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India extends enforcement date of Quality Control Orders for three polymer products to 2025.
India’s Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has extended the enforcement date of the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for three polymer products to 6 June 2025. The notifications were published in the Gazette of India on 6 December 2024, in consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) extending enforcement dates.
The QCOs were first issued on 6 December2023 and were originally scheduled to take effect on 3 June 2024. These orders were later amended on 4 June 2024, with the enforcement date scheduled for 6 September2024.
Revised Implementation Dates for Polymer Products
The revised implementation dates and corresponding standards for the polymer products are as follows.
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Products |
Indian Standards |
Previous implementation date |
Revised implementation date |
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Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)/ Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement |
IS 11652:2017 Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)/ Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement- Specification |
6 September 2024 |
6 June 2025 |
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Textiles — Polypropylene (PP) Woven, Laminated, Block Bottom Valve Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement |
IS 16709:2017 Textiles — Polypropylene (PP) Woven, Laminated, Block Bottom Valve Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement- Specification |
6 September 2024 |
6 June 2025 |
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Textiles — Polypropylene (PP)/High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Laminated Woven Sacks for Mail Sorting, Storage, Transport and Distribution |
IS 17399:2020 Textiles — Polypropylene (PP)/ High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Laminated Woven Sacks for Mail Sorting, Storage, Transport and Distribution - Specifications |
6 September 2024 |
6 June 2025 |
The Quality Control Order mandates that the affected materials must carry the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification mark to ensure compliance with the specified standards 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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