Draft Cabinet Decree no. () for 2023 
National Scheme to Cont rol the Detergents 
 
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     Article (1) 
Definitions 
 
 
 
 
Country: United Arab Emirates. 
 Ministry: Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) . 
Concerned Authorities:          All  those  federal  and/or  lo cal  governmental  authorities  of  the 
country who have been authorized to implement the requirements of 
this scheme. 
 
Standard:                                A    standard    is    a    document    that    provides    requirements, 
specifications, guidelines or characteristics that can be used consistently to ensure that mate rials, products, processes serv ices are 
fit for their purpose. 
 
Mandatory Standard 
(Technical Regulation):         A  standard  that  is  mandator y  to  implement  by  the  decree  of 
cabinet. 
 
 
Approved Standard: A standard that is approved by MoIAT and ind icated as United 
Arab Emirates standard and symbolized as UAE.S. 
 
 
Conformity Certificate:         A certificate issued by MoIAT t o the given product ensuring that 
the product complies with the r equirements of this scheme. 
 
Emirates Conformity  
Assessment Scheme (ECAS):    The system issued from MoIAT that verifies the fulfillment of 
the approved standards, either directly or indirectly like insp ection, 
testing, examination, calibration or granting the products 
conformity certificates, and whi ch is applied by the Ministry. 
 
Conformity Assessment  
Bodies (CAB):                     Any registered body or approv ed or recognized from Ministry ensuring 
conformity assessment procedures according to the concerned 
schemes, which include testing and calibration laboratories and  third 
parties for inspection, complian ce tests and issuing certificat es  
related to schemes or c onsumers or products. 
 
 
Supplier:                             Any manufacturer or carri er or filler or assembler or processer or agent 
or storekeeper or distributer (main or secondary) of the deterg ents 
who may have impact on the safety aspects of the product, or an y 
commercial or legal representative who may be responsible for 
importing products subjected to provisions of this scheme. 
 
Detergents:                             Any substance or mixtur e containing soaps and/ or other surfactants 
intended for washing a nd cleaning processes . Detergents may be in 
any form (liquid, gel, powder, past e, bar, cake, molded piece, shape, 
etc.) and marketed for or us ed in household, or domestic purpos es. 
 
 
Supply Chain:                         Any stage that the produc t goes through after its production and 
till  reaching  the  consumer  such  as  import,  supply,  stor age, 
delivery, trade (wholesale and re tail) and any other relevant 
processes. 
 
Consumer: Any person obtaining a c ommodity or service, paid or unpaid, to 
satisfy his/her own needs or another person’s needs. 
 
Placing on the Market:            A process th at is intended to sell or lease or circulate or hold or 
present the product to the consum er whether for charge or free of 
charge. 
 
 
Consignment:                         A certain quantity of prod uct of the same type or category that is 
being imported by the sole supplier of the given country throug h 
same transportation a nd is subjected to same customs declaratio n. 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
Article (2) 
Scope  
 
 
 
The provisions of this scheme a re applicable to the following: 
 
1. All types of detergents products specified in the approved Tech nical Regulation mentioned 
in Annex (1). 
 
2. Bulk consignments of detergents which are imported with the aim  of re-filling inside 
the country. 
 
3. Detergents products placed in the UAE market including free zon es or prepared for 
export outside the country. 
 
 
 
Article (3) Responsibilities of 
the Supplier  
 
 
 
The supplier shall provide the manufacturer at any stage of sup ply chain the following: 
 
1. The full technological informati on mentioned in Annex (4) relat ed to product according 
to quality criteria’s for manufacturer or to ensure compliance to the Technical 
Regulation mentioned in the sch eme for concerned parties.                                       
2. Prepare data report (MSDS) containing detailed information for ingredients used in 
the formulation of the product and submit the same   to the con cerned authorities on 
request. 
3. The ingredients shall be listed in the MSDS, as per the below w eight percent ranges, 
in order  of  decreasing  abundance  by  weight  following  IUP AC  nomenclature  or  
CAS number or INCI name and European Pharmacopeia. The impuriti es shall not be 
listed. 
- 10% or more. 
- More than 1% and less than 10%.  
- More than 0.1% and less than 1%.  
- Less than 0.1%.   
 
4.   Data report (MSDS) shall be available for public and it sh all not include the following 
details: 
- weight percentage ranges menti oned in the preceding clause. 
- constituents of perfum es and essential oils.  
- constituents of coloring agents.  
 
5.   Cooperate with MoIAT and the concerned party and its inspe ctors in submitting the 
final report about  product safety upon request. 
 
6.   The product shall comply with all the requirements of the scheme except any non- 
conformity that occurred after t he sale due to improper storage  or transportation. 
 
7.   The supplier shall comply with ISO/IEC 9001 and any guidan ce for Good Manufacturing 
Practice that is accepted by MoIAT. 
 
 
 
Article (4) 
Labeling  
 
 
 
1. The detergent products which are intended to be introduced in t he market or refilling 
inside the country sha ll have their packag e labels fulfilling t he following requirements: 
a. Commercial Name of the supplier and his address and the trade m ark, if any.  
b. Provide product track system thr ough batch number , which can be  according one of 
these options: 
- Detailed production date for th e batch (Day and month and year)  
- Specific batch code from supplie r, which can track the product thought it 
c. Country of Origin, if product is  manufactured under license of the registered trade 
mark. 
d. Abundance of the ingredients as per Annex (2) of this scheme an d list of allergenic 
fragrances, if any. 
e. Net weight (kg or ml) 
f. Purpose of use. 
 
g. Instruction for use and storage 
 
h. Shelf- life in any of the following forms: 
 
- Production date and expiry date. 
- Period After Opening (PAO) 
- Production date, and the time peri od of use after production da te as 
suggested by the supplier.  
2.  The labeling info rmation mentioned in c lause (1) from this article 
shall be:  
- Written in both Arabic and English languages for all 
warning statements, as for rest information can be written 
in Arabic language or English language.  
- Legible and inedible. 
- Comply with approved Technical Regulation mentioned in Annex (1 ) 
attached to this scheme. 
 
 
3.   The provisions of this article shall be applied on all the  detergents which are imported 
with the intention of refilling inside the country.  
 
 
 
 
 
Article (5)  
Conformity Assessment 
Bodies Requirements  
 
 
 
The supplier shall fu lfill the following r equirements in order to procure the conformity 
certificate:       
 
1. The conformity assessment party, which assess the product, fulf illed with requirements 
and conditions clarified by cabinet decree for National Scheme to control Conformity 
Assessment Bodies (CAB). 
2. To comply with the approved forms from MoIAT to get the conform ity certificate and 
conditions mentioned in scheme. 
3. The product shall comply with re quirements of approved Technica l Regulation in Annex 
(1) attached in t his scheme.  
4. The product shall comply with Mode l (B) of ECAS and its require ments. 
5. The product shall fulfill all th e metrological requirements of the approved standard 
(UAE.S GSO OIML R87) regardi ng the quantity of products in pre-  packages. 
6. The Phosphorus shouldn’t be added to the below prepared deterge nts and the limits of 
phosphorus residues and products the continuing phosphorus comp lied with the 
following restrictions, (which i s calculated as (Phosphorus P) per recommended dose: 
- (0.3) gm / recommended dose of Han d-Dish Wash Detergent written  on the 
                    product label by supplier. 
- (0.5) gm / recommended dose of L aundry Detergent written on the  product by 
supplier. 
 
 
 
 
Article (6)  
Control and Market Surveillance  
 
 
 
1.   MoIAT and the concerned author ities have the right to with draw the product sample(s) to 
carry out the required tests in o rder to check their compliance  with the requirements 
stated in this scheme. 
 
 
2.   It is forbidden to sell or display the products falling un der the provisions of this scheme 
unless they are registered  accord ing  to the Emirates  Conform ity  Assessment  Scheme 
(ECAS) or have the conformity certificate. 
 
 
3.   In case of non-conformities, if the source of non-conformi ty cannot be traced then the 
party with whom the non-complying product is found will be held  responsible for the non-conformity unless it is prove d otherwise within the stipula ted time verified by Ministry 
or concerned authority. 
  
 
 
 
 
Article (7) Violations 
and Penalties  
 
 
a. In case of any violation(s) against any of the provisions of th is scheme, MoIAT or the 
concerned authority shall take a ppropriate action(s), depending  on the circumstances, in 
order to eliminate the violation and its consequential results.  Such actions include: 
 
1. Instructing the responsible party to withdraw the product from the market with 
the aim of rectification or sending it back to the country of o rigin or destroying it 
within the period of time set by MoIAT or the concerned authori ty. 
 
2. The concerned authority shall take all necessary actions for wi thdrawal, retention 
or destruction of these products or any other necessary measure s for elimination 
of the violation. The violating entity shall bear all the emerg ing expenses. 
 
3. Without prejudice to any more severe penalty stated in the legi slations in force, 
the one who breached any of the provisions of this scheme, shal l be penalized 
according to the Federal Law No. (20) of 2020 for standardizati on and metrology the 
MoIAT. 
 
b. MoIAT has the right to take appropriate actions against product s that do not comply 
with this scheme. Such actions include withdrawal or cancellati on of the conformity 
certificate of violated product(s), and removal of non-complyin g product(s) from the market. 
 
 
 
 
Article (8)  
Provisions for the Transition Period  
 
 
 
1.  The supplier shall register his products with ECAS within ( 180) days from the date of 
publication of this scheme i n the Official Gazette. 
 
 
2.   The non-complying products according to the approved Techn ical Regulation mentioned 
in Annex (1) in this scheme, which are currently in circulation  in the market are allowed 
to circulate for a period not more than one year from the date of publication of this 
scheme in the Official Gazette. Page 7of12
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Article (9) Final 
Provisions  
 
 
 
1.   The Technical Regulation mentioned in Annex (1) shall be c onsidered mandatory for the 
purpose of implementation of this scheme. 
 
2.   MoIAT shall take appropriate measures to implement this sc heme and authorize any of 
the concerned authorities to control the detergent products, to  the provisions of scheme, 
under their supervision. 
 
 
3.   MoIAT is responsible for receiving, registering and studyi ng the application form from 
the suppliers. MoIAT has the right to grant authorization to co ncerned authorities for 
registering and ensuring the co mpliance of the products as per this scheme. 
 
 
4.   The concerned authority of each emirate is responsible for  the commitment o f the supplier 
to fulfill the provisions of this scheme, and to ensure that th eir products comply with the 
Technical Regulation mentioned in this scheme. Their responsibi lities include inspection, 
testing, and control  of the process. 
 
5.   MoIAT has the right to approve any other standard(s) which  are required to implement this 
scheme. 
 
 
6.   The Annexes attached to this s cheme shall be considered as  a part of this scheme, and the 
MoIAT have the right to amend any  of the Annexes, when required . 
 
 
7.   This scheme does not prevent the inspectors of the concern ed authorities to conduct tests 
stated in other laws or regulations on the products falling und er this scheme in order to 
ensure their compliance t o other laws and regulations. 
 
 
8.   All the stakeholders, related to this scheme, shall extend  full cooperation and provide all 
the required information to the i nspectors of the concerned aut horities. 
 
 
9.   Any issue that cannot be resolved by the provisions of thi s scheme, the same shall be 
referred to the Minister in order to take the appropriate decis ion in the best interest of the 
public. 
 
 
   
 
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Cancellation  
 
 
The requirements stated in any ot her scheme will be cancelled i f such requirement(s) 
contradict with the one men tioned in this scheme. 
 
 
 
Article (11)  
Publication and Date of Implementation  
 
 
 
This scheme is published in the Official Gazette and come in to  force from the date of 
publication and all the concerne d parties shall implement it. 
 
 
     
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 
                                                                                 Prime Minister  
 
 
 
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Issued by us: 
Date:                                  1444 H Corresponding:                  2023G 
  
 
 
 
 
  
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Annex (1)  
List of Approved Mandatory Standards for the 
Detergents  
 
 
#  
Standard Number  Standard Title in 
English Standard Title in 
Arabic 
 
1  
UAE .S GSO 2555 
 
  General Safety 
Requirements of 
Household Detergents  ﻣﺘﻄﻠﺒﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻣﺔ ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ
  ﻟﻠﻤﻨﻈﻔﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﻤﻨﺰﻟﻴﺔ Page 10of12
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Labeling of the Ingredients of Detergents  
 
 
The following articles shall appl y for labeling of packaged  de tergents intended for sale 
to general consumers: 
 
1.  The following weight percenta ge ranges shall be used to ind icate the contents of 
ingredients mentioned in the Table below when they are added ab ove the 
concentration level of 0.2% by weight: 
 
— less than 5 % 
 
 
— Greater than 5 % and less than 15 %, 
 
 
— Greater than 15 % and less than 30 %, 
 
 
— 30 % and above. 
 
 
S.No  Name of the Ingredient  
1 P h o s p h a tes
2 Phosphonates
3 Anionic Surfactants 
4 Cationic Su rfactants
5 A mphoteric Su rfactants
6 Non-ionic Su rfactants
7 O x y g e n - basedbleaching Agents
8 Chlorine- basedbleaching Agents 
9 E D T A a n dSalts thereof
 
10 NTA (Nit rilotriace tic Acid) an dSalts 
thereof Page 11of12
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12 Paradichlo robenzene
13 A romatic Hydroca rbons
14 Aliphatic Hydroca rbons
15 Hydrocarbons
16 Soap 
17 Zeolites
18 Polycarboxylates
The below ingredients shall be liste dirrespective of 
their concentration, if added. 
19 Enzymes
20 Disinfectants
21 Optical B righteners
22 Perfumes 
23 Preservatives 
 
 
 
2. List of Allergenic fragrances and Preservatives shall be ava ilable by one of the 
following options: 
a) Provide MoIAT with report i ncluding (IDS) prepared in accord ance to articles (2.3 
&3.3) containing perf umes and additives. 
b) Allergenic fragrances and pres ervatives shall be mentioned o n product 
label/labelling. 
c) IDS to be available through a public website mentioned on th e product label. 
d) IDS to be available through (QR Code). Page 12of12
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3. When Preservatives are added , they shall be named as per UAE .S/GSO 1943 for 
Cosmetic Product Safety Requir ements and written in the (IDS) i n accordance to 
articles (3.2 & 3.3) on the prod uct label as “Preservative”. 
 4. When allergenic fragrances are  added, in whic h their concent ration exceeds 0.01 
% by weight ,they shall be named  as per UAE.S/GSO 1943 for Cosm etic Product 
Safety Requirements and written in the (IDS) in accordance to a rticles (3.2 & 3.3) 
on the product label as “Perfume ”. Also the limit of 0.01 % can  be replaced by 
other limits according to the ri sk of the fragrance allergens.  
 
 
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Annex (3)  
List of Technical Terms  
 
 
Technical Term  Definition  
MSDS  Material Safety Data Shee t
 
IUPAC International Union of Pure an dApplie d 
Chemistry 
 
INCI  International No menclature Cos metic 
Ingredients 
CAS Numbe r C h e mical Abstracts Service
 
 Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) : provide to MoIAT during ECAS  Registration 
 Ingredients Data Sheet (IDS): pr ovide whether during ECAS Regis tration or 
through public website. Also it should contain Ingredient s in the product and to be pre pared in accordance 
of Articles (2.3 & 3.3) 
Ingredients in IDS should be lis ted in descending order of weig ht percentages 
without stating the percentage ranges. 
 
 
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List of Technical 
Requirements for concerned 
authorities 
 
1. Material Safety Data Sheet  
2. Ingredients Data Sheet  
3. Certificate of Analysi s issued internally from 
manufacturer accordin g to company quality 
criteria’s 
4. Product Photo File (Product Artwork)  
 