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The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II-Section 3—Sub-section (ii)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1966/KARTIKA 13,1888

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation.

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE

NOTIFICATIONS

New Delhi, the 4th November 1966

S.O. 3387.—Whereas the Central Government is of opinion that in exercise of

the powers conferred by section ft of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection)

Act, 1963 (22 of 1963). automobile scares, components and ancillaries shall be

'subject to Quality control and inspection prior to export;

Ana whereas the Central Government has formulated the proposals specified

below for the said purpose and has forwarded the same to the Export Inspection

Council, as required by sub-rule (2; of rule 11 of the Export (Quality Control

and Inspection) Ruies, 1964

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said sub-rule, the Central Government

publishes the sale' proposals for the information of the public likely to be affected

thereby.

2. Notice is hereby given that any person desiring to' forward any objection or

suggesion with respect to the said proposals may forward the same within thirty

days of the date of publication of this notification to the Export Inspection Council.

World Trade Centre 14/1-B, Ezra Street, (7th floor), Calcutta-1.

PROPOSALS

(1) To notify that automobile spares, components and ancillaries be subject

to quality control and inspection prior to export;

(2) To specify the type of quality control and inspection in accordance with

the draft Export of Automobile Spares, Components and Ancillaries

(Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1967 set out in Annexure I

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to this notification as the type of quality control and inspection which

would be applied to such automobile spares, components and ancil-

laries;

(3) To recognise-—

(a) the contractual specifications as agreed upon between the buyer and

the seller, and

(b) in the absence of any

contractual specifications, the

specifications

issued by the Indian Standards Institution for automobile spares,

components and ancillaries as given in Annexure II tq, this notifi-

cation, as the standard specifications for automobile spares, com-

ponents and ancillarieg;

(4) To

prohibit the export, in the course of international trade of

such

automobile spares, components and anclllarles unless the same are

either accompanied by a certificate issued by any of the Export Inspec-

tion Agencies established under section 7 of the Export (Quality Con-

trol arid Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963), to the effect- that the

automobile spares, components and ancillaries are export-worthy or

are affixed with a seal or mark recognised by the Central Govern-

ment under section 8 of the said Act, indicating that the automobile

spares, components and ancillaries conform to either the contractual

specifications or in the absence of ahy contractual specification, the

Indian Standard specifications, specified in the said Annexure II.

3. Nothing in this notification shall apply to the export by land, sea or air of

samples of automobile spares, components and ancillaries aforesaid not exceeding

three in number to prospective buyers.

3. Definition.—tn this notification 'spares, components and

ancillaries'

shall

mean any manufactured product used in automobiles, including that used as a

replacement for the original product.

ANNEXURE I

Draft rules proposed to be made under section 17 of the Export (Quality Control

and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963).

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Export

of Automobile Spares, Components and Ancillaries (Quality Control and Inspection)

Rules, 1967.

(2) They shall come into force on 1st February, 1967.

2. Definition.—In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) 'Agency' means any one of the Export Inspection Agencies established

at Cochin, Madras. Calcutta, Bombay and Delhi under section 7 of the

Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963).

(b) 'Spares, components and ancillaries' shall mean any manufactured pro-

duct used in automobiles, including that used as a replacement for

the original product.

3. Qaullty Control.—(1) The quality of the automobile spares, components and

ancillaries shall be ensured by effecting the following controls, at different stages

of manufacture, preservation and packing of such product, as given below;

(A) Manufacturing stage control.

(i) Bought out materials and components control.

(a) Purchase specifications shall be laid down by the manufacturer in-

corporating the properties of materials/components to be used and

the detailed dimensions• thereof with tolerances.

(b) The accepted consignments shall be either, accompanied by a

supplier's

test/inspection certificate corroborating the

require-

ments of the

purchase specification, In which case

occasional

checks

shall be conducted by the purchaser for a

particular

supplier to verify the correctness of the aforesaid test/inspection

certificates,

or, the purchased materials/components

shnll be

regularly inspected/tested either in a laboratory within the factory

or in an outside laboratory/test house.

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on a recorded investigation.

(.d) After the inspection/test Is carried out, systematic methods shall

be adopted in- segregating the accepted and rejected materials/

components

separately,

and in disposal of rejected materials/

components.

(e) Correct and adequate records in respect of above mentioned con-

trols shall be regularly and systematically maintained.

(ii) Process Control

(a) Detailed process specifications shall be laid down by the manu-

facturer for different processes of manufacture,

(b) Equipments, instrumentation and facilities shall be

adequate

to -

control the processes QS laid down in the process specifications.

verifying the controls exercised during the process of manufac-

ture,

(iii) Product Control

(a) The manufacturers shall either have his own

adequate

testing

facilities, or, shall have access to such testing facilities existing

elsewhere to test the product as per the sepciflcations recognis-

ed under section 6 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspec-

tion) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963).

(b-) Sampling (wherever required) for testing shall be bascti on a

recorded investigation.

are given In the table below:

THE TABLE

SI.

No.

1 2

Requirements

Material

. '

. £

(

Dimensions with tolerances

Workumansip and finish

Casting defects

Grade of casting

' .

Hardness for heat treated pans.

Surface finish measurement

(a) Adhesion "1 c

(6) Thickness J^for P^alatcd P^arts

(a) Insulation Resistance If?*

;^_

(ft) High Voltage

^£™

(a) Tensile Strength test

ijJ^L

WAglingtest

jrubb.

Adhesion strength for rubber

bonded parts.

Functional test

Packing

. . .

•

Reference

itandard

specifica-

tion recognised for

the purpose under

Bxport

(Quality

Control

and Ins-

pection) Act, 1963.

Do.

Sample

size

One

Each

Do.

One

Five No.

Each

One

Each

3 Nos.

Do.

One No,

One No.

Lot size

Each batch

Each charge

Do.

Each batch

Do.

Each consignment

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(d) Correct and adequate records in respect 01 tests carried out snan

bo regularly and systematically maintained.

(B) Preservation. Control

(a) A detailed specification shall be laid down by the manufacturer to

safeguard the product from adverse effects of weather conditions.

(b) The product shall be well preserved both during storage and during.

transit.

(a) A specification shall be laid down for packing the aforesaid product.

(b) The package shall be well finished and have a Rood presentabllity.

' (c) The inner contents of Ihc package shall be so packed as to withstand

Drop Test, Rolling Test and Water Spraying Test U3 slven below:

(i) Drop Test

The package shall be dropped from a height of 125 cm once on the¹

largest flat surface, once on the longest edge and once on any

corner of its own and shall not cause damage to either itself

or its contents,

(ii) Rolling Test

The package shall be subject to rolling on its sides either 6255 cm for-

ward and 625 cm backward or 1250 cm in one direction only and.

shall not cause any damage to either Itself or its contents.

(iii) Water

Spraying,

The package shall be allowed to be exposed against a water spray

equivalent to a normal sudden monsoon shower for five minutes

and the contents inside shall not be affected.

(2) Inspection.—The' inspection of automobile spares, components and ancil-

laries intended for export shall be carried out with a view to seeing that the

above mentioned controls have been exercised at the relevant levels satisfactorily

and the automobile spares, components and ancillaries conform to the standard:

specifications applicable to it.

4, Procedure of Inspection.—(1) The exporter /manufacturer shall give intima-

tion in writing to any one of the agencies recognised under section 7 of the

Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963) and submit

along with such intimation a declaration that the consignment of automobile

spares, components and ancillaries have been manufactured by exercising quality

control measures as per controls referred to under rule 3 above-, and that the

consignment conforms to the requirements of, the specifications recognised for

this purpose.

(2) The exporter .'manufacturer shall also furnish to the agency the identifica-

tion marks applied on the consignment.

(3) Every intimation and declaration under sub-rule (1) shall roach the office

of the agency not less than fifteen days prior to the despatch of the consignment

from the manufacturer's premises.

(4) On receipt of the intimation and declaration under sub-rule (1), the

agency, on satisfying itself that during the process of manufacture the manufac-

turer had exercised adequate qtiality controls to manufacture the automobile

spares, components and ancillaries according to the controls mentioned in rule 3'

above, shall, within three days of carrying out the inspection, issue ;i certificate

declaring tho contignment of automobile spares, components and ancillaries asr

export-worthy/not export-worthy.

5. Procedure for affixation of recognised mark,—The provisions of the Indian.

Standards Institution (Certification Marks) Act., 1952 (36 of 1952), the Indian

Standards Institution (Certification Marks) Rules, 1955 and the Indian Standadrs

Institution (Certification Marks) Regulations, 1955, shall so far as may be, apply

to the procedure of affixation of the recgonised mark or seal on automobile-

spares, components and ancillaries prior to export and automobile spares^ com-

ponents and ancillaries so marked shall not be subjected to any inspection under

rule 4 of these rules.

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6. Place of Inspection.—Every inspection under these rules shall.be carried

out at the premises of the manufacturer.

7. Inspection Fee.—Subject to a minimum of Rs. 20 for each consignment, a

fee @ 20 paise per every hundred rupee of F.O.B. value of each such consignment

shall be paid by the exporter,manufacturer to the inspection agency as inspec-

tion fee under rule 4 of these rules.

8. Appeal.—fl) Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the inspection agency

to issue a certificate under sub-rule (4) of rule 4 may, within ten days of the

receipt of the communication of such refusal by him, prefer an appeal to a

Panel of Experts, consisting of not less than three persons, that may be constitut-

ed by the Central Government.

(2) The decision of the said panel of experts on such appeal shall be final

ANNEXURE II

INDIAN STANDARDS

1. Automobile electric horn relay

Do.

horns part I D C vibratingftype

Do.

do.

Part II wind tone type

4. Automobile lamps

5. Cartridge fuse links for automobiles

. • " .

6. Generators (dynamos) for automobiles

7. Ignition coils]j

8. Sparking plugs 14 mm

9. Taper terminal cable connectors for automobile batteries.

10. Automobile brake lining

' .

11. General requirements for leaf springs for automobile

suspension

12. Helical springs for ^automobile suspension

13. Inlet and exhaust valves for internal combustion engines

14. Single cylinder fuel injection pumps

IS : 2077—1962

IS : 1884—1961 Pt. I.

IS : 1884—1963 Rt. II.

IS : 1606—1960

IS : 2577—1963

I S : 2646—1964

IS : 2325—1963

IS : 1063—1963

IS : 2081—1962J

IS : 2742—1964

IS : 1135—1957

IS: 2634—1964

IS : 810—1957

IS : 1543—1960

[No. «0(157)Exp.Insp/«6 ]

S.O. 3388.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Export

(Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963), the Central Govern-

ment hereby recognises the following inspection agencies for quality control

and pre-shipment inspection of automobile spares, components and ancillaries

specified in the Schedule annexed to this notification for purposes of export, in

granting the certificate under sub-rule (4) of rule 4 of the Export of Automobile

Spares, Components and Ancillaries (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1967,

namely:

1. Export

Inspection

Agency,

Cochin.

'Monohar

Building',

Mahatma

Gandhi Road, Ernakulam-1.

2. Export' Inspection

Agency,

Madras,

'World

Trade

Centre',

'Sire

Mansion', 123, Mount Road, Madras-6.

3. Export Inspection Agency, Calcutta, *World Trade Centre', 14/I-B, Ezra

Street (7th floor), Calcutta-1.

4. Expoit Inspection Agency, Bombay, 'Harchandrai House', 1st floor, 81,

Queen's Road, Bdmbay-2.

5. Export Inspection Agency, Delhi, C/O Director (Quality Control), Min-

istry of Commerce, 'Udyog Bhavan' (Room No. 116), New Delhi.

[No. 60(157) /Exp.Insp. /66. ]

S.O. 3389.—Whereas the Central Government, in exercise of the powers con-

ferred by section 8 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (221

of 1963), proposes to recognise the Indian Standards Institution Certification

Mark with respect to automobile spares, components and ancillaries for the pur-,

pose of denoting that 'where automobile spares, components and ancillaries are

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affixed with such mark, they shall be deemed to be in conformity with the

standard specification applicable thereto under clause (c) of section 6 of the

aaid Act;

And whereas the Central Government has forwarded the aforesaid rroposal

to the Export Inspection Council as required by sub-rule (2) of rule J¹ of the

Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Rule3. 1H64;

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said sub-rule, the Central Government

hereby publishes the said proposal for the information of the public likely to

be affected thereby.

2. Notice is hereby given that any person desiring to forward any objection

or suggestion with respect to the said proposal may forward the same within

thirty days of the publication of this notification to the Export Inspection Coun-

cil, World Trade Centre', 14/1-B, Ezra Street, (7th floor), Calcutta-1.

[tfo. 60(157)/Kxp.Inspye8.]

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