The Saudi National Committee
of the IEC Activities
Prepared by:
Secretary of Saudi National Electrotechnical
Committee (SNEC)
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SASO & IEC
SASO (Established in 1972)
Start adopting IEC Standards in 1992
Join IEC in 1998 (83 member countries)
Member of IECEE Program (57 member countries)
More than 5000 IEC Publication adopted as SASO
Standards
The Saudi National Committee of the IEC
• Established in 1998
• The Saudi National Committee represent the membership
of Saudi Arabia in International Electrotechnical
Commission - IEC (as a Full Member)
• The Saudi National Committee is fully representative of
national interests in the fields of activity of the IEC
The Saudi National Committee undertake
• to promote the object of the IEC
• to support the IEC work, and
• to implement, in a transparent way, to the maximum
extent possible, the Commission's International Standards,
in the national and regional standards
IEC General Meeting & TC meeting
• Every year, the IEC to hold a General Meeting hosted by one of its
member National Committees (IEC management meetings ) :
– The annual Council meeting
– Council Board (CB),
– Standardization Management Board (SMB),
– Conformity Assessment Board (CAB)
– Some TC meeting
• IEC technical meetings :
– Technical committees
– Working groups
IEC Technical Committee (TC)
• Technical Committees - TC = 95
• Subcommittees - SC = 79
• Saudi Arabia P-Member in 3 TC&SC
– TC 23 Electrical accessories
– TC 23 / SC23B Plugs, socket-outlets and switches
– TC 62 / SC62A Common aspects of electrical
equipment used in medical practice
• Saudi Arabia O-Member in 20 TC&SC
Participation in Technical Work
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TC/SC membership
Nomination experts to join the technical work
Voting
Comments
The National Experts Relationship
Saudi National Committee responsible to :
• grant access to the working documents for its experts.
• can create the usernames and passwords for the
experts and grant the access rights to the documents
they need through the Expert Management System
What we have locally
• SASO
• The Saudi National Committee of the IEC
• The Local Interesting (Government., Industry.,
Education., …
• Young professional program
What is inside the Saudi National Committee of
the IEC
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More than 50 Member
National Saudi TC =5
Mirror Saudi TC =2+ … (from 179 TC)
Member IEC TC =23 (from 179 TC)
Saudi YP
Sale of IEC standards
SNC of the IEC national Committee
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NTC for household appliances.
NTC for lighting.
NTC for electrical accessories and systems.
NTC for power transmission and distribution.
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NTC for translation of standards and electrotechnical terms.
• MTC 82 Solar photovoltaic energy systems (hosting by KACARE).
• MTC 62 Electrical equipment in medical practice (hosting by SFDA)
IEC Conformity assessment Programs
• IECEE : IEC System of Conformity Assessment
Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and
Components
• IECEx : IEC System for Certification to
Standards relating to Equipment for use in
Explosive Atmospheres
• IECQ : IEC Quality Assessment System for
Electronic Components
SNEC structure
SNEC
MTC
regulator
Service provider
NTC
manufacturer
consumer
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Certificates of Conformity Regulations
(CoC)
In the USA
Bureau Veritas
Intertek
SGS
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http://www.bureauveritas.com
www.intertek.com
http://www.sgs.com/
TUV Rheinland
http://www.tuv.com/en/
Nemko
http://www.nemko.com
Certificates of Conformity Regulations (CoC)
The Saudi Arabia Conformity Assessment
Programme, which covers all goods, has a number of
key objectives:
Protection of public health
Consumer safety
National security
Protection of environment
Prevention of deceptive practices
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GCC Conformity Assessment Scheme
(RCAS)
Toys
Electrical product (in 2015)
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Quality Mark
More than 300 factories
granted the Saudi Quality
Mark (20 in the gulf region,
10 in Egypt, 4 in china …
etc).
Quality Mark Logo :
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The voltage system is Saudi Arabia
• Residential System :
– standard voltage 230/400 V 60 Hz
– Non-standard voltages 127/380 and 220/380
• Industrial System :
– standard voltage 220/380 V 60 Hz
– Non-standard voltages 127/380 and 227/480
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Saudi standards of circuit-breakers for Low ,medium and high voltage
SASO GSO IEC 60947-1:2008
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SASO GSO IEC 60947-2 :2007
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SASO GSO IEC 60898-1:2010
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SASO GSO IEC 61008-1:2012
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Low-voltage switchgear and control gear– Part 1 : General rule
Low-voltage switchgear and control gear - Part 2: Circuit-breakers
Circuit-breakers for overcurrent protection for household and similar installations Part 1: Circuit-breakers for a.c. operation
Residual current operated circuit-breakers without integral overcurrent protection
for household and similar uses (RCCBs) - Part 1: General rules
Saudi standards of circuit-breakers for Low ,medium and high voltage -Follow
High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 1: Common specifications
High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 100: Alternating current circuitbreakers
SASO GSO IEC 62271-1:2011
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SASO GSO IEC 62271-100:2011
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SASO GSO IEC 62271-108:2014
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SASO GSO IEC 62271-107:2011
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High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 108: High-voltage alternating current
disconnecting circuit-breakers for rated voltages of 72,5 kV and above
HIGH-VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR AND CONTROLGEAR-Part 107 :Alternating
current fused circuit- switchers for rated voltage above 1 KV up to and including 52
KV
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