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Reply: The Central Government based on an internal assessment and in public interest notifies the products for mandatory BIS certification mark under a licence.

The list is updated as soon as a new product is notified for mandatory BIS certification by the Central Government.

Argentina 8:

8. In paragraph 106, the report mentions that foreign producers who wish to export products subject to mandatory certification must obtain a license from the BIS, paying application fees, processing and marking fees, a unit rate fee which varies according to the product, an annual fee, and a quarterly fee for units of production marked, which is fixed according to product.

  Are locally manufactured products subject to the same rate as imports?

  Please indicate where the list of fees for each product may be obtained.

  What are the criteria for fixing these fees?

Reply: Yes, locally manufactured products are subject to the same application fee, annual fee and unit rates, as imports.

The information of marking fee unit rates (Slab Rates), Indian standard wise, is available on BIS website at http://www.bis.org.in.