Notification of Bolts Nuts and Fasteners Quality Control Order 2024 in E Gazette

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-18072024-255511 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2635] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 15, 2024/ASHADHA 24, 1946 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) ORDER New Delhi, the 12th July, 2024 S.O. 2771(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 Bolts, Nuts and Fasteners (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 Bolts, Nuts and Fasteners (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.- (1) 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 enterprise and small enterprise, 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: TABLE +-----+-------------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+ | Sl. | Goods or | Indian | Title of Indian Standard | Date of | Date of | Date of | | No. | Articles | Standard | | implementation | implementation | Implementation | | | | | | (other than | for Micro | for Small | | | | | | Micro and Small | Enterprises | Enterprises | | | | | | Enterprises) | | | +=====+===================+===================+================================================================+============================+=============================+============================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | +-----+-------------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+ | 1. | Bolts, Nuts | 1363 (Part 1): | Hexagon Head Bolts, Screws and Nuts of product Grade C | 1st August, 2024 | 1st February, | 1st November, | | | and | 2019 | Hexagon Head Bolts (Size Range M 5 to M 64) | | 2025 | 2024 | | | Fasteners | | | | | | | | | 1363 (Part 2): | Hexagon Head Screw (Size ranges from M 5 to M 64) | | | | | | | 2018 | | | | | | | | 1363 (Part 3): | Hexagon Head Bolts, Screws and Nuts of product Grade C - | | | | | | | 2018 | Hexagon Nuts (Size Range M5 to M64) | | | | | | | 1364 (Part 1): | Hexagon Head Bolts, Screws and Nuts of product Grades A | | | | | | | 2018 | and B - Hexagon Head Bolts (Size Range M 1.6 To M 64) | | | | | | | 1364 (Part 2): | Hexagon Head Bolts, Screws and Nuts of Product Grades A | | | | | | | 2018 | and B - Hexagon Head Screws (Size Range M 1.6 to M 64) | | | | | | | 4621:1975 | Indicating Bolts for use in public baths and lavatories | | | | | | | 5187:1972 | Flush Bolts | | | | | | | 10238:2001 | Fasteners - Threaded Steel Fastener - Step Bolts for Steel | | | | | | | | Structures | | | | | | | 12427:2001 | Fasteners - Threaded Steel Fasteners - Hexagon Head | | | | | | | | Transmission Tower Bolts | | | | | | | 3757:1985 | High Strength Structural Bolts | | | | | | | 204 (Part 2): | Tower Bolts- Non-ferrous metals | | | | | | | 1992 | | | | | | | | 204 (Part 1): | Tower Bolts- Ferrous metals | | | | | | | 1991 | | | | | | | | 15834:2020 | Stainless Steel Sliding Door Bolts (aldrops) for use With | | | | | | | | Padlocks | | | | | | | 2681:1993 | Non-ferrous metal sliding door bolts (aldrops) for use with | | | | | | | | padlocks | | | | | | | 281:2009 | Mild steel sliding door bolts for use with padlocks | | | | | | | 7534:1985 | Sliding locking bolts for use with padlocks | | | | | | | 1284:1975 | Wrought Aluminium Alloy Bolt and Screw Stock for | | | | | | | | General Engineering purposes | | | | | | | 15833:2009 | Stainless steel Tower Bolts | | | | | | | 6623:2004 | High Strength Structural Nuts | | | | +-----+-------------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+ Explanation. 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. (2) Nothing in this Order shall apply to the following, namely:- (a) goods or articles manufactured domestically for export; (b) goods or articles imported as a part of any finished good or sub-assembly or component; (c) goods or articles manufactured domestically by an enterprise, registered on the "Udyam Portal" maintained by 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 preceding financial year as certified by a Chartered Accountant. (3) Nothing in this Order shall apply for a period of three years from the date of the commencement of this Order to the following goods or articles, namely:- (a) goods or articles imported by a manufacturer for manufacturing equipment or product or sub-assemblies or component in India for exports subject to the condition that the manufacturer furnishes a self-declaration in this regard in its letter-head signed by its authorized 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; (b) goods or articles imported by a manufacturer upto the value of goods or articles specified under columns (2), (3) and (4) of the following Table to be imported in a financial years as for the purposes of manufacturing equipment or product or sub-assemblies or component in India as per the following schedule, namely:- Table +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Goods or Articles | Financial Year 2024-25 | Financial Year 2025-26 | Financial Year 2026-27 and thereafter | +===================+===================================================================================+===================================================================================+===================================================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bolts, Nuts and | Upto 80% of the total value of goods or article imported in the financial year 2023- | Upto 70% of the total value of goods or article imported in the financial year 2023- | Upto 50% of the total value of goods or article in the financial year 2023-2024 | | Fasteners | 2024 | 2024 | | +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Provided that the manufacturer shall maintain year-wise record of such goods or articles and furnish the same to Government authorities concerned in its letter head signed by its authorized signatory and in addition the manufacturer shall submit a plan for indigenization of goods or article to the Central Government. (4) Nothing in this Order shall apply up to two hundred kilograms of goods or articles imported for the purpose of research and development by manufacturers of bolts, nuts and fasteners 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 manufacturer shall maintain financial year-wise record of the goods or articles and furnish to the Government authorities concerned in its letter head signed by its authorized signatory. (5) Nothing in this Order shall apply to goods or article which are domestically procured or imported as spares or for providing after-sales service by a manufacturer of equipment or product or sub-assemblies or component, up to five percent of the value of bolts, nuts and fastener imported in the financial year 2023-24 subject to the condition that such manufacturer shall declare its old stock of nuts, bolts and fasteners domestically procured or imported within three months from the date of commencement of this Order to the Bureau Indian Standards and maintain a year-wise record of such goods or articles and furnish to the Central Government authorities in its letter head duly signed by its authorized signatory. 3. Certification and enforcement authority.- The Bureau shall be the certifying and enforcing authority for the goods or articles specified under this Order. 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. [F. No. P-29026/1/2023-LEI] SANJIV, Jt. Secy.