The Saudi National Committee of the IEC Activities Prepared by: Secretary of Saudi National Electrotechnical Committee (SNEC)

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 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 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 NTC for household appliances. NTC for lighting. NTC for electrical accessories and systems. NTC for power transmission and distribution. 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 13 SNEC consumer manufacturer Service providerregulator NTC MTC

Certificates of Conformity Regulations (CoC) In the USA 14 Bureau Veritas Intertek SGS TUV Rheinland Nemko

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 15

GCC Conformity Assessment Scheme (RCAS) Toys Electrical product (in 2015) 16

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 : 17

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 18

Saudi standards of circuit-breakers for Low,medium and high voltage 1 SASO GSO IEC :2008 Low-voltage switchgear and control gear– Part 1 : General rule 2 SASO GSO IEC :2007 Low-voltage switchgear and control gear - Part 2: Circuit-breakers 3 SASO GSO IEC :2010 Circuit-breakers for overcurrent protection for household and similar installations - Part 1: Circuit-breakers for a.c. operation 4 SASO GSO IEC :2012 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 5 SASO GSO IEC :2011 High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 1: Common specifications 6 SASO GSO IEC :2011 High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 100: Alternating current circuit- breakers 7 SASO GSO IEC :2014 High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 108: High-voltage alternating current disconnecting circuit-breakers for rated voltages of 72,5 kV and above 8 SASO GSO IEC :2011 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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