. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KWT/7 
21 December 2005 
 
 (05-6213) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE STATE OF KUWAIT
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Public Authority for Industry 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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):   All products covered 
under previous notifications G/TBT/N/KWT/1 to 6 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Kuwait Conformity 
Assurance Scheme (KUCAS).  Guidelines will be made available in Arabic and English. 
6. Description of content:   A new local Kuwait Conformity Assurance Scheme (KUCAS) has 
been adopted by Kuwait to replace the current  International Conformity Certification 
Program (ICCP).  The scheme provides for conformity assessment procedures to be 
undertaken by importers upon arrival of goods at Kuwaiti Ports instead of exporters or 
manufacturers at the various exporting countries as under ICCP.  It is based on:  
- Adoption of a pre-market “Technical Evaluation” system for non-process 
manufactured products (such as electrical app liances and tyres) valid for (1) year, 
which is similar to the “Import Approval” system that was enforced prior to the 
ICCP. Importer’s Self Declaration supported by test reports or quality marks issued by any accredited or approved laboratory, cer tification or notified body, whether in 
Kuwait or any other country, are accepted as basis for issuance of the “Technical 
Evaluation Certificate”. 
- Frequent selective testing of process manuf actured products (such as engine oils, 
paints and cement), by withdrawing samp les from consignments after arrival at 
Kuwaiti Ports and testing them at PAI Labs or other specialized labs in 
neighbouring countries as needed. 
- Selective inspection of consignments at Kuwaiti Ports based on risk analysis and 
past compliance history of importers or manufacturers. 
- Enforcement of a similar system on domestic producers of the same Regulated 
Products that do not bear the Kuwaiti Quality Mark
. 
- Initiation of a local Market Surveillance Scheme . G/TBT/N/KWT/7 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Streamlining of conformity assessment procedures in compliance with Articles 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 
5.4 and ISO/IEC Guide 60, ISO/IEC 17011, 17025, 17050-1 and 17020.  
8. Relevant documents:   KUCAS Guidelines for importers would be available by
17 January 2006. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }17 March 2006 
10. Final date for comments:   17 February 2006 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [   X  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: