GUIDELINES OF IMPORTS FOR THE TRADE United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Emirates Conformity Assessment Scheme & Emirates Quality Mark This data sheet has been prepared specifically in respect of goods (imported, traded and locally manufactured) to the United Arab Emirates Date issued: 04/01/2016 Last modification: 06/09/2017 1. PRODUCT CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT (PCA) MANDATE PROGRAM NAME PROGRAM MANDATED BY ECAS & EQM Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology IMPLEMENTED ON ESMA established under the Law No. 28/2001. Assess and verify the compliance of regulated products that will be imported, traded & manufactured in United PROGRAM OBJECTIVES Arab Emirates, in accordance with the regulations, rules, specifications and conditions approved by ESMA. VERIFICATION PROCESS Emirates conformity assessment scheme (ECAS) - Documents required to be submitted for Registration of Products is stated in the request for certification (RFC) or in relevant technical requirements as deemed necessary to ascertain the compliance of the product with the applicable standard. - Upon acceptance of the request for certification and all the necessary documents, SGS shall carry out a conformity assessment based on the identified scheme for a product. - Assessment and Evaluation of product shall be conducted by SGS. - When the results of conformity assessment demonstrate that the relevant requirements are met, SGS shall issue an ECAS Certificate of Conformity for the product. - The ECAS Certificate of Conformity shall serve as an approval for the product and can be used by the importer / trader / manufacturer in marketing their registered product. - Certificate of Conformity is not transferable and is valid only for the product being evaluated and manufactured in a facility. - The ECAS Certificate shall be valid for 1 year subject to renewal.
EQM (Emirates Quality Mark) - Documents required to be submitted for Registration of Products is stated in the request for certification (RFC) or in relevant technical requirements as deemed necessary to ascertain the compliance of the product with the applicable standard. - Upon acceptance of the request for certification and all the necessary documents, SGS shall carry out a conformity assessment (evaluation and onsite audit) based on the identified scheme for a product. - Assessment and onsite verification of the product and organisation shall be conducted by SGS. - SGS shall issue an EQM Certificate upon successful completion of documents evaluation and onsite assessment. - The EQM Certificate of Conformity shall serve as an approval for the product and can be used by the trader / manufacturer /importer in marketing their registered product. - EQM certificate is voluntary certificate (Except bottled drinking water) valid for 3 years and compensate of ECAS certificate. Benefits of EQM are - 3 years certification. - Scope expansion (addition of new model) during certification period. - Adding value to the products and the organization. - Promoting the institution name and reputation. - Acquiring customer satisfaction and trust. - Having trade infrastructures for importing agreements - Facilitating the entry of products through Custom ports. - Facilitating export. - Increase sales. Documents for (ECAS) CoC issuance: DOCUMENTATION - Filled request for certification (RFC). - Valid UAE trade / Industrial license - Test reports from accredited* / Manufacturer** lab. Note: *IEC CB for Low voltage equipment, ISO 17025 for non-electrical products. ** Performance report only) - Declaration of conformity (on applicant s letter head with sign and stamp) - Product identity declaration (If model / brand is different from test report, on Manufacturer s letter head)
- Instruction manual in English and Arabic - Rating Label / Product marking labels - Copies of current ECAS CoC & SOC (If renewal) - Other technical documents as per product / scope requirements. CERTIFICATE Documents for (EQM) issuance: - Filled online application form (RFC) - Valid UAE trade / Industrial license - Test reports from accredited* / Manufacturer** lab. Note: *IEC CB for Low voltage equipment, ISO 17025 for non-electrical products. ** Performance report only. - Declaration of conformity (on applicant s letter head with sign and stamp) - Product identity declaration (If model / brand is deferent from test report, on Manufacturer s letter head) - Instruction manual in English and Arabic - Rating Label / Product marking labels - Accreditation certificates of factory (ISO 9001 etc.) - QMS / IMS manual of factory - Quality plan of factory - Copies of old EQM CoC & SOC (If renewal) - Vicinity map & Plant layout of factory - Technical documents as per products / scope requirements. ECAS A Certificate of Conformity (CoC) and certificate of schedule (SoC) are issued to evidence the compliance of the regulation. EQM For the quality mark application, a Licence of using EQM, Certificate of Conformity (CoC), Certificate of Schedule (SoC) and agreement are issued to evidence the compliance of the regulation. 2. REGULATED PRODUCTS 2.1 The following product categories are subject to this program: 2.1.1 Electrical and Gas Appliances: (Module B) 1. Electric Power Extension Cords and Adaptors 2. Electric Irons 3. Microwave Ovens 4. Clothes Washing Machines and Clothes Dryers 5. Electric Cooking Stove 6. Refrigerators, Chillers and Freezers 7. Room Air conditioners 8. Household Cooking Appliances 9. Electromechanical Kitchen Appliances 10. Vacuum Cleaners
11. Fans and Fans Systems 12. Appliances for Heating Liquids 13. Grass Shears/Trimmers 14. Electric Appliances for Skin and Hair Care 15. Gas Powered Ovens & Cooking Ranges 16. Television Sets & Panels 17. Personal Care & Grooming 18. General Use Mains Plugs, Socket outlets 19. Switches & Dimmers 20. Electric Drinking Water Dispenser 21. Outboard marine engines 22. Dishwashers 23. Food waste disposers 24. UV & infrared radiation skin tanning 25. Sewing machines 26. Battery chargers 27. Room heaters 28. Range hoods 29. Massage appliances 30. Instantaneous water heaters 31. Pumps 32. Clothes dryers / towel rails 33. Ironers 34. Portable heating tools 35. Stationary circulation pumps 36. Oral hygiene appliances 37. Aquarium and garden ponds equipment 38. Projectors 39. Insect killers 40. Thermal storage room heaters 41. Commercial kitchen machines 42. Air cleaning appliances 43. Portable immersion heaters 44. Vending machines 45. Outdoor barbecues 46. High pressure cleaners 47. Fabric steamers 48. Commercial microwave ovens 49. Humidifiers 50. Garden blowers 51. Gas, oil and solid fuel burning appliances 52. Circuit breakers 53. Conduits 54. Sound signaling devices 55. Electric toys safety 56. Drills & impact drills 57. Screw drivers & impact wrenches 58. Grinders, polishers 59. Disk type sanders 60. Sanders & polishers other than disk type 61. Circular saws 62. Hammers 63. Spray guns for non-flammable liquids 64. Shears & nibblers 65. Tappers 66. Reciprocating saw
67. Concrete vibrators 68. Chain saw 69. Planers 70. Hedge trimmers 71. Tackers 72. Routers & trimmers 73. Strapping tools 74. Jointers 75. Band saw 76. Drain cleaners 77. Laser Products 78. AC and DC Low Voltage Wires and Cables (Module H) 79. Lighting Products 80. Electric Storage Water Heaters: (Module H) 81. Hover board (module H) 82. Equipment used in explosive atmosphere (IECEx / ECASEx) 2.1.2 Food and Chemical Products: 1. Tobacco Products (Module B) 2. Tobacco Moasel (Module B) 3. Petroleum products (Module B) 4. Organic Food (Module H) 5. Energy Drink (Module B) 6. Oxo- biodegradable Plastic Products (Module H) 7. Bottled Drinking Water (EQM) 8. Perfumes (Module B) 9. Detergents (Module B) 10. Cosmetics and Personal Care Products (Module B) 11. Food Contact materials (Module B) 12. Honey (Module B) 13. Paints and varnishes (Module B) 2.1.3 Other Products 1. Tires (Module H) 2. Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders (Module H) 3. Trailer and Semi-Trailer (Module H) 4. Escalators and elevators (Module B) 5. Child car seat (Module B). 6. Data communication cable (Module B) 7. Personal protective equipment (PPE) (Module B) 8. Automatic door (Module B). 9. Water fixtures (Module B) 10. RoHS (Module A) 11. Speed limiter (Module H) Note: ESMA regulated products list will be updated frequently. Please contact SGS Gulf Ltd for updated list. Module B Documents verification only, Module H Document verification + onsite assessment. Module A- Self declaration. 3. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS PROHIBITED IMPORTS Any products having lard or lard derivatives are prohibited. Product having Hebrew marking is prohibited. Any regulated product which is against regulation, rule and guideline set by ESMA is prohibited.
LABELLING REQUIREMENTS 4. FEES in USD Fees will be provided upon request from the local SGS office. All kinds of Narcotic drugs (Hashish, Cocaine, Heroin, Poppy Seeds, Hallucination Pills, etc.). Goods intended to be imported from boycotted countries. Goods from Israeli origin or bearing Israeli trademarks or logos Crude Ivory and Rhinoceros horn. Gambling tools and machineries. Three layers fishing nets. Original engravings, prints, lithographs, sculpture and statues in any material. Used, reconditioned and inlaid tires. Radiation polluted substances. Printed publications, oil paintings, photographs, pictures, cards, books, magazines stony sculptures and mannequins which contradict Islamic teachings, decencies, or deliberately implying immorality or turmoil. Any other goods, the importation of which is prohibited under the authority of U.A.E. customs laws or any other laws in the country. Forged and duplicate currency. Cooked and home-made foods. According to the applicable standards and guideline. 5. CONTACT INFORMATION Krishna Raj Governments & Institutions (GIS) SGS Gulf Limited (DAFZ Branch) Office # 626, Building- 5WA Al Quds Street, Dubai Airport Free Zone Dubai - United Arab Emirates Phone: +971 4 228 3990 Ext- 120 Mob: +971 56 40 30 669 E-mail: krishna.raj@sgs.com Sithara Hatim Government and Institutions Services SGS Gulf Limited Jebel Ali Free Zone South Office: S3A1SR01 P.O. Box: 18556, Jebel Ali Free Zone Dubai - United Arab Emirates Phone: +971 4 880 93 93 Ext: 249 Fax: +971 4 880 90 08 E-mail: Sithara.hatim@sgs.com The information contained herein is for the purpose of facilitating manufacture, import & trading the product in UAE and does not relieve manufacturer or importers or trader from their obligation in respect of compliance with the import regulations of the country of importation. Although every effort has been made to ensure the correctness of the information, as at the date of issuance of this data sheet, SGS does not accept any responsibility for errors or omissions and, furthermore, the information may subsequently be subject to change as may be announced by the Authorities in the country of importation. Consequently manufacturer, importers or trader are advised to check with SGS, prior to shipment of the goods, if there is any doubt concerning the issuance of a Clean Report of Findings or any other Certificate. For further information, or clarification, please contact the SGS GIS Administrative Office in UAE.