Large Size Hermetic Compressors (7000 W) Exempted from BIS for One Year

· Import of 200 Samples per year for R&D also Exempted from QCO 2023

· Three Year Exemption to those who have applied Export also Exempted

· 200 numbers of goods or articles imported for the purpose of research and development by manufacturers of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and related parts per year

· 6,000 numbers of hermetic compressors and heat exchangers domestically manufactured or imported for maintenance and sales per year

· Domestic manufacturer who are certified by the Bureau or manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification for the relevant goods and articles for manufacturing products for export

[DPIIT Order S.O. 32(E) dated 29 December, 2023]

S.O. 32(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 read with sub-section (3) of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the Central Government, after consulting the Bureau, is of the opinion that it is necessary so to do in the public interest, hereby makes the following order further to amend the Air-Conditioner and its related Parts, Hermetic Compressor and Temperature Sensing Controls (Quality Control) Order, 2019, namely:—

1. (1) This order may be called the Air Conditioner and its related Parts, Hermetic Compressor and Temperature Sensing Controls (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2023.

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

2. In the Air Conditioner and its related Parts, Hermetic Compressor and Temperature Sensing Controls (Quality Control) order, 2019, in paragraph 2, after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -

“Provided further that nothing in this order shall apply to Hermetic Compressors of more than 7000 W (2 TR) capacity for one year from the date of commencement of the Air Conditioner and its related parts, Hermetic Compressor and Temperature Sensing Controls (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2023 to the manufacturers of Air conditioning and Refrigeration equipment and related parts:

Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply for 200 numbers of goods or articles imported for the purpose of research and development by manufacturers of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and related parts per year subject to the condition that such imported goods and articles will not be sold commercially and can be disposed of as a scrap and also the OEMs shall maintain a year-wise record of such goods or articles and furnish the same, if so desired by the Government:

Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to goods or articles domestically manufactured or imported before the date of commencement of the Air Conditioner and its related Parts, Hermetic Compressor and Temperature Sensing Controls (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2023 by the manufacturer certified by the Bureau or manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification for the relevant goods and articles and such manufacturer shall be permitted to sell or display or offer to sell such declared stock up to the 31st March 2024 subject to the condition that such manufacturer shall made a declaration to this effect to the Bureau:

Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to up to 6,000 numbers of hermetic compressors and heat exchangers domestically manufactured or imported for maintenance and sales per year by each of the manufacturers of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and related parts who are certified by the Bureau or manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification for the relevant goods and articles till three years from the date of commencement of the Air Conditioner and its related Parts, Hermetic Compressor and Temperature Sensing Controls (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2023 subject to the condition that such manufacturers shall declare its old stock of hermetic compressors and heat exchangers domestically manufactured or imported before the date of commencement of the Air Conditioner and its related Parts, Hermetic Compressor and Temperature Sensing Controls (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2023 and maintain a year-wise record of such goods or articles and furnish the same to the Central Government with a declaration made to this effect to the Bureau:

Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to hermetic compressor and heat exchanger imported by domestic manufacturer who are certified by the Bureau or manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification for the relevant goods and articles for manufacturing products for export, if specifically mentioned in the export order".

[F. No. P-29014/63/2017-LEI]