Article 23 of the Saudi Product Safety Law
المادة 23 من نظام سلامة المنتجات · الباب الخامس: جهات تقويم المطابقة
Conformity assessment bodies are responsible for the services they provide and for the services they subcontract in order to provide them.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
تكون جهات تقويم المطابقة مسؤولة عن الخدمات التي تقدمها أو تتعاقد من الباطن من أجل تقديمها.
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 23 explained in plain English
This article establishes the responsibility of conformity assessment bodies for their services. The responsibility covers two kinds of services:
- Services they provide themselves.
- Services they subcontract in order to provide them.
The most important rule in the article is the second part: if a conformity assessment body passes part of its work to another party under a subcontract, it remains responsible for those services and cannot disclaim them on the ground that someone else carried them out.
This protects those who deal with a conformity assessment body, because they deal with a single body that is responsible for the whole service. The article does not specify the type of this responsibility, its effects, or the body that hears disputes about it.
This article follows other duties on accepted bodies: Article 22 before it prevents them from imposing conformity assessment procedures other than those in the technical regulations and requires them to stay within the scope of acceptance when providing their services.
It is followed by Article 24, which begins the provisions on market surveillance and provides that the competent authorities carry out market surveillance under the rules, procedures and tasks set by the regulations. Anyone harmed by the service of a conformity assessment body is advised to consult a lawyer who specializes in commercial matters.
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 23 of the Saudi Product Safety Law
Is a conformity assessment body responsible for the work of its subcontractor?
Yes. It is responsible for the services it subcontracts in order to provide them.
What are conformity assessment bodies responsible for?
The services they provide and the services they subcontract in order to provide them.
More articles on Conformity Assessment Bodies
- 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
- Article 20
The competent authorities may use the services of conformity assessment bodies accepted by the Authority to assess the conformity of a specific product under the Law and regulations.
يحق للجهات المختصة الاستعانة بخدمات جهات تقويم المطابقة على أن تكون مقبولة من الهيئة للقيام بإجراء تقويم المطابقة لمنتَج محدد وفقًا لأحكام النظام واللوائح.
- Article 21
Accepted bodies must keep professional confidentiality about all facts, practices and information they learn through the tasks assigned to them within the scope of their acceptance.
تلتزم الجهات المقبولة بالمحافظة على السرية المهنية في كل ما يتعلق بالوقائع والممارسات والمعلومات التي تطلع عليها من خلال المهمات الموكولة إليها في إطار القبول.
- Article 22
Accepted bodies must not impose conformity assessment procedures other than those in the technical regulations, and must stay within the scope of their acceptance when providing services.
1- يجب على الجهات المقبولة ألا تفرض أي إجراءات لتقويم المطابقة خلاف تلك المنصوص عليها في اللوائح الفنية. 2- يجب على الجهات المقبولة أن تلتزم بنطاق القبول عند تق
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