Laboratory Registration

Instructions

• Private factories and laboratories’ test reports from outside of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia will only be accepted if:
  • They are approved as the standard ISO/IEC 17025 from a full member of ILAC
  • It has been adopted by the national accreditation authority from the country of manufacturing
  • The standards used for the ELECTRICAL MOTORS testing and listed in (SASO IEC 60034-30:2013) are within the scope of the laboratory
    and covered by the above accreditation
• Private factories’ and laboratories’ inside the kingdom of Saudi Arabia test reports will only be accepted if:
  • They have been adopted as the standard ISO/IEC 17025 by Saudi Accreditation Committee (SAC).
  • The standards used for the ELECTRICAL MOTORS testing and listed in (SASO IEC 60034-30:2013) are within the scope of the laboratory
    and covered by the above accreditation
• If the lab is approved as the standard ISO/IEC 17025 but the scope is not including the standard (SASO IEC 60034-30:2013)
  The test reports will be accepted from these labs until (31 Dec 2017) after that it will not be accepted and the lab will be removed from the system.

- Until 31 July 2017 AD, SASO will allow the registration of laboratories in the lighting products for laboratories which don't have the accreditation for standard (SASO 2870:2015) or reference standards mentioned in the testing methods, but it requires the presence of the SASO representatives for the test or a person authorized by SASO to attend the test.(The test will be held only once depending on the technology type of the light)

- Before 01 Aug 2017 AD, Laboratories must have an accreditation certificate from an accreditation body with full membership in ILAC and the scope of accreditation should include the standard (SASO 2870:2015) or reference standards mentioned in the testing methods.

Laboratory Registration:

- In order of the laboratory is registering recently or it remains registered in the SLS system (SASO) you should demonstrate that you meet conformity assessment approval regulations. For further information or if you have any questions, please contact by q.cab_reg@saso.gov.sa

- In case the Laboratory isn’t certified by the Registration of Conformity Assessment Bodies Department (RCBD), they should attach the application form to prove they are in the process of being certified. Any laboratory that fails to provide these evidence will be excluded from the SLS System.

Laboratory Registration:

- In order of the laboratory is registering recently or it remains registered in the SLS system (SASO) you should demonstrate that you meet conformity assessment approval regulations. For further information or if you have any questions, please contact by q.cab_reg@saso.gov.sa

- In case the Laboratory isn’t certified by the Registration of Conformity Assessment Bodies Department (RCBD), they should attach the application form to prove they are in the process of being certified. Any laboratory that fails to provide these evidence will be excluded from the SLS System.

Manufacturer laboratories can be registered directly (no certificate of accreditation needed) on the SLS system for the Luminaire technology based on clause 5, table 2 in Lighting Standard part II (SASO 2902: 2018)

Third party accredited laboratories for the testing requirements mentioned in the Lighting Standard part II (SASO 2902: 2018), in the process of being accredited, may register on the SLS system after being accepted by the conformity assessment bodies at The Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) Please find below the procedures to register the testing laboratories

For the new laboratory:

1- Click on the link below:

https://www.sls.gov.sa/Pages/en/RegisterLab.aspx

2- Choose the standard(s) that the laboratory is accredited to test its products (For lighting products: LP1, LP2)

3- Choose the type of product(s) that the laboratory is accredited to test

4- Choose the laboratory type (according to clause (5), table (2) in the Lighting Standard Part II (SASO 2902:2018))

Note 1: Different test reports can be produced from different laboratories (including manufacturer and accredited third party laboratories) (i.e. Energy Efficiency test report can be provided from one laboratory while Endurance test report can be produced from a different laboratory)

Note 2: For Environment requirements (Hazardous substances), self-declaration or test report

5- Fill the required fields.

6- Attach the required documents

Note 1: An official letter (signed and stamped) has to be provided from the laboratories for the authorized person to register the laboratory on the system

Note 2: For the first attachment (Certificate of Accreditation issued by a full member of the International Laboratory Accreditation Organization (ILAC)), Manufacturer laboratories can attach, instead of the certificate, any type of evidence that they are capable of performing the required tests (on luminaires)

Note 3: For the other attachment (Registration Certificate of Conformity Assessment Bodies (for energy efficiency laboratories))

• Third party laboratories: if the laboratory is in the process of being accepted by SASO they can attach the form of registration
• Manufacturer laboratories: attach same evidence as in note 2 in item 6

For existing laboratories:

• Login using account details
• Choose new product
• Attach new scope of certificate of accreditation.