Under Central Motor Vehicle Rules, AIS certification is required for vehicle components like tyres, seat belts, horns, vehicle lights etc etc There are notified agencies under CMV Rule 126 for issuance of Type approval certificate ( TAC ) and conformity of Production (CoP ) certificate.
 To this end, the erstwhile Ministry of Surface Transport (MOST) has constituted a permanent Automotive Industry Standards Committee (AISC) vide order No. RT11028/11/97-MVL dated September 15, 1997. The standards prepared by AISC will be approved by the permanent CMVR Technical Standing Committee (CTSC). After approval, the Automotive Research Association of India, (ARAI), Pune, being the Secretariat of the AIS Committee publish this standard. For better dissemination of this information ARAI may publish this document on their Website.
