LMPC Certificate

LMPC is an acronym of Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. In common parlance the certificate issued under Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 is called LMPC certificate. LMPC registration is mandatory requirement in case of sale of pre-packed commodities and at the time import of any commodity for the sale and distribution.

It has become pre-requisite for the business those are engaged in manufacturing and selling of pre-packed commodity or sale/distribution of any pre-packed commodities. Even in the case of import of any commodity for the purpose of sale and distribution, a LMPC registration certificate is a mandatory requirement.

Before understanding the procedure for obtaining LMPC Certificate, there is an important question who will issue the LMPC registration Certificate.

As per the provision of legal metrology Act 2009, read with Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, the power to issue the LMPC registration certificate has been granted to Central Legal Metrology Department as well as respective state legal Metrology Departments.

Therefore, any person who is proposing to obtain the LMPC registration can apply to Central or State legal Metrology Department according to its area of operation.

Objective of LMPC registration Certificate.

Merely obtaining the LMPC registration does not make any company fully -compliant under the legal metrology Act and Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, because the objective of this registration to create an obligation on the entities those are dealing in Pre-packed Commodity to provide the adequate information about the product that is sold in the pre-packed form. Therefore, Entities are required to provide the required information on the packaging of product in prescribed format that will include the information such as

1. Manufacturer Name
2. Date of Manufacturing
3. Net quantity contained in the Product
4. Maximum Retail price
5. Consumer help line number etc.

Procedure of LMPC registration/ LMPC certificate

An entity who wants to obtain the LMPC certificate is firstly required to evaluate its requirement according to its business activities because LMPC certificate is issued in different capacity such as Manufacturer, Packer and Importer. Once a business entity determines its requirement thereafter, they are required to follow the following procedure for submission of application

1. Collection and preparation of necessary documents
2. Creation of login credential on respective state legal Metrology Department websites.
3. For Centralised registration account to be created on NSWS
4. Account verification process
5. Filling of application with requisite information
6. Payment of Government fee (That is Rs. 500)

After scrutinising all the documents and information as submitted along with application, The respective department will issue the LMPC certificate in one to seven working days.

What are the Documents required for LMPC Registration/ LMPC Certificate:

For filling of application for LMPC Registration /LMPC certificate, following documents required to be submitted along with the application

1. Certification of Incorporation in case of Company/LLP
2. GST certificate
3. Pan of Company /LLP/Firm
4. Product list
5. Email id and phone Number
6. Aadhar of Authorized person
7. Pan of Authorized Person
8. Digital signature certificate etc.

Before submission of application, the applicant should make sure that all the requisite documents are attached, otherwise it will lead to rejection of application by the Legal metrology department.

Some important FAQ on LMPC certificate

1. What is LMPC certificate/ LMPC registration certificate

LMPC certificate is a registration certificate that is issued under Rule 27 of Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, for sale and distribution of pre-packed commodities and import of any commodity for the purpose of sale and distribution.

2. Which authority will issue the certificate of LMPC?

The central legal metrology department or respective state legal metrology department will issue the LMPC registration/ LMPC certificate.

3. What is the validity of LMPC certificate / LMPC Registration certificate?

Validity of LMPC certificate is life time, unless it is cancelled by the competent authority

4. What is the registration fee of LMPC certificate?

Registration fee for LMPC certificate is Rs. 500 per application

5. At what stage is an importer required to obtain an LMPC certificate—at the time of import or after the import?

An importer must obtain the LMPC registration within 90 days from the date they commence the import activities of pre-packed commodities

6. What will be the consequence for an entity that dealing in pre-packed commodity without boating the LMPC registration certificate?

Rule 32 of Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 provided that whoever contravenes the provision of these shall be punishable with a fine, as may be prescribed

Non-Compliance Obligation

An entity which is dealing in pre-packed commodities required to comply with labels requirement as prescribed under the Rule 6 to Rule 26 of Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011. If an Entity does not comply the labelling requirement as prescribed in aforesaid rule in that case, they may receive a legal notice form the Legal Metrology department and that will lead to heavy fine and penalties.

Due to modern way of business that includes E-commerce site where different type of product and services are being sold in pre-packed form, lacking the requisite information as required to be mention on the website and that resulting in issuance of notice by legal metrology departments. Now a days it is not sufficient to do the labelling compliance only on pre-packaged commodity but also required to mentioned the requisite information on the e-commerce websites.

Due to lack of awareness about this compliance, number of businesses those are selling their product on e-commerce websites are receiving notice from different state legal metrology departments, that creating a huge non-compliance cost for the small business.

How can we assist you?

There are multiple compliance that a business is required to comply for the day-to-day business, such as Income Tax, GST, ROC etc. these are some most common compliances that a business does on daily basis but compliance related to Legal metrology law create an obligation towards consumer rights and most of the business those are dealing in pre-packed commodities are not aware about complete compliance requirement as prescribed under Legal Metrology Act and Legal Metrology (Packaged commodities) Rules 2011.

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