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

Technical Regulation of Fire Fighting Systems

Official title

Technical Regulation of Fire Fighting Systems and Devices

Saudi Arabia issued an addendum on 2 March 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/SAU/1113. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 12 July 2019. The comment period closed on 10 September 2019.

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At a glance

Products

3813; 4009; 7308; 7325; 8413; 8481; 8531

HS codes
  • 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
    • 3813 Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable…
  • 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
    • 4009 Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, with or without their fittings, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges
  • 73 · Iron or steel articles
    • 7308 Structures and parts of structures 'e.g., bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and…
    • 7325 Articles of iron or steel, cast, n.e.s.
    • 732510 Articles of iron or steel, of non-malleable cast iron, n.e.s.
    • 73259 Other:
All 18 codes
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 8413 Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device (excl. ceramic pumps and secretion aspirating pumps for medical use and medical pumps carried…
    • 84131 Pumps fitted or designed to be fitted with a measuring device:
    • 841320 Hand pumps (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19)
    • 841330 Fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine
    • 841340 Concrete pumps
    • 841350 Reciprocating positive displacement pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413,19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal…
    • 841360 Rotary positive displacement pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal…
    • 841370 Centrifugal pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston…
    • 84138 Other pumps; liquid elevators:
    • 84139 Parts:
    • 8481 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, incl. pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled…
  • 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
    • 8531 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus, e.g. bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms (excl. those for cycles, motor vehicles and…
Notifying member
Saudi Arabia(Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of)
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/SAU/1113Latest notice: G/TBT/N/SAU/1113/Add.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 10 September 2019
Proposed adoption
Subject to change
Proposed entry into force
Subject to change

How to comment

The comment period closed on 10 September 2019. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/SAU/1113/Add.1; it can take them up with Saudi Arabia.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/SAU/1113/Add.1⁩, 2 March 2026)

Technical Regulation of Fire Fighting Systems and Devices

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/1113/Add.1

    Technical Regulation of Fire Fighting Systems and Devices

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

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/SAU/1113

    Comment deadline: Closed on 10 September 2019

    Technical Regulation of Fire Fighting Systems and Devices

    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)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

All updates from Saudi Arabia
  1. WTO notificationUnited Arab Emirates,Bahrain,Kuwait+3TBTProposed measure, open for comments

    GCC Technical Regulations for Fermented Meat Products

    This GSO technical regulation is concerned with fermented meat products, and this standard applies to fermented meat products (ready to eat), such as fermented sausages, salami, dried sausages and other fermented meat products.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/BHR/798Comments until 1 January 2027

  2. WTO notificationSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

    Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 17345 dated 28 October 2026 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their…

    Following the WOAH report dated 19 October 2026, a Newcastle virus outbreak has occurred in Santa Catarina in Brazil. In compliance with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.9, it is deemed necessary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prevent…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SAU/640

  3. WTO notificationSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

    Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 16506 dated 25 October 2026 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their…

    Following the WOAH report dated 19 October 2026, a Newcastle virus outbreak has occurred in Wielkopolskie in Poland. In compliance with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.9, it is deemed necessary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prevent…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SAU/639

  4. WTO notificationUnited Arab Emirates,Bahrain,Kuwait+3SPSCorrected since it was notifiedEmergency

    Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 16506 dated 25 October 2026 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their…

    Following the WOAH report dated 19 October 2026, a Newcastle virus outbreak has occurred in Wielkopolskie in Poland. In compliance with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.9, it is deemed necessary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prevent…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BHR/286/Corr.1

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