Viscose Staple Fibres under Compulsory Certification, Imports Must Get BIS Mark, Exports Excluded

· Viscose Staple Fibres (Quality Control) Order, 2022 comes into effect from 29th March, 2023

[Ministry of Textiles Order S.O. 6143(E) dated 29th December, 2022]

S.O. 6143(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 16 read with section 17 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, after consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards, being of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, hereby makes the following order, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement and application.

(1) This order may be called the Viscose Staple Fibres (Quality Control) Order, 2022.

(2) It shall come into force after thirty days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

(3) It shall apply to goods or articles specified in column (1) of the Table below, but shall not apply to such goods or articles meant for export, which conform to the specification required by the Foreign Buyer.

2. Conformity to standards and compulsory use of Standard Mark

Goods or articles specified in column (1) of the Table below shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard given in column (2) of the said Table and shall bear the Standard Mark under a licence from the Bureau of Indian Standards as per Scheme-I of Schedule-II of the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.

3. Conformity Assessment, Certification and enforcement authority

The Bureau of Indian Standards shall be the certifying and enforcing authority in respect of the goods or articles specified in column (1) of the Table. In addition, an officer not below the rank of Assistant Director, Textiles Committee, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India shall also be the enforcing authority.

4. Penalty for contravention

Any person who contravenes the provisions of this order shall be punishable under the provisions of the said Act.

Table
Goods or article	Indian Standard	Title for Indian Standard
(1)	(2)	(3)
Viscose Staple Fibres	IS 17266:2019	Textiles- Viscose Staple Fibres

Note: For the purposes of this table, the latest version of Indian Standards including the amendments issued thereof, as may be notified by the Bureau from time to time, shall apply from the date of such notification.

[F. No.12015/16/2022-IT]

[Ministry of Textiles Order dated 27^th January, 2023]

S.O. 443(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the Central Government, is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, hereby makes the following amendment to the Viscose Staple Fibres (Quality Control) Order, 2022, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement. – (1) This order may be called the Viscose Staple Fibres (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2023.

(2) It shall come in the force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Viscose Staple Fibres (Quality Control) Order, 2022, in Paragraph 1, for sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-

“(2) This order shall come into force on the 29th March, 2023”.

[F. No. 12015/16/2022-IT]