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

Technical Regulation for Auto Spare Parts - Version 2

Saudi Arabia issued an addendum on 9 December 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/SAU/990. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 21 August 2017. The comment period closed on 6 March 2023.

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At a glance

Products

4010 4016 7007 7009 8301 8302 8421 8511 8512 8544 8708

HS codes
  • 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
    • 4010 Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber
    • 4016 Articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s.
  • 70 · Glass and glassware
    • 7007 Safety glass, toughened 'tempered', laminated safety glass (excl. multiple-walled insulating units of glass, glasses for spectacles and clock or watch glasses)
    • 700711 Toughened 'tempered' safety glass, of size and shape suitable for incorporation in motor vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, vessels and other vehicles
    • 7009 Glass mirrors, whether or not framed, incl. rear-view mirrors (excl. optical mirrors, optically worked, mirrors > 100 years old)
    • 700910 Rear-view mirrors, whether or not framed, for vehicles
All 29 codes
  • 83 · Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal
    • 8301 Padlocks and locks 'key, combination or electrically operated', of base metal; clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal; keys for any…
    • 830120 Locks used for motor vehicles, of base metal
    • 8302 Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets…
    • 830230 Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles (excl. hinges and castors)
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 8421 Centrifuges, incl. centrifugal dryers (excl. those for isotope separation); filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases; parts…
    • 842123 Oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines
    • 842131 Intake air filters for internal combustion engines
  • 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
    • 8511 Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines, e.g. ignition magnetos…
    • 8512 Electrical lighting or signalling equipment (excl. lamps of heading 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor…
    • 851220 Electrical lighting or visual signalling equipment for motor vehicles (excl. lamps of heading 8539)
    • 851230 Electrical sound signalling equipment for cycles or motor vehicles
    • 851240 Electrical windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, for motor vehicles
    • 8544 Insulated 'incl. enamelled or anodised' wire, cable 'incl. coaxial cable' and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors…
  • 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
    • 8708 Parts and accessories for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the…
    • 870810 Bumpers and parts thereof for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for…
    • 870821 Safety seat belts for motor vehicles
    • 870870 Road wheels and parts and accessories thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles…
    • 870891 Radiators for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of…
    • 870899 Parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the…
    • 871639 Trailers and semi-trailers for the transport of goods, not designed for running on rails (excl. self-loading of self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for…
    • 871640 Trailers and semi-trailers, not designed for running on rails (excl. trailers and semi-trailers for the transport of goods and those of the caravan type for…
  • 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
    • 940120 Seats for motor vehicles
    • 940180 Seats, n.e.s.
Notifying member
Saudi Arabia(Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of)
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • 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/990Latest notice: G/TBT/N/SAU/990/Rev.1/Add.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 6 March 2023
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force
6 months from the date of publication in the official gazette.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 6 March 2023. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/SAU/990/Rev.1/Add.1; it can take them up with Saudi Arabia.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/SAU/990/Rev.1/Add.1⁩, 9 December 2025)

Technical Regulation for Auto Spare Parts.

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 (list of standards and HS codes & conformity modules)

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/990/Rev.1/Add.1

    Technical Regulation for Auto Spare Parts.

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

  2. RevisionG/TBT/N/SAU/990/Rev.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 6 March 2023

    Technical Regulation for Auto Spare Parts - Version 2

    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 (list of standards and HS codes & conformity modules)

  3. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/SAU/990

    Comment deadline: Closed on 20 October 2017

    Draft of Technical Regulation for Cars spare parts ل.تو-01-17-01

    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

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All updates from Saudi Arabia
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    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…

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  3. WTO notificationSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

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    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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