SASO Imposes Temporary Change to Requirements on EER Registration of Lighting Products
On April 2, 2019, the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) announced that until the end of this year, they are accepting Energy Efficiency Certificate and Labelling (EER) registration of lighting products that have not completed the 2000 hours survival factor and lumen maintenance test.
SASO requires lighting products to comply with the EER requirement for entering Saudi Arabia. To obtain the EER certificate, reports for survival factor and lumen maintenance test of at least 2000 hours are required. In a notice dated April 2, 2019, SASO agreed to accept EER registration for lighting products that have not obtained the aforementioned reports, given the following conditions:
- For lamp products:
- Provide document from manufacturer agreeing to perform the test and submit the test report to SASO within 15 days of the completion of the test.
- Provide document from SASO accredited third party laboratory confirming receipt of samples and indicating start and end date of test.
- For luminaries products:
- Provide document from manufacturer agreeing to perform the test and submit the test report to SASO within 15 days of the completion of the test.
- Provide document from SASO accredited third party laboratory confirming receipt of samples and indicating start and end date of test if testing is performed by a SASO accredited third party laboratory.
- Provide contract with third party for performing witness tests clarifying the start and end dates of the test if testing is performed by a SASO accredited manufacturer’s laboratory.
SASO may take legal procedures if manufacturer or supplier fails to submit test report within 30 days of the completion of the test.
