. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JOR/1
29 August 2003
(03-4542)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JORDAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM)
Postal Address:  P.O. Box 941287 – Amman 11194 Jordan
E-mail:  jism@nic.net.joFax:  +962-6-5680139
Tel:  +962-6-5681099
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   The products covered
under this program are:  toys, electrical and electronic equipment, personal protectivedevices,  vehicles (new and used) and tires.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   International Product
Conformity Certification Program (Daman).  (33 pages, available in Arabic and in English).
6. Description of content:   This program is a product conformity certification program and is
applied on imported products to the Kingdom, from all countries, as well as locally
produced products in an equal manner.
The products covered under this program should comply with the requirements of
Jordanian technical regulations/Jordanian standards that are based on internationalstandards and the requirements of the relevant international standards in case there are no
published Jordanian technical regulations/Jordanian standards.
Locally produced products will be tested and certified at the site of the manufacturer.
Imported products will be verified and tested in the country of supply and therefore willenter the borders without any further verification or testing.  Each product consignment
should be accompanied with a conformity certificate before entering Jordan. The
conformity assessment procedures that will be performed on the products are sampling and
testing, physical inspection, to ensure that th e goods are identical to the tested sample and
that other requirements such as labeling are met.  Upon complying inspection and/or testing
the conformity certificate is issued.  Another option for conformity assessment in this
program is type approval of the product at the site of the manufacturer.  The extent of
verification depends on a risk management system.G/TBT/N/JOR/1
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The certification/inspection body that will perform the inspection, testing whenever
necessary, and certification on behalf of the Jordan Institution for Standard and Metrology
(JISM) is Bureau Veritas (BIVAC), a global company that is specialized in quality, health,
safety and environment management, and that performs according to the relevant
international standards and guides for conf ormity assessment procedures (ISO/IEC 17025,
ISO/IEC 17020, ISO/IEC Guide 65 and ISO/IEC Guide 62). BIVAC has a network of
over 600 offices and laboratories in more than 140 countries.  BIVAC will accept the results
of conformity assessment procedures performed by other bodies (testing laboratories,
inspection and certification bodies) that are accredited by an internationally known
accreditation body that is recognized by JISM.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Objective:
The main objective for applying this program is to ensure health and safety for citizens and
environmental protection, and to prevent unsafe products from entering the Jordanian
market, whether produced in Jordan or imported.
Rationale:
Lack of capabilities at the Jordanian laboratories to conduct some of the tests needed to
ensure the compliance of imported or locally manufactured products with Jordanian
technical regulations.  In addition some of the imported or locally manufactured products
are not covered by any Jordanian technical regulation or Jordanian Standard.  Therefore the
products (imported and locally produced) covered under this program enter the Jordanian
market without testing or inspection.
8. Relevant documents:
(1) Daily Newspapers:  notices have been published on the program weekly in Al Rai,
Ad Doustour and Al Arab AL Yawm daily newspapers since the beginning of
year 2002.
(2) International Product Conformity Certification Program (Daman)
(3) Jordan Official Gazette
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 September 2003
10. Final date for comments:   31 August 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
TBT Enquiry Point
Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology
Postal Address:  P.O. Box 941287 – Amman 11194 Jordan
E-mail:  jism@nic.net.jo
Fax:  +962-6-5680139
Tel:  +962-6-5681099
Or
Bureau Veritas (BIVAC)
Tel:  +33 (1) 42916900
Fax:  +33 (1) 42916988