DOHA: GCC states are working on unified technical regulations for beauty products.
A draft of the technical regulation for cosmetics will be completed soon, with a proposal to make it a law in member countries.
This was disclosed in a report presented by Secretary-General of the Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO) Dr Nabil bin Ameen Molla, at a meeting of the GSO board in Riyadh.
The meeting chaired by the Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi approved 34 draft technical regulations and upgraded 22 technical regulations to Gulf Standards.
The GSO Board reviewed the report of the GSO Secretary-General which pointed to approving 2,326 standards and 19 Gulf technical regulation during the period from November last year to April this year.
The fourth addition of the GCC specification certificate programme for vehicles, tires and bikes was launched last January, said the report.
It will be mandatory for all manufacturers to implement the updated GCC technical regulation GSO/42/2015 for vehicles and general requirements for all the 2017 models. A fuel economy certificate will be also implemented for the vehicles weighing less than 3.5 tonnes of 2017 models.
The report pointed to six awareness campaigns on the Gulf technical regulations on low-voltage electrical equipment which will be enforced from July 1, in addition to finalising the draft of the safety system of industrial products.
The Peninsula
