A Trial of Parallel Testing of Mobile Phone and Its Components by BIS,
BIS,

▍What is WERCSmart REGISTRATION?

WERCSmart is the abbreviation of World Environmental Regulatory Compliance Standard.

WERCSmart is a product registration database company developed by a US company called The Wercs. It aims to provide a supervision platform of product safety for supermarkets in US and Canada, and make product purchasing easier. In the processes of selling, transporting, storing and disposing products among retailers and registered recipients, products will face increasingly complicated challenges from federal, states or local regulation. Usually, the Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) supplied along with the products do not cover adequate data of which information shows compliance with laws and regulations. While WERCSmart transforms the product data to that conforming to laws and regulations.

▍Scope of registration products

Retailers determine the registration parameters for each supplier. Following categories shall be registered for reference. However, the list below is incomplete, so verification on registration requirement with your buyers is suggested.

◆All Chemical Containing Product

◆OTC Product and Nutritional Supplements

◆Personal Care Products

◆Battery-Driven Products

◆Products with Circuit Boards or Electronics        

◆Light Bulbs

◆Cooking Oil                      

◆Food dispensed by Aerosol or Bag-On-Valve

▍Why MCM？

● Technical personnel support: MCM is equipped with a professional team who studies SDS laws and regulations for long. They have in-depth knowledge of the change of laws and regulations and have provided authorized SDS service for a decade. 

● Closed-loop type service: MCM has professional personnel communicating with auditors from WERCSmart, ensuring smooth process of registration and verification. So far, MCM has provided WERCSmart registration service for more than 200 clients.

As early as July 26, 2022, the Indian Association of Industries put forward a proposal for parallel testing of mobile phones, wireless headphones and headsets as a way to shorten the time to market.In reference to Registration/Guidelines RG: 01 dated 15 December 2022 regarding ‘Guidelines for Grant of Licence (GoL) as per the Conformity Assessment Scheme-II of Schedule-II of BIS (Conformity
Assessment) Regulation, 2018’, BIS issued new guidelines for parallel testing of electronic products covered under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) on December 16. As a more active consumer product, mobile phone will run parallel testing first in the first half of 2023. On December 19, BIS updated the guidelines to correct the date.These guidelines will enable parallel testing of electronic products covered under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS). These guidelines are voluntary in nature and the manufacturers will still have options for submitting application sequentially to BIS for registration as per the existing procedure, or testing all components in the final products in parallel according to the new guidelines.
Products such as batteries can be tested without having to wait for a BIS certificate for a previously tested component. Under parallel testing, the lab will test the first component & issue test report. This test report no. along-with name of lab will be mentioned in the test report of the second component. This procedure will be followed for subsequent components & final product also. The battery & final product testing laboratory shall evaluate the previously tested components before generating the final test report.