. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/SAU/390 
10 July 2012  
 (12-3680) 
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 Organisation (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):  HS CODE 2004, 
ICS 83.080.20 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: The Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia / Draft Technical Regulation: Plastics - Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) 
moulding and extrusion materials - Part 1: De signation system and basis for specifications 
(8 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  ISO 2580-1:2002 establishes a system of designation for 
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) moulding and extrusion materials, which may be used 
as the basis for specifications.  
1.2 The types of ABS plastic are differentiated from each other by a classification system 
based on appropriate levels of the designatory properties: 
1. Vicat softening temperature; 
2. Melt volume-flow rate; 3. Charpy notched impact strength; 4. Tensile modulus. 
and on information about composition, intended  application and/or method of processing, 
important properties, additives, colorant s, fillers and reinforcing materials. 
1.3 This part of ISO 2580 is applicable to all acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene materials 
consisting of a continuous phase based mainly  on copolymers of styrene (and/or alkyl- G/TBT/N/SAU/390 
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  substituted styrene) and acrylonitrile and a di spersed elastomeric phase based mainly on 
polybutadiene, plus other components, in su ch quantities as specified in the text. 
It applies to ABS materials ready for normal use in the form of powder , granules, pellets or 
chips, unmodified or modified by colorants, additives, fillers, etc. 
This part of ISO 2580 does not apply to materials - with a Charpy notched impact strength of less than 3 kilojoules per square metre;  
- containing less than 50% by mass of butad iene in the elastomer of the elastomeric 
 phase;  - containing less than 15% by mass of  acrylonitrile in the continuous phase 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To keeping quality of this product, consumer  health protection and marketing relation of 
Saudi Arabia.  
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:    
enquirypoint@saso.org.sa   
http://www.saso.org.sa