Products are brought under compulsory certification by the Central Government as per the provision of BIS Act, 2016 or other Acts.

For obtaining BIS licence, the manufacturer must have requisite manufacturing infrastructure, appropriate process controls, quality control and testing capabilities for the product as per relevant Indian Standard Specification (ISS). The product shall also conform to all requirements laid down in the ISS.

The Bureau grants the licence based on successful assessment of the manufacturing infrastructure, process controls, quality control and testing capabilities of the manufacturer through a visit to its manufacturing premises.

This is a certification scheme for a Foreign manufacturer who wants to obtain BIS Licence. The scheme is for certification of products other than Electronic and Information Technology Products.

Generally certification scheme of BIS is voluntary in nature, however for certain products as notified by Government of India under Quality Control Orders, they can be imported to India only with Standard Mark under a valid licence from BIS.

The application can be made in the forms and formats available under FMCS with all relevant documents indicated in the application. BIS is making a provision to apply on line in due course of time.

Yes, the foreign applicant has to nominate an Indian Resident as an Authorized Indian Representative (AIR) while submitting the application.

The AIR shall be an Indian resident and shall declare his consent to be responsible for compliance to the provisions of the BIS Act, rules, regulations and terms & conditions laid down in BIS Licence, Agreement, Undertaking etc. executed by or on behalf of the foreign manufacturer, by a senior person of branch or office in India shall be nominated as the AIR. In case, there is no such branch or office established in India or until it is established in India, the foreign manufacturer shall nominate an AIR in the prescribed format on firms’ letter-head. AIR is representative of one manufacturing firm only and does not represent other foreign manufacturers as AIR under the BIS Conformity Assessment schemes. However, in case of foreign manufacturers belonging to one group of companies and importers (related to the foreign manufacturer) nominated as AIR, this restriction shall not be applicable.

The AIR should be an Indian national; resident of India. However, he can be a foreign national if employed in any office or branch of the manufacturer in India but should be residing in India.

For SAARC countries, the payment can be made in USD or Indian Rupee (INR) with GST. For other countries, the payment should be made in USD only.

No, it will not be accepted, only the test report as per relevant Indian Standard is to be accepted.

. Average time taken for grant of licence is generally six months from the date of receipt of complete application and its recording. If all the documentation is submitted properly.

No, separate application for each product or ISS is to be submitted for each factory location.

No, separate application for each product or ISS is to be submitted for each factory location.

No, Under FMCS scheme the application shall be made by the foreign manufacturer only.

BIS certification under Scheme-I may be granted initially upto two years after payment of advance minimum marking fee. The licence is valid only for the varieties mentioned in the licence. For extension of validity and varieties covered in licence, application with requisite fee and documents under the existing licence is required to be submitted. Licence may be renewed upto five years from the last date of the validity.

Compulsory registration scheme operated by the Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) regulation, 2018, as per the BIS ACT 2016. This scheme aims to provide a boost to the rapidly expanding sectors of Electronic and IT, while protecting the Indian consumers from false and substandard products. entities importing Electronics and IT Products in India are required to obtain CRS Registration Certificate from BIS.

MeitY also known as The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology looks after the compulsory registered scheme in the electronic and IT related products. Manufacturer and Importer of any product which comes under the jurisdiction of the Compulsory Registration Order (CRO) notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) or the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)