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Session 3 –Working together; cooperation between standards bodies and regulators

This session explores the provisions of the BIS Act, which establishes the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as the National Standards Body of India. It discusses the enabling regulatory provisions that allow for compulsory compliance to standards and the use of the Certification Mark for goods, articles, processes, systems, and services. The session also highlights the engagement between standards bodies and regulators in identifying standardization needs and supporting technical regulations.

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Session 3 –Working together; cooperation between standards bodies and regulators

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  1. Session 3 –Working together; cooperation between standards bodies and regulators The BIS Act – Enabling USE of standards in technical regulations J. Roy Chowdhury Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS)

  2. Genesis Indian Standards Institution 1947 BIS Act 1986 BIS Act 2016

  3. Provisions on BIS activities • BIS Act 2016 establishes BIS as a National Standards Body of India for • Harmonious Development of activities of standardization • Conformity Assessment of goods, articles, processes, systems and services • Provision to notify different conformity assessment schemes • Provision for grant of licence or certificate of conformity, as applicable, for goods, articles, process, system or service

  4. Enabling Regulatory Provisions • Provision to notify any goods or articles, process, system or service for compulsory compliance to a standard or essential requirements and direct the use of the Certification Mark on account of: • Public Interest • Protection of human, animal or plant health • Protection of environment • Prevention of unfair trade practices • National security • Restricts manufacture, import, distribution & sale of regulated products & services without a certification mark, except under a valid licence

  5. Surveillance & enforcement provisions • Provisions for inspection & drawl of samples with certification mark to check conformity to the requirements of the relevant standard • Enabling provision for product recall & compensation to the consumer • Violation of Compulsory certification provisions made a cognizable offence

  6. Some examples of technical regulations under BIS Act

  7. Regulations in process under BIS Act 2016

  8. Engagement with Regulator • Identifying standards/ prioritizing standardization needs to support technical regulation • Proposing the need for technical regulations in new areas • Interaction on Quality Infrastructure needs • Contribute in stakeholder consultation on regulations • Identifying conformity assessment scheme commensurate with the risk associated

  9. Challenges • Acknowledging domain expertise of NSB in standardization • Involvement of regulators in standard development • Implementation & enforcement issues

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