UAE Education LawCabinet Resolution No. (34) of 2019 on the UAE System for Control of Childcare Requirements

Article (1) Definitions In the application of provisions of this Resolution, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned to each, unless otherwise stated by the context: State : UAE Authority : Emirates Specifications and Standards Authority

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Cabinet Resolution of 2019 on the UAE System for Control of Childcare Requirements 2 Board : Board of Directors of Authority Director General : Director General of Authority Competent Body : Federal or local body that is concerned with the application of provisions of this Resolution Standard Specification : A document identifies the attributes, descriptions, features, level of quality, sizes, measures or requirements…

Article (2) Scope of Application Provisions of this Resolution shall apply to the products whose standard specifications are stated in any of the two appendixes attached to this Resolution, whether to be launched at State markets or prepared for export.

Article (3) Supplier Duties Supplier, in any of the supply chain, must be committed to the following: 1. To practice the activity through an individual company or institution that is registered and has a license according to the relative legislation. 2. To get a conformity certificate for the product before being launched at the markets, in accordance with the Emirates Conformity Assessment System (ECAS) and Conformity Assessment Scheme (B). 3. To ensure the fulfilment of the product to the technical requirements provided in the approved standard specifications which are shown in the appendixes attached to this Resolution. 4. To cooperate with the employees of the Authority and competent bod…

Article (4) Technical Requirements Product prepared in order to be launched or traded inside State is required to fulfil the following: 1. To fulfil the labelling shown on the label card of the approved standard specification identified

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Cabinet Resolution of 2019 on the UAE System for Control of Childcare Requirements 5 in the two appendixes attached to this Resolution. 2. To not violate the photos and phrases used on the package, which demonstrate the public order and morals and the Islamic values apparent in the State. 3. All information used in the labelling shall be correct and scientifically and laboratory proven.

Article (5) Verification of Conformity 1. All sale outlets in State are prohibited to launch the product in the local markets or to organize promotional campaigns for the product, unless it is registered in accordance with the Emirates Conformity Assessment System (ECAS). 2. Authority and competent body, as the case may be, must verify –before granting the conformity certificate- the product’s conformity to the approved standard specifications which are specified in this Resolution, including the following: a. Supplier fulfils all procedures of getting the conformity certificate in accordance with the Emirates Conformity Assessment System (ECAS) and Conformity Assessment Scheme (B) before la…

Article (6) Requirements of Conformity Assessment Body Conformity Assessment Body which undertakes the product’s conformity assessment must fulfil the terms and requirements specified by the Cabinet Resolution on the UAE system for control of Conformity Assessment Bodies.

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Article (7) Competent Body Duties Competent bodies shall undertake the enforcement of provisions of this Resolution. For such purpose, it shall undertake the following: 1. To verify the product’s fulfilment to requirements of the approved standard specification stated in any of the two appendixes attached to this Resolution, and to complete the technical documents required to be attached to the dispatch that is subject to examination. 2. To take all the administrative procedures required to withdraw or recall the product which does not conform to requirements of this Resolution. 3. To impose the sanctions referred to in Article (11) of this Resolution in case of committing any of the violati…

Article (8) Control and Market Survey 1. Product, upon being launched at the markets, shall be subject to control. The Authority or competent body, as the case may be, shall take the procedures required for its control in order to verify the continuation of its conformity to the conformity certificate in all stages of the supply chain. Therefore, it may take any of the following procedures: a. To verify that all outlets of launching the product in State are committed to the prohibition of its import and launching at the local markets, unless getting the conformity certificate. b. To collect samples from the product from the sale outlets in the markets or the supplier’s stores, whether manufa…

Article (9) General Provisions 1. Approved standard specifications which are stated in Appendix No. (1) and Appendix No. (2) attached to this Resolution shall be enforceable in State; these two appendixes shall be deemed an integral part therefrom. 2. The Authority shall be responsible for receiving and studying the application of registering the product and granting it the conformity certificates according to provisions of this Resolution. It may authorize any of the competent bodies or appoint an approved conformity assessment body to assess the product’s conformity, in accordance with the Cabinet Resolution on the UAE system for Control of Conformity Assessment Bodies. 3. Competent body s…

Article (10) Transitional Provisions The Supplier who launched a product in the market prior to the publication of this Resolution shall be granted a period of no more than one calendar year from the date of publication of this Resolution in the Official Gazette in order to regularize this product according to provisions of this Resolution.

Article (11) Violations and Sanctions 1. Without prejudice to any punishment or procedure stipulated in the mentioned Federal Law No. (28) of 2001 and other relevant legislation, in case of violating any of the provisions of Articles (3), (4), (5) and (8) of this Resolution, the Authority or the competent body –as the case may be- may impose one or more of the following administrative sanctions: a. To coordinate with the licensing authority to cancel the commercial license of the supplier responsible for the violation. b. To oblige the violator of the costs and expenses of eliminating and correcting the damages resulting from the violation in case he does not conduct the elimination or the c…

Article (12) Appeal Procedures 1. It is permissible to appeal from the resolutions issued under provisions of Article (11) of this Resolution, provided that the following shall be taken into mind: a. To submit the appeal to the Director General according to the procedures specified by the

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Cabinet Resolution of 2019 on the UAE System for Control of Childcare Requirements 9 Authority within no more than (14) working days from the date of notifying the violator of the appealed resolution. b. To attach all the required documents which show the reason of appeal. 2. Director General shall issue the resolution he deems proper for submitted appeal according to provisions of this Arti…

Article (13) Cancellations Any provision that violates or contradicts the provisions of this Resolution shall be repealed.

Article (14) Publication and Enforceability This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into force as of the day following its date publication. Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister Dated: 9 Ramadan 1440 H Corresponding to: 14 May 2019 A.D

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Cabinet Resolution of 2019 on the UAE System for Control of Childcare Requirements 10 Annex 1 Appendixes Attached to Cabinet Resolution No. (34) of 2019 On the UAE System for Control of Childcare Requirements (Appendix No. 1) No. Standard Specification No. Approved Standard Specification 1 UAE.S/GSO 2079 Babies Elastomeric Feeding Bottle Teats. 2 UAE.S/GSO 2015 Soothers for Babies and Young Children– Pa…