G/TBT/W/779  
 
 22 November  2023 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  - TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE (ID 7 96) 
TECHNICAL STATEMENT  BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  TO THE  
COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
8–10 NOVEMBER  2023 
 
The following communication, dated 20 November  2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United Arab Emirates . 
 
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1.1.  First and foremost, we would like to extend our thanks to the Chinese delegation  for their 
feedback related to the draft electric vehicle 's technical regulation, TBT notification 
G/TBT/N/ARE/572 , circulated to the WTO Members on 6 Feb ruary  2023. Accordi ngly, we have listed 
down the following points in response to their comments . 
1.2.  Comments related to the draft electric vehicle's technical regulation, TBT notification 
G/TBT/N/ARE/572 . 
a. We received the first group of comments from China on 6 April 2023, we responded to 
the comments by email on 8 May 2023, and most of the comments were accepted and 
taken into consideration during the final draft of the regulation, the second group of 
comments from China was received on 2 June 2023, after 115 da ys from the date of 
notification, we apologize to consider the comments, as we finalized the final draft and 
submit for approval.  
b. Meetings were held with business groups in the field of Automobile manufacturing  
(ASEA: European Automobile Manufacturers' Ass ociation , JAMA: Japan Automobile 
Manufacturers Association , AAPC: The American Automotive Policy Council ) to discuss 
the regulation and take their comments to include it in the final version of the regulation.  
c. UAE regulation for electric vehicles is modified based on the regional and international 
standards (UN ECE, IEC, ISO, GSO), Annex 1 & 2, listed the references of international 
& regional standards.  
d. Most of the recommendations listed in China concern, already taken into consideration 
as the UAE  regulation for electric vehicles is consistent with the requirements of the UN 
regulations.  
1.3.  Comments related to GCC certification procedures for automotive products.  
a. Currently there are no mandatory GSO technical regulations currently applied to Electric 
Vehicles (EVs) at the level of all GCC countries.  
b. GSO, on behalf of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman, witness electric 
vehicles (EVs) tests according to a separate agreement which in turn individual national 
certificates of conformity as iss ued for each of the two countries only.  G/TBT/W/779  
 
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  c. Since 2017, the UAE has required test witnessing and Emirates certificates of conformity 
for EVs according to national procedures.  
d. Additional samples for tests are not required because of the coordinated efforts bet ween 
national standards bodies of UAE, KSA, and GSO (on behalf of Bahrain and Oman).  
e. The UAE leads the efforts towards a unified GSO technical regulation for EVs which will 
be implemented on a GSO level. Until then, the current national procedure remains i n 
effect.  
f. In addition to that, all manufacturers are required to comply with UAE.S 5019:2018 – 
Motor Vehicle – "e-Call" Emergency Calls Technical Requirements. Part of the test 
witness is to check the e -Call functionality during the impact test.  
1.4.  In respons e to the Philippines Delegation , kindly find below a list of products (in HS codes) that 
will be covered by these proposed technical regulations for Electric Vehicles:  
HS CODES  Description  
87 02 40 00  - With only electric motor for propulsion  
87 03 80 00 - Other vehicles, with only electric motor for propulsion  
87 04 60 00  - Other with only electric motor for propulsion  
 
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