New regulation for Saudi Arabia regarding dangerous substances (substance bans)

Dear readers of my newsletter,

SASO hat am 9.Juli 2021 eine neue technische Regualtion veröffentlicht:

TR No. MA-179-21-09-01 “Technical Regulation for Restriction of hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment”

Source: http://www.saso.gov.sa/en/Laws-And-Regulations/Technical_regulations/Documents/TR-Restriction-of-hazardous-Substance-in-Electrical-and-Electronic-Equipment.pdf

The limit values required there for the following substances:

• Lead – 0.1%;
• Mercury – 0.1%;
• Cadmium – 0.01%;
• Hexavalent chromium – 0.1%;
• Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) – 0.1%; other
• Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) – 0.1%;

must be complied with from January 5, 2022.

This date applies to new products that are brought onto the market.

There is still a transition period for products that are already on the market, after which these products must also comply with the new regulations or may no longer be brought onto the market in Saudi Arabia.

The check for compliance with the limit values must be carried out in a laboratory recognized by SASO and accredited according to ISO 17025 and a corresponding certificate must be obtained.

The regulation applies to almost all devices that are used in normal households.

In Appendix 2-b a list of products based on the first 4 digits of the customs tariff numbers is added:

Annex (2-b) List of Products and Customs Coding
	Customs coding				Product
	8402				boilers for the generation of water and other vapors (except for central heating hot water boilers which are also capable of producing low pressure steam); rated water boilers
	8403				Central heating boilers
	8404				Boiler auxiliary devices (eg, economizers, super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers) and steam condensers
	8414				Air and vacuum pumps
	8415				Air conditioner
	8418				Refrigerators and Freezers
	8421				Equipment for washing, cleaning and drying pots
	8422				Devices for washing, cleaning and drying bottles
	8423				Weighing devices, adjusting devices and other units of measurement related to weight
	8435				Presses and Mashers
	8443				Equipment used for printing or photocopying and telephone (fax) copiers.
	8443				Equipment used for printing by plates or cylinders
	8450				Domestic washing and drying equipment
	8451				Machines for washing, cleaning, spinning, drying or pressing (including hot-hold presses)
	8452				sewing devices
	8456				Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron beam, ionic-heam or plasma are processes.
	8459				Machine tools (including slide actuators) for drilling or adjusting holes
	8460				Machine tools for trimming, honing, honing, smoothing, sanding or other processing for working metal or cermet
	8461				Mechanized tools for wiping, leveling, splitting, hammering, cutting, sharpening, preparing gear teeth, sawing, separating, and other mechanical tools.
	8467				Hand tools, pneumatic, hydraulically driven, with integrated electric motor or with non-electric motor
	8468				Welding machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting
	8470				Calculators with arithmetic functions, stamping and stamping ticketing machines
	8471				machines for self-processing of information and their units; Magnetic or optical readers
	8472				Other office machinery and equipment (for example, hectographs or stenciling machines, address printers, and automated teller machines)
	8473				Parts and accessories (other than covers, transport boxes and the like) for office equipment
	8475				Assembly devices for electrical or electronic lamps, tubes, or fuses
	8476				Automated (automated) merchandise vending machines (for example, vending machines for postage, cigarettes, food or drinks), including currency exchange machines
	8479				Automated devices with a self-contained function
	8481				Appliances for pipes, boilers, tanks and similar vessels, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostat-controlled valves.
	8504				Electrical transformers and static (electrostatic) modulators
	8505				Electromagnets
	8506				Primary cells and primary cell groups (batteries)
	8507				Electrical accumulators (groups), including their dividers, whether or not rectangular (including square)
	8508				vacuum cleaners
	8509				Electric mechanical appliances for home use with a built-in electric motor
	8510				Shavers, hair clippers and hair removal devices, with built-in electric motor
	8512				Electrical appliances for lighting or signaling, and electrical appliances for wiping, defrosting, and removing condensate
	8513				portable light bulbs,
	8514				electric ovens
	8516				instantaneous water heaters and thermoelectric appliances for space or soil heating or similar uses; electric heat styling appliances (eg, dryers, curlers, heated curling tongs) and hand dryers; electric irons
	8517				Phones
	8518				Audio announcers (microphones)
	8519				Sound recording or broadcasting equipment
	8521				Image and sound recording and broadcasting equipment (video)
	8523				Disks, tapes, permanent hard storage devices
	8525				Broadcasting (radio) or video broadcasting (television) transmitters
	8526				Radar and radio navigation guidance equipment and radio remote guidance equipment
	8527				Radio receivers
	8530				Electrical devices for signaling or safety and control
	8531				Electrical devices for sound or visual alerts
	8532				Electric capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable
	8533				Non-thermal electrical resistors
	8535				Electrical devices for connecting, disconnecting, protecting or dividing electrical circuits
	8536				Electrical devices for connecting, disconnecting, protecting or dividing electrical circuits, electrical shock absorbers, electrical socket connections, sockets (plugs) and lamp bases
	8539				light bulbs
	8540				Electronic valves and tubes
	8541				diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; Photosensitive semiconductor devices
	8542				integrated electronic circuits
	8544				Insulated wires and cables
	8548				(Batteries) and electric savings
	9010				Photographic equipment and devices
	9013				Laser devices, other than laser diodes; Optical instruments and devices
	9015				Surveying devices and tools
	9016				sensitive scales
	9017				Electronic Length Measurement Tools
	9025				Density meters and instruments Thermometers (thermometers and pyrometers) and barometers Hygrometers (hygrometers and micrometers)
	9026				Apparatus and instruments for measuring, checking and controlling flow, altitude, pressure, or other variables in liquids or gases
	9027				Apparatus and instruments for measuring or testing the degree of viscosity, porosity or expansion
	9028				Supply or production meters for gases, liquids or electricity, including their calibration devices
	9029				Counters, turn counters, production counters, taximeters, odometers, linear odometers and the like
	9030				Instruments for measuring rapid changes in electric quantities or “acyloscopes”, spectrometers, and other apparatus and instruments for measuring or controlling electric quantities
	9031				Apparatus, tools and instruments for measuring or inspecting
	9032				Devices and tools for self-regulation or self-monitoring and control
	9102				Wristwatches, pocket watches and similar watches, including period measuring watches,
	9103				Working clocks and alarms, with several clock movements
	9107				Timing switches and other apparatus with a watchmaking gear, or with a synchronous motor.
	9108				Several watch movements, complete and assembled
	9109				Wristwatches, pocket watches and similar watches, including period measuring watches,
	9405				Lighting devices and lighting supplies
Note: The products and customs tariffs (HS Codes) found in Saber electronic platform are considered the updated and approved version.

All products listed here are subject to the new regulations.

Use my more than 30 years of expertise in the TIC market (testing, inspection, certification) to meet these requirements for your products in good time.