. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/SAU/444 
2 August 2012  
 (12-4284) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organisation (SASO) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :  
Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization  
P.O. Box:  3437 Riyadh 11471  Tel.:  +966(1)4520000  Ext:  (1378-1381-1383) Fax:  +966(1)4520193 Email:  enquirypoint@saso.org . 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  ICS: 97.190. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standard Consumer 
Safety Specification for Soft Infant Carriers (7 pages in English).     
6. Description of content:   
1.1 This consumer safety spec ification establishes performance requirements, test  methods 
and marking requirements to promote sa fe use of soft infant carriers.  
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intend ed to minimize the risk  of incidents to an 
infant from the normal use and reasonably  foreseeable misuse of these products. 
1.3 For purposes of definition, a soft infant carrier is a product, nor mally of sewn fabric 
construction, which is designed to contain a full term infant, generally in an upright position, 
in close proximity to the caregiver. In general,  the child will weigh between 7 and 25 lb (3.2 
and 11.3 kg). The soft infant carrier is normally  "worn" by the caregiver with the carrier, and 
thus the infant, suspended from one or both s houlders  of the caregiver. These products are 
generally worn on the front of the caregiver's body with the infant either facing towards or 
away from the caregiver. This consumer sa fety specification does not include products 
generally referred to as "slings". 
1.4 No soft infant carrier produced after th e approval date of this consumer safety 
specification shall, either by label or other me ans, indicate compliance with the specification 
unless it complies with all of the requirements contained herein. G/TBT/N/SAU/444 
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  1.5 This consumer safety specification is not intended to address incidents and injuries 
resulting from the interaction of other persons or objects with the caregiver and infant while 
the soft carrier is in use. 
1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in 
parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for  information only 
and are not considered standard. 
1.7 The following precautionary caveat pertains  only to the test method portion,  Section 7 
of this consumer safety specification. This st andard does not purport to  address all of the 
safety concerns, if any, associat ed with its use. It is the  re sponsibility of the user of this 
standard to establish appropriat e safety and health practices a nd determine the applicability of 
regulatory requirements prior to use. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Keeping quality of this product,  consumer health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:   http://www.saso.org.sa    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not yet determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of circulation 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
Email: enquirypoint@saso.org.sa    Website:  http://www.saso.org.sa