ECAS Certification of UAE

In order to ensure the quality of products that affect the health and safety of consumers, the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stipulates that from May 2010, regulatory products must provide evidence of their compliance with international safety standards, which shall be reviewed and registered by the UAE certification body before they can be sold to UAE. 

At present, the regulated products include: radio or telecommunication terminal equipment, some electronic household appliances, children's toys, locomotive batteries and oil, paint / cleaner, porcelain tube / tile, etc. 

The Emirates authority for Standardization & Metrology (Esma) is a government authorized standardization agency of the United Arab Emirates. It is established in accordance with UAE federal law (28, 2001) No.28, and is responsible for the formulation, approval, publication, review, modification, release and change of standards and technical regulations as well as the establishment of national measurement system (National M easurement system，NMS）

The conformity assessment department under the Emirates authority for standardization and Metrology (Esma) has implemented a product certification plan, namely the Emirates conformity assessment scheme (ECAS) since August 1, 2004. The plan ensures that products meet the approved standards, not only in terms of product quality, but also in terms of safety. If the product complies with the plan, it is awarded the mark "Al alama". In addition to products, manufacturers or manufacturers also need to evaluate. The plan is mandatory for all the products listed in cabinet regulation no.114/2, after which the UAE gradually added other products. The program can also certify products that meet UAE national standards that are required to be certified by customers or other interested parties.

All products related to public life, health and safety, as well as products affecting the environment and the UAE economy are included in the plan. In addition, ECAs will include locally produced products in the plan to ensure the quality of these products and make them competitive in the global market.

Cost

● registration application and technical review: 600 dirhams

● issue of certificate of conformity: 500 dirhams

● renewal of certificate of conformity (after one year): 200 dirhams

● two certificates (in case of loss): 100 dirhams

● issue of product status confirmation letter: 200 dirhams

● identification of copies of certificates of conformity: 50 dirhams

● issue of certificate of compliance per lot (per customer requirement): 300 dirhams

Dynamic

On June 2, 2010, the UAE issued Circular g / TBT / N / are / 42, "draft GCC technical regulations on toys", which refers to toys (HS: 2005, ICS: 67.080) defined as all products or materials designed or explicitly intended for children under 14 years of age to play. This uniform technical regulation is applicable to all GCC countries, and specifies the basic safety requirements that toys must meet, their conformity assessment procedures and the rules for putting toys on the GCC market.
    The deadline for the review of the circular is 30 days after the publication of the circular. It is worth noting that the circular was adopted on December 1, 2009 and formally implemented on April 1, 2010.

The references are as follows:

● UAE. GSO 577 / 1995 general safety requirements for toys

● UAE. GSO 578 / 1995 toy test methods Part 1: mechanical and chemical tests

● UAE. GSO 579 / 1995 toy test methods Part 2: flammability test

● EU toy safety directive 88 / 378 / EEC (3 May 1988)

● EN 71-1-2005 safety of toys: mechanical and physical characteristics

● EN 71-2-2006 safety of toys: flammability

● EN 71-3-97 and EN 71 (parts 4 to 11)

UAE begins to implement ECAs compulsory certification for lighting products

According to cabinet Resolution No. 34 of 2013, the UAE issued mandatory regulations on lighting products in the official gazette on December 31, 2013, which will be implemented in two stages:

From July 1, 2014, substandard lighting products will be banned from being sold in the UAE

As of January 1, 2015, substandard lighting products will be banned from sale and / or display in the UAE market

Only lighting products with certificate of conformity (COC) issued by Esma are allowed to be sold in the UAE market, and the sale of substandard lighting products will be deemed to be in violation of Article 28 of the federal law of 2001.

The UAE's mandatory certification scheme is ECAs, which includes safety and energy efficiency requirements.

Lighting products under control include:

● incandescent bulb not less than 16W

● strip fluorescent lamp

Compact fluorescent lamp

● halogen lamp

● light emitting diode (LED)

● controls for general lighting

● general lighting

(some exempted lighting products are listed in Annex 1 of the regulation.)

The ECAS compliance certificate (COC) is a compulsory product type certification with a validity period of 1 year.

1. LV equipment

2. EESL (energy efficiency label)

3. Petroleum products

4. Perfume

5. Cosmetics

6. Tobacco and labels

7. Detergent

8. Restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS)

The latest certification requirements for auto parts exported to UAE will be implemented from January 1, 2019

Esma (Emirates authority for standardization and Metrology) of the United Arab Emirates has issued the technical requirements of the cabinet Resolution No. 12 of 2018, which stipulates that all auto parts products under control shall comply with the UAE assessment scheme ECAs (the UAE assessment scheme) and issue the certificate of conformity, which shall be effective from January 1, 2019 Implementation.

The regulated auto parts products and their latest standards are as follows:

UAE implements interim scheme of ECAS ROHS certification

The transition period for the implementation of the UAE's RoHS regulations is about to expire. From January 2020, products listed in the UAE's RoHS control scope must have RoHS compliance certificate before entering the UAE market. 

Due to the recent surge in the number of applications for UAE ECAs ROHS certification, the UAE regulatory agency Esma has just announced a temporary certification scheme. From now on to December 31, 2019, the ECAS RoHS certificate can only be issued based on the RoHS compliance statement signed by the UAE's local importer or agent, and no ROHS test report is required. The interim programme applies to the following regulated products: 

1. Large household appliances

2. Small household appliances

3. IT and Telecommunication equipment

4. Consumer equipment

5. Lighting equipment

6. Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools)

7. Toys leisure and sport equipment

8. Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products)

9.Monitoring and control instruments including industrial monitoring and control instrument

10.Automatic dispensers

11. Other EEE not covered by any of the categories above or, and falling within the definition of Article one.

Among them, class 1-10 controls 10 substances. Category 11 controls four substances from January 2020. The certificate issued by the interim certification scheme is valid for one year, and a new certificate needs to be applied based on the RoHS report before the expiry of one year.

UAE energy efficiency implementation guidelines for washing machines, dryers, dishwashers

According to the implementation guide v1.0 issued by Esma on November 12, 2019, UAE. S 5010-2:2019, UAE. S 5010-6:2019 will be enforced on December 16, 2019.

Scope of application: washing machine, clothes dryer, dishwasher

 UAE. S 5010-6:2019 will be enforced on December 16, 2019.

All products under regulatory control indicated in the implementation guide must be provided with valid certificate of conformity (ECAS or EQM) before December 16, 2019 (including December 16)

All products under regulatory control indicated in the implementation guidelines must be equipped with effective energy efficiency labeling (eesl) and RFID tags before April 1, 2020 (including April 1).

An energy efficiency ID without a valid RFID tag will be considered invalid.

Products placed in the local market (without packaging) shall be placed in the most prominent position of the product with the combination of effective energy efficiency identification + RFID tag, so as to facilitate the inspection of local consumers / buyers / market monitoring agencies.

Products (with packaging) placed on the local market shall be placed in the most prominent position of the package with the combination of effective energy efficiency identification + RFID tag, so as to facilitate the inspection of local consumers / buyers / market monitoring agencies.

Effective energy efficiency labels and RFID tags should be provided to consumers and buyers together with the products.