Notifying QCO for the Laboratory Laboratory Glassware QC Amendment Order

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-12122024-259359 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4959] | NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2024/AGRAHAYANA 20, 1946 (1) 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE ORDER New Delhi, the 10th December, 2024 S. O. 5358(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), 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 to amend the Laboratory Glassware (Quality Control) Order, 2023, namely: - 1. (1) This Order may be called the Laboratory Glassware (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2024. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Laboratory Glassware (Quality Control) Order, 2023, in paragraph 2, after the third proviso the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: "Provided also that nothing in this Order shall apply up to two years from the date of commencement of this Order, to goods or articles manufactured domestically by an enterprise, registered on the "Udyam portal" of the Central Government in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, wherein the investment in plant and machinery or equipment at original cost does not exceed twenty-five lakh rupees and the turnover does not exceed two crore rupees for the previous financial year as certified by a Chartered Accountant: Provided also that nothing in this Order shall apply for two hundred numbers of goods or articles imported for the purpose of research and development by manufacturers of laboratory glassware per year with the condition that such imported goods and articles shall not be sold commercially and can be disposed of as a scrap and the manufacturers shall maintain a year-wise record of such goods or articles and furnish to the Central Government". [F. No. P-29026/10/2023-LEI] SANJIV, Jt. Secy. Note.- The principal Order was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 44(E), dated the 3rd January, 2024. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Date: 2024.12.12 14:10:25 +0530