South African Bureau of Standards, SABS is based on 1945 promulgated the "national standard law" established, belonging to the South African Department of trade and industry agencies. SABS is a neutral third party certification authority in South Africa, which is responsible for system certification and product certification in South africa. In addition to the standard SABS duties, also on behalf of the state management of mandatory standards, in accordance with the standard of the product, granted the right to use the mark, is also responsible for the issue of certificates in accordance with the ISO9001 enterprise, and on behalf of the state and some major buyers responsible for inspection and testing before shipment, certificate issued by. SABS certification is widely used in chemicals, biological products, fiber products and clothing, machinery products, safety equipment, electrical products, civil and construction and automotive products. In recent years, SABS certification has become an important weight for the South African government to control the import of products.
Range
SABS certification for product certification and system certification in two categories, and the SABS product certification includes the following eight categories: chemical products, biological products, fiber products and clothing, machinery products, safety equipment, electrical products, civil and architectural and automotive products. Which relates to the construction materials and products: stone products, concrete products, roofing materials, cement, lime, cement admixture, natural building stone, glass, steel, wood and wood products, brick, tile, paint, coatings, sealants etc..
Condition
1. products comply with a SABS/SANS national standard;
2. products through the corresponding standard test;
3. quality system meets ISO 9000 requirements or other specified requirements;
4. only products and quality systems meet the requirements can apply for the use of SABS signs;
5. routine product testing shall be conducted under guidance and submit and release test results;
6. quality system assessment at least 2 times a year, and requires full content evaluation.
Certificate
South Africa 1 certification in two situations: the first one is to apply for LOA and COC for the South African imports is mandatory, but this is not a certification program labels SABS trademark in the product on label, the application does not need to plant inspection; second is the first to apply for use on the basis of it again the application of SABS based on Mark, the use of the logo is the need to go through the formalities of factory inspection, a series of cost a lot, every year must pay a certain amount of fees and expenses as the factory inspection mark right of use.
