Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade has prepared a Draft Quality Control Orders in respect of Sports Goods in order to bring it under mandatory BlS certification keeping in view the human safety and for ensuring the optimum quality of product. This QCO may be referred to as the Sports Goods (Quality Control) Order, 2023. The Draft QCO for Sports Goods is attached below.

As per this Draft QCO, The Central Government, after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, decides that it is necessary or expedient to issue the “Sports Goods (Quality Control) Order, 2023” in the public interest.

According to this Order, "Sports Goods" shall have to comply with the corresponding Indian Standard and bear the standard mark (ISI Mark) under a licence from the Bureau of Indian Standards as per Scheme- I of Schedule- II of BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations 2018, and cannot be produced, traded/sold, stocked, or imported unless they bear the ISI Mark.

This order is not applicable to the products or articles which are meant for export.

NOTE: Any person who violates the provisions of this order will be punished in accordance with the provisions of the BIS Act, 2016.

Implementation Authority : Bureau of Indian Standards (Govt. of India)