G/TBT/N/IND/82  
 
24 July 2018  
(18-4679) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member: INDIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and 
Public Enterprises, Government of India  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Mr. N. Sivanand, Joint Secretary, In -charge of HE&MT Section, Department of Heavy 
Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises,  Government of India, Udyog 
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011 Tel: 011 23062367 Fax: 011 23062365, email: 
n.sivanand@gov.in  website: www.dhi.nic.in   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [  X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Name of 
the products: Electric Overhead Travelling Crane & Gan try Crane and Power Driven Mobile 
Crane - 
Relevant 8 digit HS Codes are: 84261100, 84261200, 84261900, 84264100, 84264900, 
84269100 and 84269990  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Cranes (Safety 
Requirement) Order, 2018 (2  page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: According to the Cranes (Safety Requirement) Order, 2018, 
Electric Overhead Travelling Crane & Gantry Crane and Power Driven Mobile Crane shall 
conform to the essential requirements indicated in the different clauses of corresponding 
Indian Standards and shall bear the Mark under certificate of conformity by the Bureau of 
Indian Standards as per the provisions of BIS Act, 2016. The Bureau of Indian Standards 
shall be the certifying and enforcing autho rity in respect of said cranes. In addition, not 
below the rank of General Manager, District Industries Centre, Department of Industries of 
the State Government shall also be the enforcing authority. However for export purpose, 
said cranes which may confor m to any specification required by the foreign buyer.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The objective to bring into Cranes (Safety Requirements) Order, 2018 is to 
safeguard the lives of the people involved in construction work and others. If the cranes to 
be used in construction adhered to applicable clauses of Indian Standards, structure 
failure, collapse & overturn, falling objects, etc. could be avoided. Sub -standard cranes 
lead to delay of the p rojects of national importance and also are responsible for project 
cost increase.  G/TBT/N/IND/82  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  Indian Standards IS 3177: 1999 titled 'Code of Practice for Electric 
Overhead Travelling Cranes and Gantry Cranes other than Steel Work Cranes' and I S 
4573: 1982 titled 'Specification for Power Driven Mobile Crane' are the relevant documents 
on chargeable basis available at Bureau of Indian Standards, Manak Bhavan, 9 Bahadur 
Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi -110002, India Tel: +91 11 23230131, 23233375, 23239 402 
(10 lines), Fax: +91 11 23234062, 23239399, 23239382, After office hours: +91 11 
23215936, Email: info@bis.gov.in , Website: www.bis.gov.in  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 15 Se ptember 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: 15 March 2019  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Mr. N. Sivanand, Joint Secretary, In -charge of HE&MT Section, Department of Heavy 
Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Governmen t of India, Udyog 
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011 Tel: 011 23062367 Fax: 011 23062365, email: 
n.sivanand@gov.in  website: www.dhi.nic.in   
 
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