Accredited, and in scope
ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is granted per standard. A laboratory signed for electrical safety cannot sign your EMC report, however capable it is.
SABER Certificate Requirements
SABER certificate requirements
Every document the technical file needs, and what each one has to show. Send your file and we check it before submission.
Send for a file review:
- Existing test reports
- Model list + datasheets
- Label artwork
Quick Answer
Product details, an accredited test report, the model list, label artwork with Arabic text, the importer’s CR number and a confirmed HS code. The exact list depends on the technical regulation your HS code falls under.
PCoC
Documents required for the Product Certificate
The Product Certificate is issued once per product model. These are the documents most files are built from.
Your regulation may add to the list. It never removes from it.
- Product name, description and model numbers
- Confirmed Saudi HS code
- Manufacturer legal name and full factory address
- Country of origin
- Brand or trademark name, where there is one
- Technical datasheet
- Photographs of every side of the product
- Test reports from an accredited laboratory
- Declaration of conformity
- Saudi importer CR number and SABER account
- Any CE or CB certificates you already hold
SCoC
Documents required for the Shipment Certificate
The Shipment Certificate is issued per consignment. Raise it before each shipment leaves for Saudi Arabia.
For regulated products you need a valid PCoC first. The rest is paperwork about the batch itself.
- Valid PCoC number, for regulated products
- Commercial invoice
- Packing list
- Draft bill of lading or airway bill
- Photographs of the actual shipment batch
- Manufacturer confirmation that the batch matches the PCoC
- Saudi importer details
- Pre-shipment inspection report, where the route requires one
Test Reports
What makes a report acceptable
This is where most files are won or lost. Each check takes minutes before submission and weeks after a rejection.
The right standard and edition
The regulation names the SASO standard. A report written against an old edition is refused, even where the product would pass today’s test.
Still valid
Reports age out. What was fine two years ago may no longer be accepted. The check takes minutes before submission and weeks after a rejection.
Covering the models claimed
A report on one model does not cover a whole family. Where you claim a series, the worst-case choice has to hold up.
CB reports, where accepted
A valid IECEE CB certificate and report can shorten testing where the regulation accepts the route. It narrows the work, not the requirement.
Backed by the named factory
The site on the report should be the site on the record. A different factory is a different product as far as the file is concerned.
Manufacturer Documents
Proving origin and specifications
Manufacturer documents prove where the product comes from and how it is made. Test reports alone do not do that.
- Legal manufacturer name, exactly as it appears on the label
- Full factory address
- Product model designation
- Components and materials list, for regulated categories
- Production process overview, where factory inspection applies
- Quality management records
Labelling
Arabic labelling requirements
Products sold in Saudi Arabia must carry Arabic labels. The label is part of the technical file, so it is assessed like any other document.
We proof artwork against the certificate content before the print run — model identification, electrical data, origin wording, Arabic declarations, and the energy label and G-Mark where they apply. Fixing it here costs a revision. Fixing it after production costs a relabelling operation at the port.
- Product name in Arabic
- Manufacturer name and country of origin
- Safety markings that apply to the product
- Warnings in Arabic, where required
Tip
Label problems found at customs cause costly delays. Settle the artwork before the print run.
Factory Inspection
If factory inspection is required
For Type 3 regulated products, the route includes a factory inspection. Both the media and the paper are part of it.
We prepare every document in this package. Share your product and HS code and we will confirm whether the inspection applies to you.
Evidence and media
- Video session with the factory
- Videos and photos of the production facility
- Images of each production stage
- Machinery and equipment used in production
- Maintenance records for production equipment
Documents required
- Calibration records for safety test equipment
- Calibration procedure for measuring equipment
- Finished product testing records
- Handling and storage procedure
- Incoming inspection procedure
- Manufacturing process flow diagram
- Materials that affect product safety
- Monitoring and routine test records
- Organisational chart
- Control of non-conforming products procedure
- Final product testing procedure
- Production and service procedure
- Production line inspection procedure
- QC and QA procedures
- Raw material inspection report
- Roles and responsibilities
- Supplier evaluation records
- Verification procedure for purchased components
- Quality and environmental management systems
Checklists
How to use these, and the readiness checklist
Work through the checklists in order: confirm you are export-ready, gather everything for the PCoC application, then run the shipment checklist for every dispatch.
The PCoC checklist applies per product model. The SCoC checklist applies per consignment.
- HS code confirmed for the product
- Saudi importer details ready (CR and SABER account)
- Product regulation status checked
- Test reports available or arranged
- Markings and labels reviewed
- Manufacturer documents available
Before you begin
Getting these in place first prevents delays later. Nothing here takes long on its own — it is the chasing that costs weeks.
Want this checklist for your product?
Send your product name and HS code. We confirm the regulation and return the exact document list for the PCoC and SCoC.
The Short Version
Six things that have to hold
Everything on the checklists above exists to support one of these. If one fails, no amount of paperwork rescues the file.
A confirmed HS code
Not a proposal, not the exporting country’s code. The Saudi tariff line at full depth, because it selects the technical regulation the whole file is judged against.
A Saudi importer
An active Commercial Registration, in a relevant activity, agreed in writing. The certificate names this company and does not transfer.
In-scope test evidence
Reports from a laboratory accredited for the standard it signed, at the edition in force, naming models that appear on your list.
A frozen model list
Every variant you intend to ship this year. Anything not listed is not covered, and late additions are amendments.
Compliant markings
Arabic text, origin statement, model identification, energy label and G-Mark where they apply — agreed before the print run.
Documents that agree
File, invoice, packing list, origin and label telling the same story. Disagreement between them is the most common reviewer query.
By Product Family
What your category adds
The core file is common. These are the additions each family typically carries — confirmed against the regulation, never assumed from the product name.
Electrical and electronics
Safety and EMC reports, rating plate data, and an energy label with its own test evidence. G-Mark applies to most low-voltage equipment.
Construction products
Performance testing to the cited standard, batch traceability, and marking that matches the certified specification.
Machinery and equipment
Safety documentation, risk assessment, and pressure or mechanical testing where the regulation calls for it.
Toys and childcare articles
Mechanical, chemical and flammability testing, plus age marking, Arabic warnings and G-Mark on the retail pack.
Chemicals and detergents
GHS classification, a safety data sheet, and Arabic hazard labelling. Check first whether the formulation sits with SFDA.
PPE and safety products
Testing to the standard the Saudi regulation names, with performance class marked on the product.
Automotive parts and tyres
Category-specific testing, often under a dedicated regulation, with its own marking and traceability rules.
Textiles and household goods
Fibre composition, care labelling, restricted substance testing, and Arabic content declarations on the retail label.
Avoid These
Why files come back
Six rejection reasons behind most technical-review queries — each caught in a pre-submission audit.
Laboratory out of scope
The most common rejection. Accreditation is per standard, and the scope certificate is checked — so check it yourself first.
Superseded standard edition
A good result against last edition’s standard. Costs a gap test when caught early, and a schedule when caught at review.
Model not on the report
A variant claimed under a family without a defensible worst-case rationale gets pulled out of the certificate.
Artwork missing Arabic
Submitted as a placeholder to be finished later. Reviewers assess what is in the file, not what you plan to add.
Invoice disagrees with the file
Different model numbering, a different description or a different origin between invoice and file generates an immediate query.
Code and product do not match
When the description in the file does not fit the tariff line it was filed under, the assessment itself is in question.
Keep Going
Related pages
The procedure this checklist feeds, the record it is filed against, and the services that close the gaps it exposes.
FAQs
Requirements questions
Documents and evidence. Procedure and timing are answered on the how-to-apply page.
What documents are required for a SABER certificate?
For a regulated product: product details and model numbers, the Saudi HS code, manufacturer name and address, a technical datasheet, photographs, accredited test reports, a declaration of conformity, and the importer’s CR number. Non-regulated products need fewer documents, because only a shipment certificate is issued. The exact list follows the technical regulation for your HS code.
What documents are needed for the SCoC?
The shipment certificate is issued per consignment. You need a valid PCoC number, the commercial invoice, packing list, a draft bill of lading or airway bill, photographs of the actual batch and the importer’s details. Add a pre-shipment inspection report where the route requires one.
Do I need test reports for every product?
For regulated products, yes — from a laboratory accredited for that specific standard. Products with no applicable technical regulation need no product certificate and no test report, though a shipment certificate is still raised on a self-declaration basis.
Will my existing test reports be accepted?
Often, in part. They are checked for three things: the laboratory’s accreditation covers the standard it signed, the edition is the one in force, and the models match your list. What holds is reused and only the gap is tested.
Are CE or CB test reports accepted?
Sometimes. A CE or IECEE CB report is accepted if it comes from an accredited laboratory, covers the right model, meets the Saudi standard and is still valid. We check the scope before advising whether new testing is needed.
Is Arabic labelling required?
Yes, where the regulation calls for it — declarations, safety warnings, origin statements and often the manual. It is a product requirement, so it must be settled before the print run, not at the port.
How do I get the exact checklist for my product?
Send us the product name and HS code. From that we identify the technical regulation and conformity route, and return the exact document list your product needs.
Get your document checklist
Send your product and HS code. We identify the technical regulation and return the exact documents your product needs.