The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is the most important political and economic organization in the Gulf region, established in May 1981, currently has seven member countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. Since its establishment, the member countries the GCC have fully utilized their advantages in terms of the same language and religion, similar economic structure, etc., and established the GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) the field of standardization and conformity assessment. They have actively unified the standards and certification procedures of the member countries, which has effectively promoted the process of regional economic.
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What is GC mark certification?
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Advantages of GC logo certification
★Improve efficiency One inspection, one certification, and you can obtain a market access certificate for GCC member countries.
★ Reduce barriers Adopt international standards such as IEC/ISO/EN as harmonized standards, supplement differences, and avoid duplicate testing.
★Convenient customs inspection Certified products are all affixed with a unique QR code generated by the GSO conformity traceability system, and customs clearance can directly use mobile phones other electronic devices to scan the QR code to obtain product certification information, simplifying the customs clearance procedure.
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Technical regulations and scope of application
Gulf Children's Toy Technical Regulations: Products designed and manufactured for children under the age of 14 to play with.
Gulf Low Voltage Electrical Equipment Technical Regulations: Applicable to all electronic and electrical equipment exported to the Gulf region, including those used under alternating current conditions a voltage of 50-1000V and those used under direct current conditions with a voltage of 75-1500V
Technical regulations: sanitary ware for controlling the flow and direction of water, including various types and shapes of faucets, toilets operating with various types and of water flow systems, or tanks, or mechanical or electronic shower seats, sensors, or various types and shapes of urinal systems that operate automatically or manually when in.
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GC mark certification model
Type test mode: applicable to low-voltage electrical equipment, water-saving products, and children's toys products where the certification applicant is the manufacturer. certification, a GC mark certificate is obtained, with a validity period of 3 years (for low-voltage electrical equipment and water-saving products) or 5 yearsfor children's toys products).
Conformity inspection mode: Only applicable to children's toy products, when the certification consignor is a children's toy importer, and the importer unable to prove that the manufacturer has implemented the appropriate conformity assessment procedures, the GC mark conformity certificate is obtained after certification, which is only valid for the batch test.
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The process of issuing GC mark certification certificates
Type test pattern
Conformity inspection pattern