India Market Access for ISI Safety Approval 

ISI Certification and registration

To ensure quality products be sold in the Indian markets, certain standards were introduced in the Indian markets after the Independence. ISI stands for ‘Indian Standards Institute’ the former name of the BIS and is identified with unique license number with seven digits (CM/L -XXXXXX).
Manufacturers have to acquire this ISI certification from India’s highest governing body i.e. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to sell specific products in India. ISI certification Mark on market products guarantees that manufacturing of the product has gone through the high-quality checks and follows regulation set by the Bureau of Indian Standards. 
Registration Process:

• Application form filing with all the govt. laws and procedures
• Assist in locating the right BIS approved test laboratories
• Visit and Testing product sample assistance
• Managing the complete documentation
• Coordinate with the requirements and specification
• Smoothing the whole process until the final certification

Domestic Manufacturers Certification Scheme: Under this certification,an applicant is required to submit the application form to the local BIS Branch office after which a preliminary evaluation takes place by the corresponding BIS officer. Manufacturer place is checked for its capability, technical personnel and samples for independent testing. Grant of license is considered after a sample product passes the regular testing with respective Indian standards.The whole process generally takes around 4 months and 6 months in case of all India first licenses. There are also specific laboratories which test products and then these reports are needed to submit along with application form. With verification and testing, the acceptable license is granted too.

Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme (FMCS):This certification is given to foreign manufacturers for using Indian Certification mark on their products except Electronics & IT Goods notified by DeitY.

Step-1: Confirmation of Product Quality as per concerned IS Standard

• • Identification of ISI Standard Code
• • Collection of the Testing Sample from applicant
• • Testing of sample at our lab
• • Issuing the guideline about Non-Conformity, if any
• • Issue of Test Report for your reference

Step-2: Filing of the Application Form

• • Arrange the Internal Test Report of product as per test report given by us for your reference
• • Compiling of all required documents
• • Remit the application fees direct to BIS in USD*
• • Filling-up the Form-VI
• • Submission of Application Form with all enclosures
• • Get the confirmation about scrutiny of documents by BIS Office

Step-3: Inspections by the Department

• • Get the confirmation about BIS Inspection Team
• • Organize the VISA, Ticket, Lodging & Boarding for visiting team
• • Inspection team will visit to Factory for Physical Verification
• • Team will verify the Factory Set-up & Quality Control Process
• • Team will pick the random sample to be tested in BIS Approved Lab

Step-4: Organize the Lab Test Report (LTR)

• • Select the BIS recognized lab as per guideline of BIS Office
• • Provide the sample (picked-up by team) of product to get tested
• • Get the test result

Step-5: Closure of Non-Conformity (if any) and Remit the Official Fees

• • Rectify the process of Factory Unit, if inspection team points out
• • Submit the proof of rectification done by unit to close non-conformity
• • Pay the annual marking fees (annual license fees) to BIS
• • Submit the Bank Guarantee to BIS

Step 6 – Grant of License

• Grant of licence will be considered by the Competent Authority after scrutiny of required documents submitted by the applicant
• Verification of the same by BIS to its satisfaction as per BIS Act, Rules and Regulations and guidelines formulated for the purpose.
• The initial validity period of the licence is one year.
• Licence can be renewed for further period of one/two years, subject to satisfactory operation of licence as observed during periodic inspections, factory & independent testing of samples drawn from factory and market.

LIST OF PRODUCTS UNDER MANDATORY CERTIFICATION Mentioned at BIS

• Cement (13 )
• Household Electrical Goods
• Batteries
• Food and related products
• Oil pressure stoves
• Automobile accessories
• Cylinders, Valves and Regulators
• Medical Equipment
• Steel Products
• Stainless Steel Products
• Electrical Transformers
• Electrical Motors
• Capacitors

REGULATORY AGENCY

• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

REGULATIONS

• The ISI Mark or Standard Mark, is issued by BIS under its certification scheme.
• ISI certification* is a self-regulation scheme. 
• The scheme itself is voluntary; however, the Government has enforced mandatory certification on various products. 
• While BIS grants licences on application, the enforcement of compulsory certification is done by the notified authorities – in this case, officers appointed by State Government/Central Government. 
• Compliance with ISO Guide 28 and 65.

* Certification procedure and submission requirements differ between foreign manufacturers and Indian importers. 

GUIDELINES

• A local representative is required.

ISI CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE

• Submit application with essential documents to BIS. 
• Factory inspection by BIS officer. 

• Sample picking in factory for independent testing. 
• Grant of license. 
• The simplified procedure for ISI certification** requires a submission application with test reports issued by BIS approved test laboratories.

** The simplified procedure is not granted to some items under mandatory certification and all first-time licenses for any product.

APPLICABLE PRODUCT CATEGORIES

• Product categories requiring BIS registration include: 
• Cables
• Circuit breakers
• Electric immersion water heaters
• Electric irons
• Electric lamps
• Electric radiators
• Electric stoves
• Switches, etc.

A full list of product categories may be found here. 

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