The Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) has recently announced that it is in the process of changing the Conformity Assessment rules for exports to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  

Regulated Products (RPs) subject to conformity assessment are now identified by specific HS codes and must comply with the rules of SASO’s new Technical Regulations (TRs). SASO has so far adopted (38) TRs, and more are expected to be added in the coming year.  

To this end, SASO have developed their own electronic certification system called SABER. Importers must now initiate the certification request for RPs they intend to import by accessing SABER, registering the RPs and choosing one of the SASO Approved Certification Bodies. 

SASO have announced a start date of 1st January 2018 for commencement of this new Certification system through SABER on a voluntary trial basis. The system will become mandatory as of 1 July 2018. SABER is currently undergoing commissioning by SASO and is not expected to become ready and fully operational before 1st February 2018. Since the procedure and details is not yet clear, so before 1 July 2018.we will keep to do the SASO in normal way.

翻译如下：

沙特标准组织（SASO）最近宣布，正在改变对出口沙特阿拉伯的合格评定规则。

受符合性评估管制的产品（RP）现在通过特定的海关编码进行识别，并且必须符合SASO新的技术法规。 SASO现在已采用38种技术法规，预计未来一年将增加更多。

为此，SASO开发了他们自己的电子认证系统，称为SABER。 进口商现在的认证需求必须通过访问SABER，注册产品和选择一个SASO批准的认证机构来启动。

ASO已经宣布从2018年1月1日开始，通过自愿试用，启动SABER这个新的认证体系。 该系统将于2018年7月1日起强制执行.SABER目前正在由SASO进行调试，预计在2018年2月1日之前无法准备好并全面投入运行。由于程序和细节尚未完善，所以在2018年7月1日之前，我们将继续以正常的流程申请SASO。