The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) on December 11, 2024, issued the Laboratory Glassware (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2024 to further amend the Laboratory Glassware (Quality Control) Order, 2023.
The following amendment has been stated:
• In paragraph 2, after the third proviso the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:
“Provided also that nothing in this Order shall apply up to two years from the date of commencement of this Order, to goods or articles manufactured domestically by an enterprise, registered on the "Udyam portal" of the Central Government in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, wherein the investment in plant and machinery or equipment at original cost does not exceed twenty-five lakh rupees and the turnover does not exceed two crore rupees for the previous financial year as certified by a Chartered Accountant:
Provided also that nothing in this Order shall apply for two hundred numbers of goods or articles imported for the purpose of research and development by manufacturers of laboratory glassware per year with the condition that such imported goods and articles shall not be sold commercially and can be disposed of as a scrap and the manufacturers shall maintain a year-wise record of such goods or articles and furnish to the Central Government”.
It shall come into force on December 11, 2024.
[Notification No. S. O. 5358(E)]
