Notifying Gypsum based Building Materials QCO 2024 E Gazette

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-26112024-258918 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4668] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2024/ AGRHAYANA 4, 1946 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department For Promotion Of Industry And Internal Trade) ORDER New Delhi, the 15th November, 2024 S.O. 5058(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 Gypsum based Building Materials (Quality Control) Order, 2024, namely:- 1. (1) This Order may be called the Gypsum based Building Materials (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2024. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Gypsum based Building Materials (Quality Control) Order, 2024, in paragraph 2, after the third proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely: - ''Provided further that nothing in this order shall apply to goods or articles domestically manufactured or imported before the date of commencement of this order by the manufacturer certified by the Bureau or manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification or by the importer for the relevant goods and articles and such manufacturer or importer shall be permitted to sell or display or offer to sell such declared stock up to six months from the date of notification of the Gypsum based Building Materials (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2024, subject to the condition that such manufacturer or importer shall make a declaration to this effect certified by a Chartered Accountant to the Central Government. Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply for two hundred pieces of required specific size of goods or articles imported for the purpose of research and development by manufacturers of Gypsum based Building Materials per year subject to the condition that such imported goods and articles shall not be sold commercially and shall be disposed of as scrap, and also the manufacturer shall maintain financial year-wise records of such goods or articles and furnish them to the Central Government in its letter head signed by its authorised signatory.”. [F. No. P-31032 /13/2023-Cement Section)] 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. 1153(E), dated the 7 March, 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.