. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/OMN/141 
23 April 2012  
 (12-2165) 
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:  OMAN  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Commerce and I ndustry - Directorate General for Standard and Metrology 
(DGSM)  
P.O. Box:  550, P.C 100 
Tel.:  24817252 Fax:  24817040 
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 :    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Certificate of management 
System and Quality Marks  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulation for using 
management system certificate and quality marks (9 pages in Arabic) 
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this regulation is to register the national, regional 
and international quality marks found in all food and non-food products as well as the 
registration of various kinds and denominations  of quality management systems certificates, 
that the companies in the Sultanate have obtai ned, and the procuremen t registration fees for 
quality mark and management systems certificate is according to the regulations and financial 
laws by the directorate.  
This regulation adopts the neces sary actions by all Quality Management Systems Certified 
bodies such as the necessity to register the certificate that they obtained, allowing the 
Directorate staff to acquaint on all the document s related to the Quality Management Systems 
certificates, to emphasis the companies not to de clare any certificate that is not registered in 
the Directorate and they bear the fees of the registration of the mark and certificate. 
The regulation also shows the role of the Direct orate in the maintenance of confidentiality of 
the information that have acquainted during th e auditing, and carry out periodic visits to 
ensure the commitment of th e companies to the standards that the certificate given upon. G/TBT/N/OMN/141 
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  It also describes the general provisions that show the necessity of the registration of the 
certification bodies at the Directorate as well as the necessity for these bodies to follow-up the 
companies which they certified. It also shows the fines resulting from failure to follow the regulations and laws. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Verification of credibility and prevention of deceptive practices.  
8. Relevant documents:    - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not yet determined  
Six months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of publication  
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:    
National Enquiry Point and Information Centre (NEPIC) 
P.O. Box:  550 Postal code:  113 Muscat 
Sultanate of Oman 
Tel.:  +(968) 2481 7252 Fax:  +(968) 2481 7040 E-mail:  nepic@business.gov.om  
Web:  http://www.mocioman.gov.om/  
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