  [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 ______, 2023   
  
S.O.-------- (E). -- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 read with section 17 and 
sub-section (3) of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the 
Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary so to do in the public interest  and 
after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, hereby makes the following Order, namely: - 
1. Short title and commencement. – (1) This order may be called the Textiles — High 
Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 25 
kg Polymer Materials (Quality Control) Order, 2023.  
  
(2) It shall come into force on the expiry of one hundred and eighty days from the date of its 
publication in the Official Gazette.  
  
2. Application. - It shall apply to goods or article specified in column (1) of the Schedule 
annexed in this order and shall not apply to goods or article meant for export.  
  
3.  Conformity to standard and compulsory use of Standard Mark. - Goods or article 
specified in column (1) of the said Schedule shall conform to the corresponding Indian 
Standard specified in column (2) of the said Schedule and shall bear the Standard Mark under 
a licence from the Bureau of Indian Standards in accordance  with Scheme -I of Schedule -II to 
the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.  
  
4.  Certifying and enforcing authority. - The Bureau of Indian Standards shall be the 
certifying and enforcing authority in respect of the goods or article specified in column (1) of 
the said Schedule.  
  
Schedule  
Goods or article  Indian 
Standard  
  Title of Indian Standard  
  
(1) (2) (3) 
Textiles — High Density 
Polyethylene (HDPE) 
Polypropylene (PP) Woven 
Sacks for Packaging of 25 kg 
Polymer Materials  IS 16703:2017  Textiles — High Density 
Polyethylene (HDPE) 
Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks 
for Packaging of 25 kg Polymer 
Materials -  Specification  
   
Note: For the purposes of the Schedule, it is clarified that the last version of Indian Standards 
established and published by the Bureau from time to time in accordance with the provisions 
of clause (17) of section 2 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act,  2016 (11 to 2016), shall 
apply from the date of such publication.  
  
[No. PC-II-25014/9/2019 -TECH. -CPC ] 
Deepak Mishra,  
Joint Secretary to the Government of India  