Saudi Arabia - Draft Standard on Motor Vehicle - Technical Requirements for Emergency Calls "eCall"

​​Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) recently notified WTO about a draft standard SASO 2944: Motor vehicle - Technical Requirements for Emergency Calls "eCall". 

This standard concerns the development of technical requirements for emergency calls system in the motor vehicle, based on relevant International and National Foreign Standards and other references. This standard stipulates the Emergency calls and Connectivity Technical Requirements for new light duty vehicle (LDVs) imported to KSA. The major changes related to this standard are:
- Including the 4G requirements and references
- Exempting the vehicles produced in small series with an aggregated volume of less than 75 vehicles annually to be equipped with an eCall in-vehicle system
- Postpone the application date of the standard to be starting from January 1, 2027 (the proposed enforcement date of the standard SASO 2944, based on calendar year)