. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SAU/199 
26 October 2010  
 (10-5578) 
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 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 Organization (SASO) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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 and Quality Organization 
P.O. Box:  3437 Riyadh 11471  Tel.:  +966 (1) 452 0000  Ext. (1378-1381-1383) Fax:  +966 (1) 452 0193 E-mail:  enquirypoint@saso.org.sa
 
Website:  http://www.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):   
Foodstuffs (ICS Code 67.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  The Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia / The Cooperation Council fo r the Arab States of the Gulf  Draft Technical Regulation: 
General Requirements For Genetically Modified  Unprocessed Agricultural Products (8 pages 
in English, 11 pages in Arabic). 
6. Description of content:  This Draft Technical Regulation is concerned with general 
requirements for unprocessed agri cultural products obtained through certain techniques of 
genetic modification and unproce ssed agricultural products th at contain or produced from 
genetically modified organism (GMO) if  the GMO present is higher than 1%.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Food safety  G/TBT/N/SAU/199 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
– Regulation ( EC) No 1829/2003 of the Europe an Parliament and of the Council of 
September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed. 
– Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European  Parliament and of the Council of 
September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified 
organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically 
modified organisms and am ending Directive 2001/18/EC. 
– GM foods: safety assessment of geneti cally modified foods – 2005 Food standards 
Australia New Zealand. 
– Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. 
– Regulate the entry of genetically modifi ed organisms, 2005 – Na tional Committee on 
Biosafety – King Abdulaziz City for Sc ience and Technology (KACST) – Saudi 
Arabia. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:  } To be 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 website addresses, if available of the other body:  
Saudi Standards, Metrolog y and Quality Organization 
P.O. Box:  3437, Riyadh 11471  Tel.:  +966 (1) 452 0000  Ext. (1378-1381-1383) 
Fax:  +966 (1) 452 0193 
E-mail:  enquirypoint@saso.org.sa
 
Website:  http://www.saso.org.sa