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WTO notification · TBT

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

Iron or steel articles; Machinery and mechanical

Official title

Technical Regulation for Pressure Equipment

Saudi Arabia issued an addendum on 2 March 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/SAU/1250. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 30 June 2022. The comment period closed on 29 August 2022.

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At a glance

Products

7311; 8402; 8403; 8404; 8414^; 8468; 8481

HS codes
  • 73 · Iron or steel articles
    • 7311 Containers of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas (excl. containers specifically constructed or equipped for one or more types of transport)
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 8402 Steam or other vapour generating boilers (excl. central heating hot water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam); superheated water boilers…
    • 8403 Central heating boilers, non-electric; parts thereof (excl. vapour generating boilers and superheated water boilers of heading 8402)
    • 8404 Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 8402 or 8403, e.g. economizers, superheaters, soot removers and gas recoverers; condensers for steam or other…
    • 8414 Air or vacuum pumps (excl. gas compound elevators and pneumatic elevators and conveyors); air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling…
    • 8468 Machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing or welding, whether or not capable of cutting (other than those of heading 8515); gas-operated surface…
    • 8481 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, incl. pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled…
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/1250Latest notice: G/TBT/N/SAU/1250/Add.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 29 August 2022
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force
After six months from published in official gazette.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 29 August 2022. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/SAU/1250/Add.1; it can take them up with Saudi Arabia.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/SAU/1250/Add.1⁩, 2 March 2026)

Technical Regulation for Pressure Equipment

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, Labelling, Conformity Assessment Procedures, Responsibilities of Regulatory Authorities, Responsibilities of Market Surveillance Authorities, Violations and Penalties, General Provisions, Transitional Provisions, Appendix (lists of standards, HS code, List, Essential Safety Requirements, Conformity Assessment Tables, Conformity Assessment Forms (Type 1a, Type 3 and Supplier Declaration of Conformity).

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/1250/Add.1

    Technical Regulation for Pressure Equipment

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

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/SAU/1250

    Comment deadline: Closed on 29 August 2022

    Technical Regulation for Pressure Equipment

    This regulation specifies the following: Terms and Definitions, Scope, Objectives, Supplier Obligations, Labelling, Conformity Assessment Procedures, Responsibilities of Regulatory Authorities, Responsibilities of Market Surveillance Authorities, Violations and Penalties, General Provisions, Transitional Provisions, Appendix (lists of standards, HS code, List, Essential Safety Requirements, Conformity Assessment Tables, Conformity Assessment Forms (Type 1a, Type 3 and Supplier Declaration of Conformity).

Sources

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

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