. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/IND/20 
17 July 2006 
 (06-3447) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   INDIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau of Indian Standards 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Manak Bhawan, 
9 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi-110 002 
Telephone: 91-11-23231082 
Fax:  91-11-23239399 
Email:   drbajaj@bis.org.in   
Website: www.bis.org.in 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 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):   Pneumatic Tyres & 
Tubes for Automotive Vehicles. ICS:  numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): ICS:  83.160.10 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   This Order would be 
called the “Pneumatic Tyres and Tubes For Au tomotive Vehicles (Quality Control) Order, 
2006”, (4 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   This notification pertains to bringing Automotive tyres and tubes 
under mandatory certification which is necessary for securing safety of the people.  For 
compliance of this requirement, all manufactur es of these products, shall be required to 
obtain certification from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection and safety. 
8. Relevant documents:    
Sl. No.1 
Item: Automotive vehicles – Pneumatic tyres for two and three-wheeled motor vehicles - 
Specification Indian Standard: IS 15627  G/TBT/N/IND/20 
Page 2  
 
  Sl. No: 2 
Item: Automotive vehicles – Pneumatic tyres for passenger car vehicles – Diagonal and radial ply – Specification  Indian Standard: IS 15633  
Sl. No: 3 
Item:  Automotive vehicles – Pneumatic tyres for commercial vehicles – Diagonal and radial ply – Specification Indian Standard: IS 15636  
Sl. No: 4 
Item: Automotive vehicles – Tubes Fo r Pneumatic Tyres - Specification 
Indian Standard: IS 13098 
 
The above standards can be obtained from :  
  Manak Bhawan, 
  9 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg   New Delhi-110 002 
Telephone:  (+91)-11-23231082 
Fax:   (+91)-11-23239399 Email:   drbajaj@bis.org.in   
Website:  www.bis.org.in 
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be decided. 
10. Final date for comments:   15 September 2006. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS), 
  Manak Bhawan,   9 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg 
  New Delhi-110 002 
Telephone:  (+91)-11-23231082 
Fax:   (+91)-11-23239399 Email:   drbajaj@bis.org.in   Website:  www.bis.org.in