Trade-Specific Regulation

The following trade-specific regulation may apply to factories and manufacturing units:

Procedure for Environmental Laboratory Certification

• Any laboratory which fulfils the criteria outlined in the Section 5 of Laboratory Certification Rules, 2014 can make an application on a form given in Schedule I to SEPA. The application shall be accompanied by the Scrutiny Fee of 20,000.
• Every application shall be scrutinized by a committee of officers of SEPA constituted by the Director General.  
• The committee will carry out the inquiry which may include a trial sample, sample test reports and a site visit and submit its recommendations to SEPA.
• SEPA will consider the recommendation and accept or reject them. The application will then be rejected, accepted in full or accepted partially for certain purposes and parameters only.
• In case of rejection, the agency shall give the applicant an opportunity to explain its position.
• In case the application for certification is accepted, the applicant will be informed and asked to deposit within 15 days, the certification fee of 50,000.
• Upon receipt of certification fee, the agency shall issue a certificate to the laboratory and notify the laboratory to be an Environmental Laboratory in official Gazette.

Labour Department Procedures

Procedure for Factory Registration

• The applicant submits the application to the respective Joint Director Labour with the following documents:
  • Form A (Notice of Occupation)
  • Form L-(A)
  • Form L-(B)
  • List of Machinery
  • List of Workers / Employees
  • Form – K
  • Site Plan
• Upon receipt of application the relevant the Labour Officer or Assistant Director conducts a site inspection.
• Once the Joint Director Labour himself or through Assistant Director, or Labour Officer is satisfied than Joint Director issues Factory Registration Certificate.

Documents for Factories Registration

• Form A (Notice of Occupation)
• Form L-(A)
• Form L-(B)
• Form – K   

Approval of Plan

In case a local vendor wants to make a new boiler, he will have to get an approval of plan from the CIB.

• Application for approval plan to CIB containing drawing & of pressure parts for each boiler Challan (half of registration).
• CIB reviews drawing and calculates the working pressure and other parameters.
• An Approval of Plan (Drawing) is granted on a letter.

Approval of Plan for Imported Boiler

This approval is required as per the Import Policy before the import of the boiler.

• Application of approval containing the following:
• New boiler
  • Manufacturing documents
  • Drawing
  • Challan
• Old Boiler
  • Drawing
  • 3rd party inspection
  • Challan
• CIB reviews drawing and calculates the working pressure and other parameters.
• An Approval of Plan (Drawing) is granted on a letter.

Documents For Boilers

• Sample Treasury Challan
• Instructions for Preparation for Examination of Boiler
• Sample Provisional Order for Registration
• Sample approval of Boiler Drawing