South Africa SABS Certification (Compulsory Certification) (A) SABS Certification Overview South African National Bureau of Standards (South African Bureau of Standards, SABS) was enacted in 1945, "National Standards Law" was established, is a subsidiary body of South African Trade and Industry. SABS in South Africa as a neutral third-party certification body responsible for South Africa's system certification and product certification. In addition to standard-setting duties, SABS also on behalf of peremptory norms of national regulatory standards, compliant products, to grant the right to use signs, in addition to be responsible for in line with ISO9001, ISO9002 certificates of enterprises and on behalf of the State and some of the major buyers is responsible for pre-shipment inspection and testing, issuance of certificate of competency. SABS certification is widely used in chemicals, biological products, fiber products and clothing, machinery products, safety equipment, electrical products, civil engineering and construction, and automotive products and other fields. In recent years, SABS certification has become South Africa's government-controlled imports an important weight. (B) SABS product certification range SABS certification product certification and system certification is divided into two categories, while the SABS Product Certification include the following eight categories: chemical products, biological products, fiber products and clothing, machinery products, safety equipment, electrical products, civil engineering and construction, as well as automotive products. Among them, building materials and products involved are: stone products, concrete products, roofing materials, cement, lime, cement mixture, natural stone used in construction, safety glass, steel, wood and wood products, brick, tile, paint, coatings, sealants and so on. (C) SABS identifies a prerequisite for access 1. Products comply with a SABS / SANS national standards; 2. Products through the appropriate standards for testing; 3. To meet the ISO 9000 quality system requirements or other specified requirements; 4. Only the product and quality systems have to meet the requirements may apply to use SABS mark; 5. Routine product testing should be carried out under the guidance and submit it and open test results; 6. Quality System Assessment at least two times a year, and requested full content evaluation. (D) SABS certified general process 1. The manufacturer complete a full application form; 2. If the plant has more than one plant, they are required to fill separate application form. Certified within the scope of requirements for each product reflected in the application form. In addition, the plant also need to fill out the credibility of the person in charge of the application form, the responsible person must ensure that the first review of the certification fees and other costs; 3. South African Bureau of Standards receipt of the application form, will issue a review of the quotation; 4. In the quotation has been accepted under the premise of the South African Bureau of Standards will conduct a review of the plant; 5. If the above audits have passed, the South African Bureau of Standards will be prepared to supervise the annual contract; 6 each year there will be two auditors to conduct random reviews, the annual supervisory review and testing costs will be stated in the contract; 7. Two auditors will be random samples back to laboratories; 8. After the test samples, the South African Bureau of Standards will be the buyer of goods from South Africa to extract, if the batch of goods is less than 4 times a year, then not enough to send the sample requires from the factory, the cost would be Factory commitment; 9. If the test result is unsatisfactory, then the costs and re-test samples of the costs are borne by the factory; 10. Certificate will be valid for three years, unless there are other reasons for removing the certificate.
