN NATURE COVERS CONSUMER & INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS PROGRESS >18000 LICENCES IN OPERATION 15446 PRODUCTS COVERED 1200 INDUSTRIAL UNITS COVERED 8450 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 OVERVIEW CHAIN OF BIS LABORATORIES DOCUMENTATION FIRST BIS LABORATORY SET UP IN 1962 SAMPLES TESTED ANNUALLY IN BIS LABORATORIES 30000 SAMPLES TESTED ANNUALLY IN OUTSIDE RECOGNIZED LABORATORIES 8500 CHAIN OF BIS LABORATORIES CENTRAL LABORATORY 1 REGIONAL LABORATORIES 4 BRANCH LABORATORIES 3 DOCUMENTATION QUALITY MANUAL ALIGNED WITH ISO/IEC GUIDES 25 EN 45001

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

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

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 45012 PROCEDURE APPLICATION ASSESSMENT GRANT OF LICENCE SURVEILLANCE AUDITS RENEWAL OF LICENCE

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS BIS ADOPTED ISO 14000 SERIES OF STANDARDS CERTIFICATION STARTED - 1997 SECTORS COVERED CEMENT, TEXTILES & ALLIED PRODUCTS NUCLEAR, THERMAL AND STEEL PLANTS ENGINEERING & CHEMICAL UNITS

HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINT (HACCP) CERTIFICATION IS 15000 - 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 1999. 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 granted 50

BILATERAL AGREEMENTS CHINA CUBA GERMANY ISRAEL MAURITIUS RUSSIAN FEDERATION TURKEY BHUTAN NEPAL ARMENIA