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India extends enforcement date of Quality Control Orders for two polymer products.

2024-09-16 Reference source : DCPC (The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals)

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India’s Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has extended the enforcement date of the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for two polymer products. The notifications were published in the Gazette of India on 23 August 2024 in consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and extend the enforcement dates of the QCOs for Polypropylene (PP) Materials for Moulding and Extrusion and Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) Homopolymers. The QCOs were originally published on 26 February 2024 and were due to come into force on 23 August 2024.   

 

The implementation dates and corresponding standards for the polymer products are as follows:  

Products  

Indian standard  

Implementation date  

Polypropylene (PP) Materials for Moulding and Extrusion 

IS 10951:2020 Specification for Polypropylene (PP) Materials for Moulding and Extrusion (Second revision) 

12 December 2024 

Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) Homopolymers 

IS 17658:2021 Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) Homopolymers-Specification 

12 December 2024 

  

The Quality Control Order mandates that the substances concerned to carry the certification mark of the Bureau of Indian Standards, ensuring that the existing rules remain in force until the implementation of the new QCOs.  

  



We acknowledge that the above information has been compiled from DCPC (The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals).

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