Test Method:

BD09100504, General Product Safety Regulation

Applicable countries:

Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates

Requirement/Limits:

Only safety product can be placed on the Common Gulf Market.

A product shall be deemed safe whenever one of the conditions is met according to the following cases:
a. When it is in conformity with the Gulf unified legislations and technical regulations related to product safety, whenever they exist;
b. In the absence of unified Gulf legislations, if the product is in compliance with the national legislations of products in the Member State in whose market the product is placed or sold;
c. In the absence of legislations prescribed in bullets (a) and (b), if the product is in compliance with the national standards fully transposing the unified Gulf standards related to the product and published by the Organization. The Member States shall publish such national standard in their accredited references.
d. In the absence of the legislations and the standards prescribed in bullets (a) to (c) above, the conformity of a product to the general safety requirement shall be assessed by taking into account the following elements in order:
• National standards related to the product safety in the Member State in whose market the product is placed or sold;
• product safety codes of good practice in force in the sector concerned;
• the state of the art and technology;
• reasonable consumer expectations concerning safety.

Note:Products which have been granted a conformity mark shall be considered in compliance with the General Safety Requirement under this Regulation.
Supplier's DOC or, if necessary, valid test report/certificate shall be provided to prove the compliance.

Product Scope:

All Products