BIS AMENDMENT ORDER-II FOR THE AUTOMOBILE WHEEL RIM COMPONENT

OVERVIEW

19^TH DECEMBER 2023

On December 19, 2023, the Ministry of Heavy Industries in New Delhi made changes to the rules about the quality control of Automobile Wheel Rim Components. They named these changes the "Automobile Wheel Rim Component (Quality Control) Amendment Order-II, 2023". These new rules will start on December 22, 2023, or when they get published in the Official Gazette, whichever happens later. The changes in paragraph 1, subparagraph (3), explain which goods or things the rules affect, and they also say some things that the rules do not apply to namely:-

1. Automobile wheel rims meant for export;
2. Up to five wheel rims per vehicle w.r.t. rule 126A of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, which grants relaxation from the test if the number of vehicles sold in India for a given base model and its variants is less than 250 in any consecutive period of six months in a year;
3. Import of up to 5,000 units of 4-Wheeler Automotive Wheel Rims (for 1,250 vehicles), by a 4-Wheeler vehicle manufacturer per financial year, for repairs or after-sales service purposes.
4. Import of up to 10,000 units of 4-Wheeler Automotive Wheel Rims (for 2,500 vehicles), per financial year, per 4-Wheeler vehicle manufacturer for R & D purposes.
5. Import of up to 50,000 units of 4-Wheeler Automotive Wheel Rims (for 10,000 vehicles) per financial year, per 4-Wheeler vehicle manufacturer for manufacturing 4-Wheeler vehicles in India.
6. Import of up to 24,000 units of 2-Wheeler Automotive Wheel Rims (for 12,000 vehicles) per financial year, per 2-wheeler vehicle manufacturer for repairs or after-sales service purposes.
7. Import of up to 10,000 units of 2-Wheeler Automotive Wheel Rims (for 5,000 vehicles) per financial year, per two-wheeler vehicle manufacturer for R & D purposes.
8. Import of up to 70,000 units of 2-Wheeler Automotive Wheel Rims (for 35,000 vehicles) per financial year, per 2-wheeler vehicle manufacturer for manufacturing 2-Wheeler vehicles in India, subject to not more than 25,000 Automobile Wheel Rim units of one type.

QCO - Quality Control Order