G/TBT/W/768  
 
 6 April 2022  
(22-2765) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA – TECHNICAL REGULATION FOR LIMITING AND 
RESTRICTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN ELECTRICAL  
AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (ID 666)  
TECHNICAL STATEMENT  BY THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA  TO THE COMMITTEE ON  
TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
9–11 MARCH 2022 
 
The following communication, dated 11 March 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . 
 
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1.  Saudi Arabia would like to thank the United Kingdom, European Union , United States and 
Switzerland for their valuable comments on Technical Regulation for Restriction of Hazardous 
Substances.  
2.  Saudi Arabia is aiming at protecting human health and safety, and the environment, by regulating 
to ensure that hazardous substance s are not above certain levels in consumer products such as 
electrical and electronic equipment. Consequently, Saudi Arabia would like to clarify the following . 
3.  Saudi Arabia has aligned the last version of the Saudi Technical Regulation with the global 
practices such as EU RoHS Directive. As for the conformity assessment procedures, the test report 
is considered valid unless there is any change in the materials used to manufacture the type. In case 
it is not possible to perform the test on the entire produc t, the critical components of the device 
must be tested, which are determined by the manufacturer based on the risk assessment and 
documents assessing the risk of those components on the final product in accordance with the 
standard IEC 63000.  
4.  Saudi Arabia  has extended the implementation date for the Technical Regulation for the 
Restrictions of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) by six months, from 5 January 2022 to 4 July 2022, 
along with a staged implementation based on product category. In addition, Saudi Arabi a has notif ied 
the new implementation timelines for various product categories as an addendum to the 
notification  G/TBT/N/SAU/1166.  
5.  Within the framework of SASO  to develop conformity assessment activities (certification, audit 
and inspection, and testing activities) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be one of the tributaries 
that raise the level of quality in the national industry and the safety of imported goods  presented in 
the Saudi market. By accepting the conformity assessment bodies in the various conformity 
assessment activities, as this process aims to ensure the efficiency of the outputs of the accepted 
conformity assessment bodies operating in the confor mity verification activities within the systems 
and requirements of the technical regulations approved to provide the necessary activities according 
to the scopes of acceptance of these bodies. Therefore, SASO chose to engage a notified third party  
respons ible for granting conformity certificates in accordance with the international standard 
ISO/IEC 17067 as part of the Kingdom pre -market approach.  
6.  Saudi Arabia is highly interested in the public 's participation, including those concerned and 
interested in e xpressing their opinion on the regulation. Therefore, SASO has published the guidance 
on the implementation of the Saudi RoHS regulation for conformity assessment bodies and G/TBT/W/768  
 
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  manufactures. The purpose of this guidance is to clarify any ambiguity in the impl ementation of the 
requirements of the regulation. In addition, we would like to draw your attention that the RoHS 
guidance has been prepared taking into consideration the comments received from trading partners 
and stakeholders. Furthermore, it is our plea sure to inform you that SASO is committed in engaging 
through workshops and meetings with all concerned stakeholders as well as clarifying the regulations 
and receiving feedback and inquiries from concerned participants, where such comments will be 
revised  and considered.   
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