. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/SAU/443 
1 August 2012  
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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 a nd Quality Organization (SASO) 
P.O. Box:  3437 Riyadh 11471  Tel.:  +966(1)4520000  Ext:  (1378-1381-1383) Fax:  +966(1)4520193 Email:  enquirypoint@saso.org.sa  
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 Performance Specificati on for Hand-held 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 prom ote safe use of a hand-held in fant carrier by an occupant 
and caregiver. 
1.2  This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize the risk of incidents to an 
occupant resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of a hand-held infant carrier. 
1.3  No hand-held infant carrier produced afte r the approval date of this consumer safety 
specification, either by label or  other means, shall indicate compliance with this specification, 
unless it conforms to all re quirements contained herein. 
1.4  This consumer safety specification is not  intended to address accidents and injuries 
resulting from the interaction of other persons w ith the child occupant in a hand-held infant 
carrier or the accidents resulting from abus e and misuse by children able to walk. 
1.5  This consumer safety specification is not  intended to address incidents or injuries 
resulting from use of the product in a motor vehi cle, nor is it intended to address any issues 
that may arise from the manufacturer meeti ng the certification requirements of  FMVSS-G/TBT/N/SAU/443 
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  213 or other applicable add-on child restraint standards. 
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 te st 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 limitations 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 addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Email:  enquirypoint@saso.org.sa  Website:  http://www.saso.org.sa