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BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Our Ref: Registration/Guidelines RG: 01 19 Dec 2022
SUB: Guidelines for implementation of Parallel Testing.
1) This is 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’ & Registration Guidelines RG:01 dated 16
Dec 2022.

2) These guidelines will enable parallel testing of electronic products covered
under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) of BIS. These
guidelines are voluntary in nature and the manufacturers will still have
option for submitting application sequentially to BIS for registration as per
the existing procedure.

3) All the components which require Registration under CRS can be sent for
testing in parallel at any of BIS labs /BIS recognized labs. 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
second component. This procedure will be followed for subsequent
components & final product also.

4) The registration of the components will be done sequentially by BIS.

5) 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 following requirements:

(i) The Manufacturer will bear the total risk in this procedure, i.e. in case,
any of the applications is rejected/not processed at a later stage by
BIS due to failure of sample in testing or submission of incomplete test
report, the decision of BIS will be final;
(ii) The Manufacturer shall not supply / sell /manufacture the product in
market without having valid registration;
(iii) The Manufacturer shall get the CCL updated immediately after getting
the product(s) registered with BIS; and
(iv) Each manufacturer will have the responsibility to use components with
relevant registration (R-no.) in case the component is covered in CRS.

6) The responsibility of linking an application with that of the previously
submitted application in the chain shall vest with the manufacturer.

NOTE: To start with, a pilot project for parallel testing of MOBILE PHONE has been
allowed for six (06) months, i.e. 01 Jan 2023 to 30 June 2023. An example of
procedure to be followed is given below:

(i) BIS lab/BIS recognized labs can initiate testing of battery without
R-number of cell. The lab will mention the test report no. along-with
the name of lab (in place of R-Number of cell) in the final test report
of the battery;
(ii) Similarly, the lab can initiate the testing of Mobile Phone without R-
number of cell, battery & adaptor. The lab will mention the test
report number(s) & name(s) of the lab for these components in the
final test report of the mobile phone.
(iii) The lab shall evaluate the test report of the cell and issue the test
report of the battery. Similarly, lab shall evaluate the test report of
battery and adaptor before issuing the test report of Mobile phone.
(iv) The manufacturer can submit the applications in parallel for getting
the components registered. However, the licence will be processed
by BIS only after getting registration of all the components involved
in the manufacturing of the final product (i.e. in this case mobile
phones).

These guideline supersedes the Registration Guidelines of even no. dated 16 Dec
2022.

-sd-
( Navindra Gautam )
Scientist-E & Head (Registration)

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