Alerts & Updates 7th May 2025
Dear Reader,
We are writing to you with an important update regarding proposed mandatory certification requirements applicable to the manufacture and imports of reinforcement couplers for mechanical splices.
| Background |
On May 6, 2025, the Government of India has notified a proposed Quality Control Order (“Draft QCO”) for Reinforcement Couplers for Mechanical Splices at the World Trade Organization’s Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. As per the Draft QCO, certain coupling sleeves, hybrid couplers and threaded couplers would not be allowed to be manufactured, imported and sold in India without being certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The Draft QCO may be viewed here. |
||||
| Products Concerned | The Draft QCO would apply to products covered by the following Indian Standards issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards:
WTO Members are invited to make comments, if any, within 60 days of issuance of the notification i.e. by July 5, 2025. |
||||
| Proposed Exemptions | The Draft QCO exempts certain kinds of goods from its ambit, such as:
|
||||
| Next Steps |
Concerned manufacturers of the abovementioned reinforcement couplers for mechanical splices may raise any comments or questions at the WTO level through their respective governments within the 60-day comment period. Alternatively, questions or comments may be shared directly via e-mail to the Indian Government at the following e-mail id: lei-dpiit@gov.in or dheeraj.meena@gov.in. Upon the conclusion of the aforementioned period, the Indian Government may finalize the Draft QCO and notify the same in the Indian gazette to enter into force on a specified date. Post the enforcement of the QCO, products specified therein would not be permitted to be sold in India without certification from the Bureau of Indian Standards. |
For any queries or comments on this update, please feel free to contact us at insights@elp-in.com. Should you wish to unsubscribe please write to us here.
As per the rules of the Bar Council of India, lawyers and law firms are not permitted to solicit work or advertise. By clicking on the "I Agree" button, you acknowledge and confirm that you are seeking information relating to Economic Laws Practice (ELP) of your own accord and there has been no advertisement, personal communication, solicitation, invitation or any other inducement of any sort whatsoever by or on behalf of ELP or any of its members to solicit any work through this website.