All the Information you need on Mandatory BIS Certification for toys.
Play is not risk-free – and nor should it be but if we talk about external factors like toys, it seems to be crucial to ensure that there should be no harm to children playing with one of the toys either it is domestically manufactured or imported from other countries. Now Government of India is on the move to control most of the hazards children are exposed to. Toys must be safe by law, taking this motive seriously, The Department For Promotion Of Industry and Internal Trade & Ministry Of Commerce and Industry considered it to be Mandatory BIS Certification for toys.
The order, Compulsion of BIS Certification on toys by DPIIT is entitled as Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020, firstly notified on 25 February 2020 and stated that quality control operations of states should conform the Toys to the Indian standards and obligate the domestic manufacturers and imports to bear the Standard Mark under a license from BIS as per Scheme-I of Schedule-II of BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulation, 2018
This Order also equally applies to all toys being imported into India, and that the Foreign Manufacturer must also obtain a valid certification from BIS, as is mandatory for all the manufacturers of toys in India.
The procedure and methods to obtain BIS Certification for Toys.
First of all, there is more than one Indian standard applicable to each toy, but to make the process simpler for the manufacturers, the ministry has been decided to classify them into two types for BIS Certification of Toys.
1.Non Electric Toys (these are ordinary toys such as rattles, dolls, puzzles, etc. which do not have any function dependent on electricity)
Indian Standards for Non electric Toys- IS 9873 (Part 1):2019
2.Electric Toys (these are toys which have at least one function dependent on electricity as mentioned in the scope of IS 15644)
Indian Standards for Electric Toys- IS 15644:2006
To increase the efficiency and ease for either BIS Certification for Imports of Toys or the BIS for domestic toys manufacturers who are applying may choose one of the above standards based on the type of the toy. In case the BIS Certification of Toys is required for more than one type of toy (i.e. non-electrical and electrical), separate applications should be made for each type. However, the samples going to be tested by BIS for conformity to the primary standard and secondary standards which are applicable i.e. IS 9873 parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9, etc
If a manufacturer of toys has manufacturing units operating from different locations than as per the provision of Scheme-I of Schedule-II of BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulation, 2018, license to use or apply a Standard Mark, only be granted by BIS for specific manufacturing premises. That means to say that for each manufacturing premises/unit the manufacturer has to apply separately, does not matter if the manufacturer willing to obtain BIS Certification for Toys is an importer or Domestic. Whereas if a manufacturer of toys is only involved in marketing and distribution not a manufacturer of toys then the order does not apply to the particular practice. As per the provisions of Scheme-I of Schedule-II of BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018, the applying party for BIS Certification for toys only be given to the manufacturer of the toys.
