Saudi Arabia - Draft Decision of the SASO Board of Director as Regards the Unification of Chargers Types for Smart Phones and Electronic Devices for the Charging Receptacle and Charging Communication Protocol

​Draft decision of Saudi Standards Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) Board of Director to introduce a common charging solution for a broad range of products of radio and information technology equipment to be applied in two stages as minimum requirement as follows:

1. Starting from January 2025, all mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, e-readers, handheld video game consoles, headphones, headsets, earbuds, keyboards, mice, portable navigation systems, portable speakers, and wireless routers must adhere to the regulatory requirements.

2. Starting from April 2026, the regulatory requirements under the scope of unifying the USB-Type C charging ports shall extend to laptops, ensuring their compatibility with standardized charging infrastructure. As the Draft of the decision indicates: approval of updating standards No. (SASO IEC 62680-1-2:2017, SASO IEC 62680-1-3:2017) as mandatory according to The IEC published standards No. (IEC 62680-1-2:2022, IEC 62680-1-3:2022). This notification has been published In order to increase transparency. Additionally, all technical measures will be notified as soon as they are developed and will take into consideration the comments period and entry into force date. The Draft decision take into account to compel the unification of chargers for smart phones and electronic devices. Updating of relevant regulations and fulfilling all technical and administrative requirements as applicable in the technical regulations, standards, specifications and related decisions according to the field of products within the scope of the decision to unifying the USB-Type C charging ports for smart phones and electronic devices, according to the form (USB-TYPE C).

Proposed date of adoption: August 2023

Proposed date of entry into force:

1. Starting from January 2025 all mobile phones, tablets, headphones, headsets, digital cameras, portable speakers, handheld video game consoles, e-readers, keyboards, mice, portable navigation systems and earbuds, wireless routers must adhere to the regulatory requirements.

2. Starting from April 2026 the regulatory requirements under the scope of unifying the USB-Type C charging ports shall extend to laptops, ensuring their compatibility with standardized charging infrastructure.