Agenda : 6-2

GSO Certification Information [Information Exchange]

SIAM – JAMA Two-Wheeler Group Meeting 31

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October 2014, Goa

IMMA Information <68/SCM, March/13, 2014>

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GCC (Gulf States) will enforce new requirements for motorcycles as from July 2014.

GSO Certification – Gulf Countries

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GSO Meeting held at Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on May 8 th 2013 : • Common GSO conformity certificate (Based on relevant Gulf Technical Regulations) • GSO conformity certificates implementation from July 1 st 2014.

• GSO Member Countries : UAE, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait

Steps of GSO Certification

Manufacturer - submit Test Report in GSO format

Accepted

GSO will issue CoC to manufacturer online Manufacturer - submit Authentication Letter in GSO

GSO will review the Documents Rejected

Rejected Certificate will be issued to Manufacturer with reason • Validity of GSO Conformity Certificates will be one year from the date of Approval. GSO visit to manufacturer For evaluation

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Comply Additional requirements for completed CoC

GSO Certification – Initial Requirements

GSO Requirement

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Label requirement (Arabian And/or English) : Shall be riveted/permanently affixed Name of manufacturer, Year of Production, Engine cc and Statement “The motorcycle confirms to all applicable GSO Standards” e.

4. VIN (GSO Standard) 2. Durability Requirement 3. Owners Manual (In Arabian and English) Chain Guard (Such that it completely covers the chain)

Certificate of Conformity:

Mode Year Requirements 2013 2014 2015

2013 No Requirement 2014 2015 2016 onwards GSO Conformity Certificate [GSO standard / EU, US, Japan Regulation / Country of Origin Equivalent Regulation] Application 1 st ☆ July - New Regulation Starts CoC Custom Clearance Application Custom Clearance Application

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Custom Clearance

GSO Certification – Revised Requirements based on IMMA Info 4/5

• GSO will accept the regulations of the country of production including ECE, FMVSS and Japan applied until end of June 2015.

• From 1 st July 2015, GSO will accept only the country of origin regulations (JAPAN for JAMA manufacturers) including ECE & FMVSS.

• GSO is going to extend application period to four months from 1 st of July 2014.

Certificate of Conformity:

Model Year Requirements

2014 2015 (Only Country of Origin Regulations) 2016 onwards No Requirement GSO Conformity Certificate [GSO standard / EU, US, Japan Regulation / Country of Origin Equivalent Regulation]

2014

1 st Jul

2015

(1 st Nov) Application and approval CoC Customs clearance Application

2016

Customs clearance Request JAMA to confirm this understanding

GSO Certification – Indian Situation

SIAM discussed this issue with MoC (Ministry of Commerce) to confirm the following requirements of GSO : 1.

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Country of Origin Equivalent Regulation : Indian Regulation shall be allowed.

Country of Production includes India as well.

SIAM informs the details to Ministry of Commerce (MoC), Govt. of India.

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MoC shall contact the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia shall arrange meeting with GSO SIAM shall discuss the matter of accepting Indian Regulation for above points SIAM had followed up with MoC in Oct 2014.

MoC informed that they would discuss this matter and inform SIAM accordingly.

Response from Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India is awaited.

THANKS!