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Saudi ArabiaUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof

Official title

Draft Technical Regulation for the General Safety of Electric Batteries.

Saudi Arabia issued an addendum on 2 March 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/SAU/1078. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 20 July 2018. The comment period closed on 18 September 2018.

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At a glance

HS codes
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 850440 Static converters
    • 8506 Primary cells and primary batteries, electrical; parts thereof (excl. spent)
    • 850610 Manganese dioxide cells and batteries (excl. spent)
    • 850630 Mercuric oxide cells and batteries (excl. spent)
    • 850640 Silver oxide cells and batteries (excl. spent)
    • 850650 Lithium cells and batteries (excl. spent)
    • 850660 Air-zinc cells and batteries (excl. spent)
    • 850680 Primary cells and primary batteries, electric (excl. spent, and those of silver oxide, mercuric oxide, manganese dioxide, lithium and air-zinc)
    • 8507 Electric accumulators, incl. separators therefor, whether or not rectangular or square; parts thereof (excl. spent and those of unhardened rubber or textiles)
    • 850710 Lead-acid accumulators of a kind used for starting piston engine 'starter batteries' (excl. spent)
    • 850720 Lead acid accumulators (excl. spent and starter batteries)
    • 850730 Nickel-cadmium accumulators (excl. spent)
    • 850740 Nickel-iron accumulators (excl. spent)
Notifying member
Saudi Arabia(Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of)
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/SAU/1078Latest notice: G/TBT/N/SAU/1078/Add.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 18 September 2018
Proposed adoption
6 months from the date of publication in the official gazette
Proposed entry into force
6 months from the date of publication in the official gazette

How to comment

The comment period closed on 18 September 2018. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/SAU/1078/Add.1; it can take them up with Saudi Arabia.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/SAU/1078/Add.1⁩, 2 March 2026)

Draft Technical Regulation for the General Safety of Electric Batteries.

Attached is a copy of the Regulation after alignment, along with the List of standards.

This regulation specifies the following: Terms and Definitions, scope, objectives, supplier Obligations, Labeling, Conformity Assessment Procedures, Responsibilities of regulatory authorities, the authorities of market survey Responsibilities, Violations and Penalties, general rules, Transitional rules, Appendix (lists, types)

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/SAU/1078/Add.1

    Draft Technical Regulation for the General Safety of Electric Batteries.

    Attached is a copy of the Regulation after alignment, along with the List of standards.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document 1 (opens in a new tab)Notified document 2 (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/SAU/1078

    Comment deadline: Closed on 18 September 2018

    Draft Technical Regulation for the General Safety of Electric Batteries.

    This regulation specifies the following: Terms and Definitions, scope, objectives, supplier Obligations, Labeling, Conformity Assessment Procedures, Responsibilities of regulatory authorities, the authorities of market survey Responsibilities, Violations and Penalties, general rules, Transitional rules, Appendix (lists, types)

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

Sources

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