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The Central Government, through the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, amends the Furniture (Quality Control) Order, 2025, by issuing the Furniture (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) issued Order S.O. 774(E) on February 12, 2026, exercising powers under Section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards. This order, titled the Furniture (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026, amends the Furniture (Quality Control) Order, 2025 (principal order S.O. 801(E) dated February 13, 2025), and comes into force upon its publication in the Official Gazette. The amendment inserts three new provisos after the third proviso in paragraph 2 of the principal order. The first proviso exempts the import of up to two hundred units of specified goods/articles per financial year for research and development by BIS-certified furniture manufacturers (or applicants), provided they are not sold commercially, are disposed of as scrap, and records are maintained for the Central Government. The second proviso exempts domestically manufactured or imported goods/articles before the order's implementation date by BIS-certified manufacturers (or applicants), allowing them to sell or display declared stock for up to twelve months from implementation, subject to a self-declaration to the Bureau. The third proviso exempts non-BIS marked goods/articles or components imported by Indian furniture manufacturers for export purposes, contingent on the manufacturer furnishing a self-declaration to the Central Government detailing the import consignment and undertaking not to sell in the domestic market, while maintaining records for government verification.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-13022026-270115 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 736] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2026/MAGHA 24, 1947 1093 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) ORDER New Delhi, the 12th February, 2026 S.O. 774(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 Furniture (Quality Control) Order, 2025, namely: - 1. (1) This order may be called the Furniture (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Furniture (Quality Control) Order, 2025, to paragraph 2, after the third proviso the following provisos shall be inserted, namely: Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to import upto two hundred numbers of goods or articles specified in column(1) of the table for the purpose of research and development per financial year by the manufacturer of furniture certified by the Bureau or the manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification of such goods and articles with the condition that such imported goods and articles shall not be sold commercially and shall be disposed of as a scrap and the manufacturers shall maintain a record of such goods or articles year-wise and furnish the same to the Central Government: Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to goods or articles specified in column (1) of the table domestically manufactured or imported before the date of implementation of this order by the manufacturer certified by the Bureau or the manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification of the relevant goods and articles and such manufacturer shall be permitted to sell or display or offer to sell such declared stock up to twelve months from the date of implementation, subject to the condition that such manufacturer shall furnishes a self declaration to this effect to the Bureau: Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to non-BIS marked goods or articles or its components/sub- assemblies imported by the manufacturer of furniture in India for export of furniture subject to the condition that the manufacturer furnishes a self-declaration in its letter-head signed by its authorised signatory, to the Central Government mentioning the invoice number and other relevant details of the import consignment and an undertaking that the goods or articles so imported shall not be put to any other use or sold in the domestic market and the manufacturer shall maintain the record of such goods and articles imported and its product for verification or audit by the Government authorities concerned". [F. No. P-14031/99/2019-CI] 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. 801(E), dated the 13th February, 2025. 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.

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