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

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NTCMTC

Certificates of Conformity Regulations (CoC)

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Certificates of Conformity Regulations (CoC)

The Saudi Arabia Conformity Assessment Programme, which covers all goods, has a number of key objectives:Protection of public healthConsumer safetyNational securityProtection of environmentPrevention of deceptive practices

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GCC Conformity Assessment Scheme (RCAS)

ToysElectrical product (in 2015)

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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 :

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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

Saudi standards of circuit-breakers for Low ,medium and high voltage

1 SASO GSO IEC 60947-1:2008Low-voltage switchgear and control gear– Part 1 : General rule

2 SASO GSO IEC 60947-2 :2007Low-voltage switchgear and control gear - Part 2: Circuit-breakers

3 SASO GSO IEC 60898-1:2010 Circuit-breakers for overcurrent protection for household and similar installations - Part 1: Circuit-breakers for a.c. operation

4 SASO GSO IEC 61008-1:2012

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 62271-1:2011High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 1: Common specifications

6 SASO GSO IEC 62271-100:2011 High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 100: Alternating current circuit-breakers

7 SASO GSO IEC 62271-108:2014

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 62271-107:2011

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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