S-PM-KSA-EIG EXPORTER AND IMPORTER GUIDELINES KSA CAP EXPORTER AND IMPORTER GUIDELINES MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME COVER PAGE AND REVISION RECORD REVISION NO. DATE DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE 08 08-Feb-2010 “ICCP” is replaced “PCP” and Regional and Licensing Centre was changed to Registration and Licensing Centre; New Contact Person of CO-Philippines. 09 25-Mar-2010 New contact person of RLC 5 France and CO France; New contact person of CO-UK; New Format of RFC Form. 10 30-May-2010 Appendices were removed from this guideline. 11 28-Jun-2010 Web link for the Appendices section was changed. 12 18-Aug-2010 Additional information on 13 16-Jan-2012 "Products as components of large industrial projects" was removed from Products Subject to Certification section; New contact person of LO-Riyadh. 14 15-May-2013 ‘Government Services’ is replaced by ‘Government and Trade Services’ and ‘PCP’ to ‘CAP’; New office address of Riyadh LO. 15 24-Apr-2016 Change of Country Office (CO) to Intertek Office (IO). Update of the KSA’s Liaison Office’s office address, telephone and fax numbers and email address. Exclusion of Certificate of Conformity (CoC), KSA CAP Fees and Statement for Registration (SfR) as exhibits. DOCUMENT AUTHORISATION REVISION No. 15 16 17 18 19 PREPARED BY: Mary Aliling REVIEWED BY: Rajni Jathan APPROVED BY: Percival D’Souza GTS-PM-KSA-EIG-15 Page 1 of 5 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME ISSUED: 24-Apr-16 THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA EXPORTER AND IMPORTER GUIDELINES GUIDELINES KSA CAP EXPORTER AND IMPORTER GUIDELINES INTRODUCTION Mandatory standards in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are applied equally to both imported and domestically produced products for the protection of health, safety, national security, public morals, the environment and prevention of deceptive practices. Procedures for assurance of conformity to the applicable Saudi standards are enforced by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoCI) for imported products and by the Ministry of Municipalities, Ministry of Agriculture and the MoCI for domestic products. In 1995, the MoCI introduced the Conformity Assessment Programme (CAP) which was a combined conformity assessment, inspection and certification scheme based on which consignments of regulated products covered by this programme were allowed entry into the Kingdom, and cleared more quickly through Customs upon arrival. In 2004, the MoCI issued a Decree 6386, which introduced significant changes to the programme the most important of which was increasing the scope of the regulated products to cover all consumer related products and mandating that all such products would require a Certificate of Conformity (CoC) for entry into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Programme focuses primarily on assuring the safety of consumers. Requirements relating to the Islamic Religion and National Security are also given priority. Compliance with the relevant Saudi standards, or approved equivalent alternatives (e.g. international and, exceptionally, national standards) results in the issue of a Certificate of Conformity prior to shipment. KEY FEATURES The primary objective of applying the KSA Conformity Assessment Programme is to: • Increase the overall compliance of imports to Saudi Standards. • Ensure safety of consumers. Requirements relating to the Islamic Religion and National Security are also given priority. • Minimize the risk of unsafe and sub-standard goods entering Saudi Arabia through the execution of conformity assessment activities in the country of export. This will help ensure that consumers are protected from unsafe and sub-standard goods. PROCEDURES OF PRODUCT COMPLIANCE The essential elements of the Conformity Assessment Programme are: • Products that are subject to certification in accordance with the MoCI Decree 6386 must demonstrate compliance with Saudi Arabian technical regulations i.e., Saudi or other approved international standards. • CAP Certificate of Conformity must accompany each shipment of products that are subject to certification. Methods of achieving these requirements vary, according to the nature of the product. These options are described in the following pages in detail. GTS-PM-KSA-EIG-15 Page 2 of 5 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME ISSUED: 24-Apr-16 THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA EXPORTER AND IMPORTER GUIDELINES GUIDELINES KSA CAP EXPORTER AND IMPORTER GUIDELINES A. COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION: This option is considered appropriate for infrequent Exporters or suppliers to market. It involves the: • Pre-supply inspection and pre-supply testing of products in a consignment identified and prepared for supply to the Saudi Arabia market. • Physical inspection of the goods is carried out to verify all requirements that may be visually determined. These include, but are not confined to, safety marking, language