GCC is the acronym for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Gulf Cooperation Council). The GCC was established on May 25, 1981 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Its member countries are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom of Bahrain, Yemen and seven other countries with a tropical desert climate.

The GSO Board of Directors held its tenth meeting in May 2009 and formed a unanimous resolution on the GCC Conformity Marking. All regulated products are required to bear the GCC Conformity Marking mark, and these products with the GCC Conformity Marking mark can be more quickly and easily circulated and traded in GCC member countries. All products with the mark must meet the basic health, safety and environmental requirements, in addition to the GSO standards and regulations applicable to the product.

Logo indication

The GCC conformity mark logo indicates

1) Product companies meet the requirements of GCC regulations.

2) The labeled products meet the GCC regulatory requirements.

3) The products should not only meet the requirements of safety, public health and consumer protection, but also meet the requirements of GSO regulations.

4) The legal person or company is responsible for the product with the GCC Conformity Marking label and commits that the product meets all applicable GSO regulatory requirements and has also passed the conformance assessment process.

5) In order to have multiple applicable GCC technical regulations, GCC Conformity Marking indicates that the product complies with all applicable regulations. These regulations should be reflected on the product label and nameplate.

6) All regulated products must be labeled with the GCC Conformity Marking prior to entering the GCC market, except for some special economic reasons or exempted products resulting from administrative means. Exemptions apply only to products that are not harmful to health, safety and related operability, and these exempted products must be notified by GSO to all Gulf member countries.

7) The pattern of GCC Conformity Marking should not be too large or too small, and the technical regulations should be relevant.

8) If the relevant regulations for the provisions of the GCC Conformity Marking logo size, by requiring the logo height is greater than 5 mm.

9) The GCC Conformity Marking logo should appear in an appropriate location according to the nature of the product, such as fixed or printed on the product label, or printed on the product packaging or printed on the closed file according to regulatory requirements.

10) GCC Conformity Marking requires clear, readable, and not easily worn.

11) The GCC Conformity Marking logo is produced and pasted on the finished product stage.

12) The GCC Conformity Marking logo must carry the identity code of the announcement body

13) No other deceptive marks that are identical or similar to the GCC Conformity Marking marks are allowed.

14) The GCC Conformity Marking mark may appear in conjunction with other national or international marks as long as these marks do not confuse the GCCConformity Marking and do not limit or damage the readability of the GCCConformity Marking mark.

15) GCCConformity Marking logo can be made and pasted by the manufacturer, agency or the person responsible for the marketing of the product's GCC.

16) Manufacturers or manufacturers in the GCC members of the agency need to issue a statement that: the company meets the form of inspection, quality control system of the relevant regulatory requirements before the production of the paste GCCConformity Marking logo.

17) declare to ensure that the product meets the basic requirements and conditions specified in the GCC technical regulations. Or declare that the product is consistent with the sample tested by the announcement agency.

18) GCC regulations are not specifically indicated outside, all the declaration documents to maintain at least 10 years.

19) Declarations and labels contain at least the following:

A. The name of the manufacturer or the name of the agency in the GCC country;

B. Product identity features, such as: product name, model number, model code and serial number and other similar data.

C. Product design and production using the standard regulations and technical guidelines;

D. Product grade or category (appliances);

E. The person responsible for the product and his signature (manufacturer or legal agent of GCC member countries);

F. Declaration document - This document states the manufacturer's responsibility or the responsibility of the legal agent;

G. The identity of the manufacturer or agent signing personnel;

20) The declaration file can contain other information, such as: the name and address of the inspection and testing organization, the name and address of the person responsible for the product.

21) To prevent a product from having multiple applicable GCC technical regulations, the manufacturer may issue a statement that all GCC technical regulations met by the product are included in the statement.

22) Declaration documents are readily available to the market investigation and control bodies of GCC member countries

Product range

Other Information

Technical information: voltage frequency AC 220/240V 50Hz, plug BS 1363, etc.

Whether mandatory: mandatory
Certificate validity: valid for three years
Factory inspection requirements: None