## No. b/5/2017-BIS (Pt. I) Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs
orders
Parent: THE BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS ACT, 2016
## No. b/5/2017-BIS (Pt. I) Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs ***** Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. Dated the 2.t1March,2018. ## OFFICEMEMORANDUM ## Sub: Compulsory Use of licence or certificate of conformity \_ reg. The undersigned is directed to refer to section 16 and 2S (3) of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of2016) and to lay down the procedure to be followed by the concerned administrative ministries for making the use of a mark under licence or certitlcate of conformity compulsory, under section 16 (1) of the BIS Act 2016 to demonstre'e that goods, article, process, system or service conform to the requirem~Ms of Indian standard or 'he essential requirements. This O.M. also covers the procedure for approving and autfwrizing any other agency, ifreq~ired, in terms of section 16 (2) of the BIS Act 2016, for carrying out conformity assessment activities. In addition to the above, this procedure will be fOllowed for making conformity assessment compulsory under section 25 (3) of the BIS Act 2016 for promotion, monitoring and management of quality of goods, articles, processes, systems and services and to protect the interests of consumers and various other stakeholders. This O.M.shall not be applicable to goods, article, process, system or service meant for export purposes. 2. In this O.M.,unless the context otherwise requires, - (1) "Act" means the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (110f2016); - (2) "accreditation body" means a body that performs third party attestation related to a conformity assessment agency conveying formal demonstration of its competeV\'ceto carry out specific conformity assessment tasks. - (3) "certification" means, third party attestation of conformity rela
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