Conformity marking for the GCC Countries

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Member States: Member States of the Standardization Organization for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait and Republic of Yemen). 

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In execution of the goals of the Gulf Cooperation Council to realize the integration and connection between the member countries in all fields and support their unity, and according to the goals of the “economical agreement” between the Council countries, which established the basis of the common market for the GCC countries, to develop the common work method between the Council countries, and whereas a unified conformity marking shall be used to facilitate the control process of the common market for the GCC countries by the competent authorities of the member countries, and to clarify the commitments of the manufacturers and importers in regards to the mark by virtue of the applied systems.

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The conformity marking shall be interpreted as the conformity of a product with a specific level of the principal requirements provided in the technical regulation issued by the standardization organization for the GCC countries related to the product, and shall realize a specific level for the protection of the joint interests as imposed by the relevant technical regulation in order to prove that the manufacturers and importers have already taken all the procedures of conformity verification provided in the technical regulation issued by the standardization organization for the GCC countries in regards to the product. 

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This Technical Regulation deals with safety essential requirements and EMC; non covered aspects (such us Energy Efficiency) may be subject to particular National Technical Regulations for some products.