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Naroda, Ahmedabad- 382330
Eligibility Criteria for Model Approval in India
PRE-CONDITIONS FOR MODEL APPROVAL REGISTRATION
- Must meet the LMPC regulatory requirements
- Must seek the model approval
- Approval issued on license payment
- Conform to the Legal Metrology Act standards
As per the rules of the Legal Metrology Model Approval certificate, the weights and measuring product of the importer or the manufacturer must meet the regulatory requirements of the Legal Metrology Department.
Before manufacturing or importing any weights or measurement units, every person must seek the approval of a model in a specified manner. The model approval under legal metrology registration certificate is issued on payment of such fee by the Authority as prescribed.
Also, the Authority can, if satisfied that the model of weights or measures approved in a country outside India conforms to the standards established by the Legal Metrology Act, approve such model without any test or after such test as he deems fit.
EXCEPTIONS
- Cast Iron
- Brass
- Bullion
- Carat Weight
- Beam Scale
- Length Measures
- Textiles
- Timber
- Capacity measures not exceeding 20L
- Kerosene
- Milk
- Potable Liquors
Approval of a model is not required in respect of any cast iron, brass, bullion, carat weight, beam scale, or length measures (not being measuring tapes).
These commodities are ordinarily used in retail trade for measuring textiles or timber, capacity measures not exceeding twenty litres in capacity.
These capacity measures are ordinarily used in retail trade for measuring kerosene, milk or potable liquors.