1. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS ADOPTED BY BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

2. 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

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

5. PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
OVERVIEW
STARTED IN 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
PRODUCTS COVERED
INDUSTRIAL UNITS COVERED
DOCUMENTATION
BIS CERTIFICATION MANUAL BASED ON ISO/IEC GUIDES
Contd..

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

7. LABORATORY TESTING OVERVIEW CHAIN OF BIS LABORATORIES DOCUMENTATION
FIRST BIS LABORATORY SET UP IN 1962
SAMPLES TESTED ANNUALLY IN BIS LABORATORIES
SAMPLES TESTED ANNUALLY IN OUTSIDE RECOGNIZED LABORATORIES
CHAIN OF BIS LABORATORIES
CENTRAL LABORATORY
REGIONAL LABORATORIES
BRANCH LABORATORIES
DOCUMENTATION
QUALITY MANUAL ALIGNED WITH
ISO/IEC GUIDES 25
EN 45001

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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

14. 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

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