- Application – Scrutiny and registration (2 man days)
- Preliminary factory evaluation
- Sample collection (1 day)
- Testing of samples – In factory (1 – 2 days) and laboratories (7 days)
- Grant of Certification Marks (CM) Licence (30 days)
- Surveillance
- Periodic factory visits (on quarterly basis)
- Factory sample testing (on quarterly basis)
- Market sample testing (on quarterly basis)
- Review of Licence
- Renewal
- Expiry/cancellation/Suspension/Withdrawal as the case may be.