BIS Issues Updated Guidelines for Parallel Testing
BIS Issues Updated Guidelines for Parallel Testing,
BIS,
▍Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS)
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology released Electronics & Information Technology Goods-Requirement for Compulsory Registration Order I-Notified on 7th September, 2012, and it came into effect on 3rd October, 2013. Electronics &Information Technology Goods Requirement for Compulsory Registration, what is usually called BIS certification, is actually called CRS registration/certification. All electronic products in the compulsory registration product catalog imported to India or sold in the Indian market must be registered in the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). In November 2014, 15 kinds of compulsory registered products were added. New categories include: mobile phones, batteries, power banks, power supplies, LED lights and sales terminals, etc.
▍BIS Battery Test Standard
Nickel system cell/battery: IS 16046 (Part 1): 2018/ IEC62133-1: 2017
Lithium system cell/battery: IS 16046 (Part 2): 2018/ IEC62133-2: 2017
Coin cell/battery is included in CRS.
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On June 12, 2023, the Bureau of Indian Standards Registration Department issued updated guidelines for parallel testing.On the basis of the guidelines issued on December 19, 2022, the trial period of parallel testing has been extended, and two more product categories have been added. Please see details as below.The trial period of parallel testing has been extended from 30 June 2023 to 31 December 2023.Two more product categories are newly added in addition to the original pilot project (mobile phone)Wireless headphone and earphone.Laptop/Notebook/Tablet.All other conditions mentioned in Registration/ Guide RG:01 remain the same, i.e.Application principle: These guidelines are voluntary in nature and the manufacturers still have option for testing components and their end products sequentially or testing components and their end products at the same time as per the parallel testing.Testing: End products (such as mobile phones, laptops) can begin the test without BIS certificates of its components (batteries, adapters, etc.), but test report no. along with name of lab will be mentioned in the test report.Certification: The license of end product will be processed by BIS only after getting registration of all the components involved in the manufacturing of the final product.Others: The manufacturer can do the test and submit the application in parallel, however, at the time of submission of sample to lab as well as submission of application to BIS for registration, the manufacturer would give an undertaking covering the requirements requested by BIS.
