Saudi Arabia: Draft Technical Regulation for Lighting Products Published

The Saudi Arabian Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization SASO has recently published a draft version of the standard “SASOXXXX:2015, Energy Efficiency, Functionality and Labeling Requirements for Lighting Products, Part1”. The draft standard focuses on indirect and direct lamps having a luminous flux above 60 lumens or below 12 000 lumens. Products in Scope are: • Incandescent lamps • Compact fluorescent lamps with integrated ballast (CFLi) • Halogen lamps • Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps (Incandescent retrofit types) • Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps (Halogen retrofit types) These lighting products have to fulfil a variety of requirements with respect to electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility, performance, functionality, marking, energy efficiency and hazardous chemicals. When it comes to substance restrictions, the standard basically follows the requirements of EU Directive 2011/65/EU, with the exemption of Mercury. The draft standard requires an energy efficiency label for all products in scope. This specific label for lighting products differs from the so far established energy efficiency label for household electrical appliances and is similar to the respective EU label.