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Background
Rapidly growing electricity consumption in
KSA
Proliferation of electrical equipment in
commercial and consumer sector
Pressure to develop codes and standards
governing electrical equipment
Implementation of national building code
WTO Obligations
KSA acceded to WTO in 2005
TBT Agreement governs rules for protection
of health, safety and environment
Required to use international standards as
basis of regulations and conformity
assessment procedures
Growth in number of international standards
(ISO, IEC, ITU)
Regional Harmonization
Harmonization of standards at the regional
level through GCC Customs Union
Implementation at domestic level by national
bodies
Adoption of GCC regulations for electrical
safety and conformity assessment
procedures
June Workshop
June 2008 workshop on implementation of
electrical codes and standards in Saudi Arabia
Provided introduction to standardization
infrastructure, trade aspects, Saudi institutional
framework, international experience
Current workshop looks more deeply at status of
electrical standards and codes enforcement,
analyse the shortfalls and recommend
improvements to strengthen the existing system
Challenges
Lack of well developed infrastructure for
testing of products and appliances
Growing importance of domestically
manufactured electrical equipment
Implementation of GCC conformity
assessment system for electrical products
Need to implement energy efficiency
standards and labelling program developed
by SASO
Challenges
Developing capacity to implement and verify
the Code at municipal level
Developing enabling frameworks inspector
training, software, upgrading of allied
building industries
Promoting understanding of the Code
among stakeholders- developers, architects,
engineers, occupants, general public
Challenges