Article 17 of the Saudi Product Safety Law
المادة 17 من نظام سلامة المنتجات · الباب الرابع: التزامات السلامة الخاصة
The technical regulations must include what verifies a product's safety, including the essential requirements, reference to standards, risk assessment, conformity assessment, consumer information, documents and marks.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
يجب أن تتضمن اللوائح الفنية جميع المعلومات والمتطلبات التي يتحقق من خلالها من سلامة المنتج للاستخدام أو الاستهلاك، وأن يكون من بينها ما يأتي:
1- المتطلبات الأساسية والمتطلبات الأخرى التي تنطبق على المنتج أو فئة المنتج.
2- الإحالة للمواصفات السعودية أو الوطنية أو الإقليمية أو الدولية.
3- طريقة تقييم المخاطر التي تنطبق على المنتج أو فئة المنتج.
4- إجراءات تقويم المطابقة على المنتج أو فئة المنتج.
5- نوع وطبيعة المعلومات المقدمة إلى المستهلك.
6- تحديد المحتويات وشكل الوثائق الفنية لإعدادها وتوفيرها.
7- المتطلبات المتعلقة بالمصطلحات والرموز المستخدمة والتعبئة؛ ووضع علامات أو شارات على المنتج.
This is the official Arabic wording, the only legally binding version. We do not translate the law itself; the explanation below is ours. Official source: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers
Article 17 explained in plain English
This article sets the mandatory content of the technical regulations, which under Article 1 are the regulations adopted by the Authority's board of directors that set the requirements and essential requirements applied compulsorily to a product or category of products.
A technical regulation must include all the information and requirements by which the product's safety for use or consumption is verified, among them:
- The essential requirements and other requirements applicable to the product or its category.
- Reference to the standards, Saudi, national, regional or international.
- The method of risk assessment.
- Conformity assessment procedures.
- The type and nature of the information provided to the consumer.
- The content and form of the technical documents.
- The requirements relating to terminology, symbols and packaging, and to placing marks or badges on the product.
The phrase "among them" means these elements are a minimum, and the regulation may include others.
The importance of this article for businesses is that the technical regulation for their product is the practical reference for knowing every requirement, test, document and mark they must meet. It is preceded by Article 16 on the traceability system, and followed by Article 18, which sets the obligations of whoever places on the markets a product subject to a technical regulation, such as conformity assessment, preparing the technical file, issuing the declaration of conformity and placing the conformity mark.
Translated from our Arabic explanation with machine assistance. For guidance only; it does not replace advice from a lawyer on your situation.
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Frequently asked questions about Article 17 of the Saudi Product Safety Law
What do technical regulations include?
The essential and other requirements, reference to the standards, the method of risk assessment, conformity assessment procedures, consumer information, the content and form of the technical documents, and requirements on terminology, symbols, packaging, marks and badges.
Are technical regulations compulsory?
Yes. Under their definition in Article 1, they set requirements that are applied compulsorily to a product or category of products.
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- Article 6
A product is safe if it presents no hazard or its risks are acceptable in normal use, with the essential requirements and technical regulations met; otherwise by conforming to Saudi, regional or international standards.
1- يكون المنتج آمنًا إذا كان استخدامه -في ظل ظروف الاستخدام العادية- لا يمثل خطرًا، أو يمكن أن تنشأ عنه مخاطر مقبولة ومتوافقة مع مستويات السلامة المحددة -التي ت
- Article 18
The manufacturer, authorized representative and importer placing a product subject to a technical regulation must assess its conformity, engage an accepted body where needed, prepare a technical file, issue a declaration of conformity and affix the conformity mark.
يلتزم الصانع والممثل المعتمد والمستورد، الذي يضع في الأسواق منتجًا يخضع للائحة فنية، بما يأتي: 1- تقييم مدى مطابقة المنتج للمتطلبات من خلال تطبيق إجراء تقويم ال
- Article 19
If the technical regulations require a conformity assessment body to carry out a specified assessment, the party responsible for placing the product on the market must assign the task to one of the accepted bodies.
في حال فرضت اللوائح الفنية ذات الصلة بالمنتج تدخل جهة تقويم المطابقة لإجراء تقويم مطابقة محدد؛ فيجب على المسؤول عن وضع المنتج في السوق أن يسند مهمة إجراء تقويم
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