A brief Introduction to GSO
Standardization Organization of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
GSO promotes and ensures the adoption of global standards to improve and uplift the production and service sectors. Also, it plays a vital role in contributing to the protection of the consumer, environment, and the public health
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GSO’s Goals
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Protect the environment and public health
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Unify standardization activities
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Ensure and protect consumer rights in the region
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Pursue enactment and compliance
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Nurture trade between the GCC member states
GSO unifies the Gulf standards and Gulf technical regulations.
Hence, removing the technical barriers, and facilitating trade among member states.
Some of domains that GSO covers
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Mechanical
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Chemical & Textile
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Information
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Electrical
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Food & Agriculture
Members of the GSO
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UAE
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Bahrain
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KSA
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Oman
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Kuwait
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