BEE Certification

The Bureau of Indian Standards would like to revise the update standard IS 15636 (“Automotive Vehicles – Pneumatic Tyres for Commercial Vehicles – Diagonal and Radial Ply – Specification”) in some points and has published the first draft amendment of IS 15636 (2022) for this purpose on 19 July 2023. The following amendments are proposed: …

Third revision of IS 15636: Please submit comments now Read More »

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the Ministry of Heavy Engineering in India have announced two changes to the regulations governing the certification of automotive components in India. These changes are intended to improve the quality control and performance standards of tyres and automotive rim components. The first amendment, known as the Central …

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Last year, there were already some changes for the BEE certification of tyres (e.g. here or here), but they shouldn’t be the last. On 29/12/2022, the Office of Energy Efficiency convened a meeting of the Technical Committee for the Star & Labelling System for Tyres and announced further changes, including the standardisation of the BEE …

India: Marking for tyres with the BEE energy efficiency label to be adapted to international standards Read More »

Already in June 2022, the Indian Ministry of Transport had updated the regulations for the certification(s) of tyres. At that time, it was about the testing of tyres. Now, on 18 October 2022, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has met on the exact specifications of the marking with the energy efficiency (BEE) logo and …

India: New dates for marking with the BEE energy efficiency label for tyres Read More »

Already in April 2022, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) had revised the requirements for tyres (BIS certification) changed and updated the corresponding standards. While changes were made in virtually all areas of the standards at the time, this time BIS has only updated the requirements for tyre dimensions. Changes to standards or other regulations …

New dimensional requirements for tyres according to IS 15636, IS 15633 and IS 15627 Read More »

Anyone in India who accepts tires for disposal or otherwise manages the disposal of used car tires or is in any way part of that disposal process must register with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, s. u. ) with a “Extended producer responsibility”, also an “extended producer responsibility”, register. Those …

India: ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ (EPR) required for entire tyre supply chain Read More »

It is not unusual for a new product certification obligation at the BIS to be postponed a few times after the initial announcement. So it is this time with the introduction of the mandatory certification of wheels, colloquially known as rims. In September 2020, the Bureua of Indian Standards (BIS) announced in the“Automobile Wheel Rim …

Further postponement of the BIS certification requirement for wheels according to IS 9436 Read More »

Tyres for almost every type of vehicle have required BIS certification in India since 2009. For this, the tyres must comply with the Indian standards. There are three technical standards for car tyres in India: IS 15633:2005 for passenger car tyres and IS 15636:2016 for commercial vehicle tyres. There is also IS 15627 for tyres of …

Updating of Indian standards for tyres (IS 15633, IS 15636, IS 15627) Read More »