LM packaged commodities Third amendment rules 2026

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-01062026-273053 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 377] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026/JYAISTHA 8, 1948 MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (Department of Consumer Affairs) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 29th May, 2026 G.S.R. 418(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clauses (j) and (q) of sub- section (2) of section 52 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, namely:— 1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Third Amendment Rules, 2026. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 4, Explanation shall be numbered as (1) thereof and after Explanation-1 as so numbered, the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely:- "Explanation-2.- For the removal of doubts, the importers shall be allowed to make mandatory declarations at bonded warehouses of Authorised Economic Operators Tier-2 and Tier-3 certified operators in India: Provided that the retail packages shall have all mandatory declarations specified under these rules before leaving the bonded warehouses of Authorised Economic Operators Tier-2 and Tier-3 certified operators. Note: Authorised Economic Operators Tier 2 and Authorised Economic Operators Tier 3 are the Authorised Economic Operators administered by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs to speed up customs clearance for compliant importers and exporters.". 3. In the principal rules, in rule 27,— (i) in sub-rule (2), after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(d) the name of the Director of the company responsible for violations under the Act and rules made thereunder."; (ii) to sub-rule(3), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— "Provided that the company or firm shall update annually its details with change in any particulars for which an option on the online portal shall be made available to update annually with address, products with their number to be manufactured, packed or imported during the previous year and country of origin."; (iii) after sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- "(5) The registration certificates shall remain valid until cancelled.". [F. No. I-19/50/2022-W&M] ANUPAM MISHRA, Addl. Secy. Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 202 (E), dated the 7th March, 2011 and was last amended vide number G.S.R. 312(E), dated 27th April, 2026.