Certificate of Conformity for Exports to Saudi Arabia

2018-04-28 15:00:36

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Certificate of Conformity for Exports to Saudi Arabia

For all exports to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a Conformity Assessment Programme has been implemented. All products require a Certificate of Conformity also referred to as a SASO CoC to enable them to be cleared through Saudi Customs.

Intertek continues to support the authorities in Saudi Arabia by being a service provider for its Conformity Assessment Programme.

The Saudi Arabia Conformity Assessment Programme, which covers all goods, has a number of key objectives:

Protection of public health
Consumer safety
National security
Protection of religious and public morals
Protection of environment
Prevention of deceptive practices

Every consignment of imported goods must be accompanied by a Certificate of Conformity from an authorised inspection agency. Intertek is authorised to issue the Certificates of Conformity (CoC). They are needed to ensure customs clearance of shipments and confirm that the products comply with the relevant Saudi technical regulations and national, regional or international standards.

All imported consignments must bear a non-removable indication of origin. Those that do not will be held by Saudi Customs and the Importer will be asked to take corrective action or provide an undertaking that the offence will not be repeated. Failure to do so could result in a fine or goods being returned to their country of origin. For full details, read the complete Circular by Saudi Customs on Country of Origin Marking.Certificate of Conformity for Exports of Elevator Products to Saudi Arabia

SASO Establishment

The Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) was established pursuant to the Royal Decree No. M/10 dated 03/03/1392 H as a body of judicial personality and of an independent budget. A board of directors, headed by his Excellency the Minister of Commerce and Industry and comprised of representatives of the major sectors concerned with standardization in the Kingdom, outlines the general policy of SASO.

SASO was one of the first pure technical governmental bodies. It governors the organizational and executive tasks related to standards, metrology and quality, including laying down and accrediting Saudi standards of goods, products and services, measurement and calibration bodies, and procedures of conformity evaluation and certification. SASO is also responsible for accrediting laboratories and certification bodies for quality systems and setting methods of sampling, testing, technical inspection as well as setting quality systems. Moreover, it is entrusted for assigning principles and conditions for technical implementation, classifications and engineering drawings as well as setting terms, definitions, symbols and other tasks issued by SASO's Board of Directors in the fields of standards, metrology, calibration and quality, with no interference with other sectors' tasks stipulated officially, especially tasks related to products and other matters of the specialty of Saudi Food and Drug Authority.

SASO works to achieve the following strategic goals :

1. Maintaining the safety of consumers through preparing and adopting suitable standards for goods and services.

2. Contributing to the development of national economy through the implementation of suitable Saudi standards on goods, products and services to improve the competitive capability of national products.

3. Adjusting tools and procedures of measurement and calibration in the Kingdom to match international measurements and calibration.

4. Disseminating the quality culture in all industrial and service activities, both public and private, and raising awareness of the benefits of adopting quality standards.

The Council of Ministers' Resolution No. 216 dated 17/6/1431 H which approved the regulation of SASO was issued to complete and clarify its tasks in light of international and national updates and the establishment of new governmental control bodies to which some of SASO's tasks were entrusted. One of the regulation's features is the addition of control tasks to SASO's responsibility, which requires focused and effective expansion in its tasks and capabilities.