INDIA: ALLOW PARALLEL TESTING OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

 

BIS has issued guidelines for implementation of parallel testing of electronic products covered under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) of BIS.

 

Accordingly, a product & its component subject to BIS could be tested at the same time if the component does not have BIS approval.

 

Under parallel testing, the lab will test the first component & issue test report. This test report number along-with name of lab will be mentioned in the test report of second component. After issuing the reports, the registration of the components will be done sequentially by BIS.

 

An example of procedure to be followed is given below:

1. BIS lab/BIS recognized labs can initiate testing of battery without R-number of cells. The lab will mention the test report no. along-with the name of lab (in place of R-Number of cell) in the final test report of the battery;
2. Similarly, the lab can initiate the testing of Mobile Phone without R-Number of cells, battery & adaptor. The lab will mention the test report number(s) & name(s) of the lab for these components in the final test report of the mobile phone.
3. The lab shall evaluate the test report of the cell and issue the test report of the battery. Similarly, lab shall evaluate the test report of battery and adaptor before issuing the test report of Mobile phone.
4. The manufacturer can submit the applications in parallel for getting the components registered. However, the licence will be processed by BIS only after getting registration of all the components involved in the manufacturing of the final product (i.e., in this case mobile phones).