SASO certification
SASO certification profile
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for imported and domestic local products to carry out compulsory standards plan, in order to ensure public health, the safety of the consumer, Saudi local security, islamic moral and the environment, and guard against trade fraud.The Saudi ministry of trade and trade (MoCI) is responsible for ensuring that imports of Saudi products comply with local standards, while Saudi Arabia's products are jointly held and implemented by the Saudi council, the ministry of agriculture and the ministry of commerce and trade.
Saudi Arabia will implement product conformity certification program in 1995 (PCP), which is a set of evaluation, inspection and certification program, the program of controlled products to Saudi Arabia after customs approved fast customs clearance, to enter the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In 2004, Saudi Arabia will decree no. 6386, changes to the original conformity certification program, all consumer goods are included in the scope of the regulation of the plan, these goods must provide a valid certificate of conformity (CoC) (see Appendix D), shall only be permitted to enter the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Product coverage
All of the consumer products exported to Saudi Arabia (which can be used by adult children at home, in offices or other recreational facilities) are listed as specified products, involving five categories:
Category 1: toys
The second category: electronics and electronics
Category 3: automobile products
Category 4: chemical products
Category 5: other products
The following are not included in consumer products: medical devices;Medical products;Food;Military products.
It is forbidden to export products include: Saudi weapons, alcohol and sedatives, pork, pornography, brewing equipment, fireworks, Christmas trees, nutmeg, masks, videophone, animals and more than 40 varieties, such as toys or a statue.
Certification application process and information
1. The customer shall provide samples, fill out the SASO application form (signature and seal), and provide commercial invoice, form invoice and packing list to our company;
2. We will test the report, CNAS certificate, SASO application form, commercial invoice, form invoice, packing list, product photo, and submit to ITS or SGS related personnel for review;
3. The approval of ITS or SGS shall be approved by our company.
4. Arrange the inspection time and prepare the inspection. After the inspection, the customer shall provide final packing list and invoice for final confirmation.
5. If the above is correct, ITS or SGS will send a draft certificate confirming that the customer confirms the draft certificate and can be concluded within 2 working days if it is correct.
Product certification form
The PCP requires that all goods arriving at the Saudi port must be accompanied by a unified certification of compliance Certificate (CoC: Certificate of Conformity), and that the goods that have not been shipped to the Saudi import port will be refused entry to the port.The customer can select three different ways to obtain the CoC based on the frequency of product export.
Approach 1: conformance verification
The exporter or supplier shall, before each shipment, apply for on-site inspection and testing before shipment to determine the necessary safety, environment or other criteria required by the Saudi technical regulations.The CoC certificate can be obtained after the result is qualified.This approach is applicable to situations where the frequency of export is not high, such as the frequency of exports less than three times a year, which is recommended
Route 2: Registration and on-site verification before shipment
The exporter or supplier shall provide the samples of the goods to be tested and the product of the model (or series of models) will be certified to be valid for one year after the test is qualified.Within this period, the registered products are only required to conduct on-site verification before shipment, and the CoC certificate can be obtained after verification results are qualified.
Process:
<1> company: product test report, SASO application form, CNAS authorization letter to ITS/SGS application for registration certificate.
<2> registration certificate will be converted to CoC certificate within one year.
If the customer has a large shipment (at least one month in one month), then you can apply for the exemption, but the inspection fee will be normal, but the average customer will not reach this frequency.
Route 3: Quality Mark certificate (QM: Quality Mark)
28 - this program according to the basic guideline of typical third-party product certification system of general requirements, the type test was carried out on the application of the product and the initial factory inspection, qualified after QM certification is available, and the validity of the certificate to maintain through supervision and examination of the subsequent year.
The purpose of the evaluation programme
In accordance with islamic state law, the objectives of the evaluation programme are:
Protect the safety and health of consumers and protect the environment
Protecting domestic industries from trade fraud and unfair competition
To prevent unqualified, unsafe or counterfeit goods
Scope of inspection:
In order to ensure that the goods meet the relevant identification, shipping mark and other requirements, the following items shall be inspected at the inspection site
Visual inspection of the quantity of surface quality of the goods packing marks
His:
Inspection results satisfied his file to be complete, and will be in 2-3 working days to issue certificate draft, the draft certificate after confirmed by the client, will be in 1 to 2 working days to issue original certificate and mail it to domestic customers.
Special attention should be paid to the inspection
1. Label language: English or Arabic;
2. Instructions, warning: Arabic or Arabic + English;
3. The products and packaging shall be stamped with the words MADE IN CHINA;(MADE IN CHINA must be an unremoable way to be found IN products and packaging, not IN plain sticky stickers);
4. Voltage: 220V-240V or 220V;Current: 60Hz or 50/60hz;The voltage frequency must contain 220V/ 60Hze;
5. Plug: the plug must be a British three-pin plug (BS1363 plug);
6. All hand-held electric tools and household items must have an Arabic instruction guide;
7. The SASO LOGO which is not allowed to be licensed by SASO shall be displayed on the product or on the packaging, so as to avoid the goods being rejected by the Saudi customs in the port of destination;
Note: in order to avoid heavy test, when the review please send the packaging and product label images, the plug pictures, manuals and warnings pictures to our confirmation, and the product itself and packaging are required to reflect the above information.
