“SALEEM" is the Saudi Product Safety Program, and is concerned with the safety of the consumers in Saudi Arabia when using consumer products from the Saudi market. In order to achieve this purpose, the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) have launched “Saber” platform to issue certificates of conformity to consumer products before entering the Saudi market, the compliance of the consumer products with the applicable (SASO) regulations is verified by certification bodies that are notified by (SASO) for this purpose.
SASO categorized consumer products according to their level of risk to consumers into three categories: low, medium and high risk, and issued technical regulations for medium and high-risk products (regulated products), these regulations are used by the notified bodies to verify the compliance of these products and accordingly issue the Certificate of Conformity for compliant products.
Consumer products to be imported to Saudi Arabia shall be registered on Saber platform, and then the Certificate of Conformity is issued electronically for these products through the platform in two phases:
1. Issue Product Certificate of Conformity (PCoC)
The product Certificate of Conformity is issued for all regulated products, either the (PCoC) is issued by a notified body and will be valid for one year from the issue date, or in case that the regulated products are subject to conformity programs approved by SASO (such as the Saudi Quality Mark), then the (PCoC) is issued directly from “Saber” platform based on the Certificate of Conformity that are issued through these programs, the validity of this (PCoC) will be according to the validity of these Certificates of Conformity.
2. Issue Shipment Certificate of Conformity (SCoC)
The (PCoC) is prior requirement to obtain (SCoC) for shipments of regulated products, the (SCoC) is issued by the same notified body that issued the (PCoC). The validity of the (SCoC) is limited to a specific shipment.
For non-regulated products (Low risk), the (SCoC) is obtained directly from “Saber” platform without going through the notified bodies.