Notified bodies is the term for organizations designated by a country to assess the conformity of certain products before being placed on the market.
Oman has designated TÜV Rheinland’s Hong Kong subsidiary to provide technical approval and registration services to manufacturers and importers of the above large appliances.
According to TÜV Rheinland, the expansion of authorization builds upon an existing accreditation obtained in 2019 as a technical approval body for air conditioners exported to Oman.
Oman published in June this year the list of products for phase two of the Omani conformity assessment scheme. Under the new regulations, energy efficiency and labeling requirements now extend to electric washing machines (OS 1651/2022), electric storage-type water heaters (OS 1652/2022) and refrigerators and freezers (OS 1653/2022).
Products falling into these groups must in future pass tests and prove that their energy efficiency performance meets the minimum standard requirements before they can apply for registration and obtain the Omani Energy Efficiency Label.
According to market research, the Oman home appliance market is expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate of more than 6 percent over the next five years.