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India had notified the "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" herein called the "Order" to the WTO with Notification G/TBT/N/IND/44 dated 19 October 2012. The Order prescribes safety standards for the notified products when sold in the domestic market. 

The date of entry of force of this Order for manufacturing units subject to specific conditions has now been further extended for three months by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) with its notification No 37(1)/2013-IPHW dated 30 September 2013.

As on 3 October, 2013, the number of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) recognised laboratories for conducting tests on specified electronic and IT products under the aforesaid Order is 11. 

The detailed text of the notification is available on the DEITY website while the list of laboratories is available on both the BIS and DEITYwebsites at www.bis.org.in and  www.deity.gov.inrespectively.

India had notified the "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" herein called the "Order" to the WTO with Notification G/TBT/N/IND/44 dated 19 October 2012. The Order prescribes safety standards for the notified products when sold in the domestic market. 

As indicated in Addendum 1 to the original notification, the date of entry into force of the Order is 3 July 2013 with manufacturing units subject to specified conditions provided an additional period of three months i.e. up to 3 October 2013 for the entry into force of this Order.

This is to inform Members that India has published and made the following amendments/circulars/notifications to its “Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements of Compulsory Registration) Order 2012”:

i)               “Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Amendment Order, 2013 dated 25.6.2013

ii)             “Extension in date of coming into effect of the “Electronics and IT Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012” for Goods under testing with BIS Recognized Labs” dated 2.7.2013

iii)            “Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) (Second Amendment) Order, 2013” dated 11.9.2013

iv)           Notification concerning the Implementation of “Electronics and IT Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012 dated 30.9.2013

v)            Circular 1 of 2013 – Clarifications on compliance to the “Electronics and IT Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012 dated 29.5.2013

vi)           Circular 2 of 2013 – Clarifications on compliance to the “Electronics and IT Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012” dated 12.9.2013

vii)          Circular 3 of 013 – Extension in date of coming into effect of the “Electronics and IT Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012” dated 23.8.13

The detailed texts of the above amendments/ circulars/notifications are available on the website www.deity.gov.in. Details of the Order are also available on the dedicated website of the Electronics Standards of India at www.electronicstds.gov.in.

India had notified the "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" to the WTO with Notification G/TBT/N/IND/44.

This is inform Members that with communication dated 17 December 2015 of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (copy enclosed), an amendments has been carried out in the aforesaid Order concerning new manufacturing location for manufacturers that are already registered under the Compulsory Registration Scheme.

http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/Gazette-Notification-dated-30th-Nov-2015.pdf

India had notified the "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" to the WTO with Notification G/TBT/N/IND/44.

This is inform Members that with communication dated 10 February 2016 of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (copy enclosed), an amendment has been carried out in the aforesaid Order concerning the matter of affixing of the ?Standard Mark? on the imported goods.

India had notified the “Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" to the WTO in document G/TBT/N/IND/44.

In continuation of the said WTO notification, India would like to inform the members that it has carried out amendments to the aforesaid Order vide its Gazette notification S.O. No. 2742(E) dated 23.08.2017 (copy attached), thereby adding 13 electronic products in the existing list.

The notification is available in the Public domain and can be accessed at URL:

http://meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/phase_3_notification.pdf.

India had notified the "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" to the WTO in document G/TBT/N/IND/44.
In continuation of the said WTO notification, India would like to inform the Members that it has carried out amendments to the aforesaid Order via its Gazette notification S.O. No. 1236 (E) dated 01.04.2020 (copy attached), thereby adding 12 electronic products in the existing list.
The notification is available in the Public domain and can be accessed at URL:
https://meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Phase_IV_Notification.pdf

The date of coming into effect of provisions of Electronics and Information technology Goods (requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012 for 12 product categories notified vide Gazette Notification dated 01.04.2020 has been extended until 01.04.2021. Further the Standalone LED Modules for General Lighting” against SI No. 45 of column (2) has been substituted by “Independent LED Modules for General Lighting”. The document is available at the website of MeitY https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/221780.pdf

Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012 has been notified by the Department of Electronics.

India had notified the "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" to the WTO in document G/TBT/N/IND/44.

In continuation of the said WTO notification, India would like to inform the members that it has carried out amendments to the aforesaid Order vide its Gazette notification S.O. No. 3429 (E) dated 01.10.2020 (copy attached), thereby adding 07 electronic products in the existing list.

The notification is available in the Public domain and can be accessed at URL: https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/gazette_notification_concerning_expansion_in_list_of_items_under_cro-phase_v.pdf

India had notified the "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" to the WTO in document G/TBT/N/IND/44.

In continuation of the said WTO notification, India would like to inform the Members that the date of implementation of the Order published via Gazette notification S.O. No. 3429 (E) dated 1 October 2020 stands extended to 1 October 2021 (copy attached), The notification is available in the Public domain and can be accessed at URL: https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/gazette_notification_for_extension_of_timeline__for_implementation_of_the_products_notified_under_cro_phase_v.pdf