Compulsory Registration Scheme-CRS is part of conformity assessment under scheme II of schedule-II of BIS regulation Act 2016. This scheme came into existence in 2012. CRS scheme is a self-declaration scheme and periodical audit of factory is NOT required for this certification scheme.

BIS-CRS is a mandatory certification requirement under BIS Scheme-II and a total of 77 products have been notified by 4 different Ministries i.e., MEITY, MCF, MNRE.

The manufacturing unit/factory of the notified products who want to sell or export their product to Indian market are liable to apply for an 8-digit Registration no. in BIS. The registration no. is unique for the combination of-