Article 6 of the Saudi Standards and Quality Law

After Article 5 made the Authority the reference authority for standardization and quality, this article details the Authority's tasks in implementing the law, which can be grouped as follows:

Planning:

• Preparing a draft national standards strategy in coordination with the relevant bodies, submitting it under the legal procedures, and supervising its implementation once approved.

The standards themselves:

• Preparing the standard and the related document, and reviewing or withdrawing them.
• Approving procedures for protecting the standard under the relevant legal provisions.
• Providing interpretations of the standard and the related document when necessary.
• Preparing a standards guide and updating it.
• Supporting studies relating to standards and encouraging the application of Saudi standards.

Public access: making Saudi standards and the relevant national, regional and international standards in force available to the public for a fee.

The international dimension:

• Taking part in preparing, adopting and reviewing international and regional standards in a way that serves the Kingdom's interests.
• Representing the Kingdom in international and regional standardization organizations and before national standardization bodies.
• Acting as a reference body providing information and notifications under the Kingdom's obligations arising from international agreements.

Other tasks: any other task in standardization as provided in the regulations, to achieve the aims of standardization in Article 4, such as protecting health, safety and the consumer and facilitating trade.

Someone who needs an interpretation of a standard relating to his product may go to the Authority, or consult a lawyer who specializes in commercial cases.