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Does Saudi Arabia require IEC 62368-1?
Yes. IEC 62368-1 is the current safety standard for information technology and audio/video equipment, and it is the one Saudi Arabia requires for that category. The older IEC 60950-1 is no longer accepted: test reports issued against it will not pass the PCoC stage — after you have already paid for the testing.
Where it bites
RoHS, IECEE recognition and the safety standard all feed into your technical file for the PCoC. If a factory hands you IEC 60950-1 reports (still common), you do not find out they are no longer accepted until the PCoC stage — after you have paid for the testing. A full lab test against the wrong standard is simply money burned.
The practical rule: confirm the currently required standard with your Certification Body before commissioning any lab work. Standards transition over time — efficiency-standard transitions in particular have terminated certificates tied to old versions — so "it passed last year" is not a guarantee.
Where it sits in the bigger picture
IEC 62368-1 is the safety basis for IT/AV products, but it does not replace the other prerequisites. A wireless laptop still needs CST type approval; an in-scope device still needs IECEE recognition via JEEM; and RoHS documentation per IEC 63000 still has to be in the file. The PCoC is only issued when all the applicable pieces line up.
If your reports are already to IEC 62368-1 and current, the PCoC step is at its fastest — official service time 5–6 working days, often 10–14 in practice with CB review. The standard is the gate, not the bottleneck.
Check three facts in the free sample
The free sample is one English PDF and one Arabic PDF: the prerequisite stack, PCoC basics and 3 of the 7 customs traps — enough to verify this page against saber.sa yourself.
Saber Desk is an independent reference — not a certification body, and not affiliated with SASO. We do not issue certificates. Fees and processing times are the official figures published on saber.sa unless marked as observed practice; confirm HS codes and required standards for a specific shipment with your Certification Body. Edition: October 2026.