G/TBT/2/Add.120  
 
25 November  2016 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 IMPLEM ENTATION AND ADMINIST RATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON T ECHNICAL 
BARRIERS  TO TRADE 
COMMUNICATION FROM  YEMEN  
Addendum  
 
The following statement under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade , dated 
14 November  2016, has been rece ived from the delegation of Yemen . 
 
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1  LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
1.1.  Law No 44/1999 on Yemeni Organization for Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control 
(YSMO) and the Presidential Decree No 52/2000 are the basis for preparation procedures , adoption 
and a pplication of measures, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that 
cover the principles of  the TBT Agreement.  
1.2.  Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No 13/2013 on the legislation of production and 
import disciplines or trading fo od additives. This regulation is a set of disciplines and obligations 
for manufacturing or importing or trading in food additives that comply with the adopted 
international standards related to food additives which is permitted by CODEX 192 and its standar d 
and specifications.  
1.3.  Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No . 8/2013 of the control system on the 
imports and establishment appeal committee. This regulation define conformity assessment 
process for goods and imported products through inspection measures, in visual examination, 
sampling of goods and imported products and unifying process in all customs ports. The 
application of control system s on imports is mandatory on all goods and products which has 
applicable technical regulations and measures  standard.  
1.4.  Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No . 6/2008 on the regulation to prepare Yemen 
standards. Preparation Regulation that regulates all processes related to preparation, adopting, 
approving, and issuing standards and technical regulatio ns; also the issued standards are not 
compulsory and comply with Annex 3 rules of the C ode of Good Practice of the TBT Agreement 
while it's prep aring, approving, and issuing. The preparation of these standards is based on 
production requirements in terms o f performance rather than designing or descriptive 
characteristics as the preparation and adoption of mandatory specifications technical regulations is 
related to health, safety and environmental protection. The approved specifications prepared under 
the technical committees formed by the Yemeni Organization for Standardization, Metrology and 
Quality Control  (YSMO) that comprises representatives from concerned stakeholders including 
industry, traders, consumers, government, scientific and research centers a nd it is available to all 
interes ted parties to provide comments . 
1.5.  Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 3/2001 on issuing the conformity certificate 
of standards. This regulation is dealing with the application of certificate of conformity syste m on 
all goods,  local and imported products.  G/TBT/2/Add.120  
 
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  1.6.  Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 2/2003 on conformity assessment for 
products and manufactures enterprises such as  Good Manufacturing Practice, Product Registration 
System, Certificate of Conform ity Assessmen t, and Product Test export.  
1.7.  Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 7/2013 on the regulation of Yemeni quality -
marks. This regulation is voluntary.  
1.8.  Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 13/2001 on the organization of the r ules 
and procedures related to the inspection and test of local and imported products and goods.  
1.9.  Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 11/2014 on the regulation requirements 
and conditions related to registration of energy beverages products. Th e Regulation is concerned 
with the general requirements to be met by non -alcoholic energy beverages excluding sport 
beverages prior to their marketing.  
1.10.   Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 9/2014 on the adoption of the GCC 
Technical Regulation s for children toys.  
1.11.   Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 7/2014 on the regulation of the list of 
mandatory requirements for pre -packaged containers.  This regulation organizes the mandatory 
requirements for pre -packaged containers related to:  
a. Labeling requirements.  
b. Unit of measurement used in the field of pre -packaged containers.  
c. Nominal quantity of the product in pre -packaged containers.  
d. Nominal volume of the spray containers.  
e. Outline of the control of pre -packaged containers with fixed net nom inal weight.  
f. Controls on the pre -packaged containers with variable net nominal weight.  
g. Controls on pre -packaged containers existed in the markets.  
h. Misleading containers.  
i. Responsibility of the packer and importer and person responsible for packer.  
1.12.   Decree of  the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 13/2014 on the provisions related to the 
control of jewels, precious metals and gemstones.  
1.13.   Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors of the Yemen Standardization and Metrology 
No. 3/2003, rules and procedures rela ted to the implementation of measurements and calibration 
of instruments, equipment of weight, and their control.  
1.14.   Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors of the Yemen Standardization and Metrology 
No. 24/2005 on the regulation of wages and testing cos ts of, stamping jewelry and precious 
metals, inspection and calibration of the weight and measurement tools /equipment as well as 
registration services wages, accreditation and licensing.  
1.15.   Minister of Industry and Trade, C hairman of Board of Directors decre e No. 11/2004 on the 
regulation of fees and cost of testing products in laboratories within the Yemen Standardization, 
Metrology and Quality Control Organization. This regulation is to determine the costs of services 
compared to tests conducted by the Auth ority's laboratories in the following area s: 
 Fees and costs of testing services in Microbiology laboratories.  
 Fees and costs of inspection services in Chemical Laboratory.  G/TBT/2/Add.120  
 
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   Fees and costs of testing services in food and agricultural laboratories.  
1.16.   Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors NO. 16/2005 on the fees and costs of testing 
in the laboratories of YSMO. This decision regulates fees and costs of physical examinations related 
to leather, papers, textiles, building materials, steel, metal products and  gas cylinders.  
1.17.   Decision of the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 7/2005 on the fees and costs of testing 
laboratories for food products within Yemeni Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control 
Organization.  This decision regulates the fees of Physic al Testing costs of food products.  
1.18.   Decision of the Chairman of  Board of Directors No. 5/2011 on the determination of adopted 
prices of Yemen standard of and its selling.  
1.19.   Decree of C hairman of Board of Directors No. 9/2009 on the fees and testing and inspec tion 
services within  the Yemeni Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Organization.  
2  MUTUAL RECOGNITION  
2.1.  The Yemeni Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Organization (YSMO) seek to 
apply the principles of mutual recognition to facilitate t he acceptance of the conformity assessment 
results and in this regard the following decree issued:  
a. Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 3/2013 on the adoption of the mutual 
recognition guide of conformity certificates and quality marks for prod ucts.  
3  ACCREDIT ATION UNIT  
3.1.  Prime Minister's D ecree 228 for 2010 on the establishment of Accreditation Unit.  Functions 
and tasks:  
 Accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories ; 
 Accreditation of medical laboratories ; 
 Accreditation of bodies issuing c ertificates of conformity to quality, e nvironment and 
products systems;  
 Accreditation to the inspection bodies according to  the rel ated to international standards;  
 Accreditation of certification bodies according to  related international standard.  
3.2.  Prime Min ister's Decree No. 16/2013 on  the adoption of regulation on accreditation of 
conformity assessment bodies according to ISO standard  No.17011.  
3.3.  Decree of the Chairman of Board of Directors No. 17/2013 on the regulation of using Yemeni 
logo for Accreditation (YAC) by conformity assessment bodies according to international standards.  
3.4.  Prime Minister Decree No. 18/2013 on the regulation of fees and accreditation costs.  
4  TRANSPARENCY  
4.1.  YSMO provides information via the website service and social media related to stan dards, 
technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures.  
4.2.  Improving the quality of web site to give a chance for public and interested parties to provide 
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  4.1  Adopted measure s 
4.3.  Lists of standards and technical regulations are published in the formal newspaper and in the 
YSMO  magazine.  Technical Regulation s and standards are downloaded on the website of YSMO to 
get opinion s from concern ed parties but this has stopp ed for two years because of the war.  
4.4.  In general the Ministry of Industry and Trade is in  charge of notifications to the WTO. YSMO  
is responsible for the implementation of the obligations of the Republic of Yemen in the framework 
of the Agreement on T echnic al Barriers to Trade including notification.  
4.5.  YSMO is considered the responsible entity for the main enquiry point on the TBT Agreement 
as well as notifications, publications and internal procedures to ensure the fulfillment of 
transparency pledges on an on going basis. The information center has been established to serve 
the national enquiry point on issues related to technical barriers to trade and a resolution has been 
issued in this regard, including the Decree o f the Chairman of B oard No. 15/ 2014 on the regulation 
of the main focal points for the TBT Agreement within the Yemen Standardization, Metrology and 
Quality Control Organization.  
4.6.  The address of the national enquiry point is: 
Najat Ahmed Yahya AL -Khayyat  
Yemen Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control  
Industrial Park, Zubairi Street  
PO Box 15261  
Sana'a, Yemen  
E-mail address: Enquiry.point@ysmo.org  / info@ysmo.org  
Website: www.ysmo .org 
Telephone:  967-1-408608 / 9 EXT: 142  
Fax: + 967 -1-472557 / 402636/219980  
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