Verification of Conformity
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Demonstrate compliance of your products

GHANAEasyPASS PROGRAMMESCOPE
EasyPASS PROGRAMMEThe Ghana Standards Authority has appointed Bureau Veritas to implement theGhana EasyPASS Programme which becomes mandatory from January 1st, 2019.
Bureau Veritas verifies, in the region of export and prior to shipment, the conformity ofthe goods to Ghanaian and/or international standards and issues the Certificate ofConformity to facilitate and speed up Customs clearance process of the goods in Ghana.

OBJECTIVE
Protection of the consumer and the environmentConformity Assurance

Swift customs clearance with the appropriate Certificate

GROUP OF PRODUCTS COVERED

Mineral products

Products of the chemical or allied industries

Plastics, rubber and articles

Raw hides and skins, leather, fur skins andarticles

Pulp of Wood or of other fibrous cellulosic
materialTextiles and textile articles

Articles of stone, plasters, cement, asbestos,mica…

Base metals and articles of base metal

Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semiprecious stones…

Agricultural and forestry tractors, Off-roadvehicles for the carriage of goods, aircraft,
vessels and associated transport equipment

Machinery and mechanical appliances,electrical equipment; Parts thereof…

Optical, photographic, cinematographic,
measuring… instruments and apparatus

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

Used Products, except some selected
prohibited used products (such as
undergarments and handkerchiefs,mattresses, sanitary ware, LPG cylinders…

BASIC PROCESS OVERVIEW
CERTIFICATEAPPLICATION/ SHIPMENTSHIPMENT TO
GHANA

VERIFICATIONNON - COMPLIANT

Testing
Inspection
Documentary review

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PROCESS
Step 1 : Request for Certificate
Importer / Exporter lodges a Request for Certificate to a Bureau Veritas localcontact. Said request should include:List, designation of goods intended to be exported, importer / exporter details(name, address, invoice, ...)

Conformity documents available (ex: Third party certificate, Test reports, Reports ofanalysis according to QHSE - Quality, Health, Safety and Environment - standards)

Information related to local and provisional date of availability of goods to carry out
their physical inspection before shipment. (Filling up of the Request For Certificate(RFC) Form)

Step 2 : Routes to compliance
To facilitate trade and adjust intervention to the risk, 3 different routes areavailable in our EasyPASS Programme to demonstrate compliance:Route A: Any good, any traderRoute B (Registration): Goods already registered by Bureau VeritasRoute C (Licensing): Goods already licensed by Bureau Veritas

Step 3 : Documentary review / Testing
Bureau Veritas reviews all information provided and checks their adequacy
against the Ghanaian and/or international standards. Laboratory testing /analysis are conducted on samples if necessary.

Step 4 : Inspection
Bureau Veritas checks that:

Products comply with applicable standards

Goods presented are those identified during the documentary review

Goods match their description in the import / export documents

If necessary, Bureau Veritas inspectors may take samples for additional assessment.

Step 5 : EasyPASS Certificate
Bureau Veritas checks the inspection report against the provided documents.
Upon satisfactory results, a secured EasyPASS Certificate is issued, else, aNon-Conformity Report is produced.

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FACILITATION PROCEDURE
Registration (Route B) and Licensing (Route C) are options offered for regular importer/exporter
to Ghana. The documents and system in place to ensure conformity to Ghanaian requirements
are preliminary reviewed (test report, certificate, results of testing, inspection, factory audit….)

Registration and Licensing
Registration and Licensing application
Statement of Registration (SoR)
APPLICATIONREGISTRATION /LICENSING

VERIFICATION

Testing

Statement of Licensing (SoL)

Audit
Documentary review

Shipment verification
SoR/SoL reduces the documentary review and/or inspection of shipment and speed up theissuance of certificate in performing the necessary monitoring.

Verification with SoR/SoLMonitoring
REGISTERED /LICENSED GOODSCERTIFICATESHIPMENT TO
GHANAYour Fast Track for Worldwide Trade
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Ghana EasyPASS– Flyer – Ed 2.0

Contact in Ghana:
B.V. BIVAC International Ghana Ltd,
Near the E.C.G. Training School
Tema - Ghana

Phone: +233 (0) 3422 90865+233 (0) 5014 12875
conformity.ghana@bureauveritas.com
www.group.bureauveritas.com/marketsservices/financial-services-publicsector/governments

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