Jason While probably still some time before in comes into force ….. the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is also a member state of the recently formed Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) http://www.gcc-sg.org/eng/index.php
The GCC are working on a common market and customs union for 6 Gulf States (Saudi, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman). Part of this agreement will hopefully see the introduction of a harmonized regulatory framework for electrical/electronic products marketed in these States, with a common mark and an agreed market surveillance regime. Developments in this area have been announced via the WTO TBT notifications. Brian McAuliffe Dell From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of peter merguerian Sent: 07 January 2009 04:17 To: [email protected]; Jason Chesley Subject: Re: SASO Jason and All, Happy New Year You are correct. Saudi Arabia has abolished the ICCP program. Regarding the current procedure, you can refer to this document http://globalcompliance.blogspot.com/search?q=saudi+arabia Refer to: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia CoCs - New Regulations <http://globalcompliance.blogspot.com/2 08/05/kingdom-of-saudi-arabia-cocs-new.html> A CB cert or report is not good enough for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. You need a CoC from a registered certification body. That certification body does review the technical file (available test reports against SASO standards and Saudi deviations) and if satisfactory, issues a CoC for each shipment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For the CoC, you will need the commercial invoice >from the exporter to the Saudi Arabian importer. Like other countries with CoC procedures, Saudi customs can pick samples at the port and test in-country to SASO standards. Let me know how I can help with any of your global requirements. Best Regards, Peter --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Jason Chesley <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jason Chesley <[email protected]> Subject: SASO To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 12:05 PM All I understand that the International Conformity Certification Program (ICCP) has been eliminated as of August 2004 in accordance with WTO accession requirements. I believe the previous ICCP program was managed exclusively by Intertek but it is my understanding that the ICCP document is no longer necessary. Refer to the following WTO document, paragraph 197, item ii, for details. http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres05_e/wtaccsau61_e.doc Accordingly, "During a transitional period, the conformity certificate should be issued by an entity authorized by the competent official agency in the country of origin. Such conformity certificates should accompany all consignments of imported goods certifying their conformity to the established mandatory standard (technical regulation). The certificate should confirm that these goods were subjected to regular laboratory examination under supervision of the competent control agency in the country of origin." Does anyone have current experience with Saudi Arabian customs still enforcing the previous ICCP program? Or are you understanding that a conformity certificate from a competent authority from the country of origin such as a CB certificate can accompany each shipment? Any insight, corrections, details would be appreciated. Best regards, Jason L. Chesley CSA International 2210 Justin Trail Alpharetta, GA 30004 P: (678) 992-0134 F: (770) 500-3948 [email protected] www.csa-international.org This message is intended only for the use of the person or organization to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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