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Order making Standard Mark certification compulsory for specified steel wire, wire rope, and wire mesh products under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016, superseding the corresponding 2023 Quality Control Order.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) issued Order S.O. 2581(E) dated 3rd July 2024, in exercise of powers under section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), promulgating the Steel Wires or Strands, Nylon or Wire Ropes and Wire mesh (Quality Control) Order, 2024, which supersedes the Steel Wires or Strands, Nylon or Wire Ropes and Wire mesh (Quality Control) Order, 2023; the Order requires goods listed in the annexed Table, including Steel Wire Ropes for General Engineering Purposes (IS 2266:2019), Steel Wire Suspension Ropes for Lifts, Elevators and Hoists (IS 2365:2018), Stranded steel wire ropes for winding and man-riding haulages in mines (IS 1855:2022), Steel Wire Ropes for Haulage Purposes (IS 1856:2005), Hot Dip Galvanized Stay Strand (IS 2141:2000), Wire Ropes Used in Oil Wells and Oil Well Drilling (IS 4521:2001), Braided Nylon Ropes for Mountaineering (IS 6590:1972), Galvanized Steel Barbed Wire for Fencing (IS 278:2009), and Mechanically Woven Hexagonal Wire Mesh Gabions etc. (IS 16014:2018), to conform to the corresponding Indian Standard and bear the Standard Mark under licence from the Bureau of Indian Standards as per Scheme-1 of Schedule-II to the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018; implementation for the general category begins 1st December 2024, with staggered later dates for micro enterprises (1st June 2025) and small enterprises (1st March 2025) as defined under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006); goods manufactured domestically for export are exempted; contravention is punishable under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016; the Order is signed by Sanjiv, Joint Secretary, under F. No. P-29026/3/2023-LEI.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-04072024-255171 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2446] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2024/ASHADHA 13, 1946 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE and INDUSTRY (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) ORDER New Delhi, the 3rd July, 2024 S.O. 2581(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), and in supersession of the Steel Wires or Strands, Nylon or Wire Ropes and Wire mesh (Quality Control) Order, 2023, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government, after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, is 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.-(1) This order may be called the Steel Wires or Strands, Nylon or Wire Ropes and Wire mesh (Quality Control) Order, 2024. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Order, it shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Compulsory use of Standard Mark.-Goods or articles specified in column (2) of the Table shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard mentioned in column (3) of the Table and shall bear the Standard Mark under a licence from the Bureau as per Scheme-1 of Schedule-II to the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018: Provided that the micro enterprises and small enterprises, as defined under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006) shall conform to such Indian Standards from the date specified in the corresponding entry under columns (6) and (7) of the Table respectively: Provided that nothing in this Order shall apply to goods or articles manufactured domestically for export. 3. Certification and enforcement authority.-The Bureau shall be the certifying and enforcing authority for the goods or articles specified in the column (2) of the Table. 4. Penalty for Contravention. -Any person who contravenes the provisions of this order shall be punishable under the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016. TABLE +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | S1. | Goods | Indian | Title of Indian | Date of | Date of | Date of | | No. | or | Standard | Standard | implementation in | implementation | Implementation | | | Articles | | | General (other | for Micro | for Small | | | | | | than Micro and | Enterprises | Enterprises | | | | | | Small Enterprises) | | | +=====+===============================+===============+======================================================================================================================================+====================+================+===================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | 1 | Steel Wires or | 2266:2019 | Steel Wire Ropes for General Engineering Purposes | 1st December, 2024 | 1st June, 2025 | 1st March, 2025 | | | Strands, Nylon | | | | | | +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | 2 | or Wire Ropes | 2365:2018 | Steel Wire Suspension Ropes for Lifts, Elevators and Hoists | | | | | | and Wire mesh | | | | | | +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | 3 | | 1855:2022 | Stranded steel wire ropes for winding and man Riding haulages in mines | | | | +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | 4 | | 1856:2005 | Steel Wire Ropes for Haulage Purposes | | | | +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | 5 | | 2141:2000 | Hot Dip Galvanized Stay Strand | | | | +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | 6 | | 4521:2001 | Wire Ropes Used in Oil Wells and Oil Well Drilling | | | | +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | 7 | | 6590:1972 | Braided Nylon Ropes for Mountaineering | | | | +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | 8 | | 278: 2009 | Galvanized Steel Barbed Wire for Fencing | | | | +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | 9 | | 16014:2018 | Mechanically Woven, Double-Twisted, Hexagonal Wire Mesh Gabions, Revet Mattresses and Rock Fall Netting and Other products for Civil | | | | | | | | Engineering Purposes (Galvanized Steel Wire or Galvanized Steel Wire with polymer coating) | | | | +-----+-------------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+-------------------+ Note.- For the purposes of this Table, the latest version of Indian Standards including the amendments thereof, as notified by the Bureau from time to time shall apply. [F. No. P- 29026/3/2023-LEI] SANJIV, Jt. Secy.

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