[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii)] 
 
Government of India 
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers 
(Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals) 
 
Order                      
                                                                                                       
 New Delhi, the -------, 2020     
 
S.O.--------(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian 
Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central 
Government being of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public 
interest and after consulting the Bureau, hereby makes the following order, namely:- 
 
1. Short title, commencement and application. –  (1) This order may be called the                  
Methylene Chloride (Dichloromethane) (Quality Control) Order, 2020. 
 
(2) It shall come into force on the one hundred and eighty- first day from the date of its 
publication in the Official Gazette. 
 
(3) It shall apply to goods or articles specified in column (1)  of the Table below, but nothing 
herein shall apply to such goods or articles meant for export. 
 
2. Conformity to standard and compulsory use of Standard Mark.- Goods or 
articles specified in column (1) shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard specified 
in column (2), of the said Table and shall bear the Standard Mark under a licence from the 
Bureau as per Scheme-I of Schedule-II of the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity 
Assessment) Regulations, 2018. 
 
3. Certification and enforcement authority.- The Bureau shall be the certifying and 
enforcing authority in respect of the goods or articles specified in this order. 
 
4. Penalty for contravention. - Any person who contravenes the provisions of this 
order shall be punishable under the provisions of the said Act.  
 
 
Table 
Goods or articles  Indian Standard  Title of Indian Standard  
(1) (2) (3) 
Methylene 
Chloride 
(Dichloromethane)  IS 4566 : 2020 Specification for Methylene 
Chloride (Dichloromethane)- 
Technical  
 
 
(File No.13012/17/2020-Chem. II) 
 
Samir Kumar Biswas  
Joint Secretary to the Government of India  