Jordan Country Commercial Guide
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Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade 

Standards for Trade 

Overview

The Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO) is the government organization legally responsible for the preparation, publication, and review of Jordanian standards and regulations for products and services.

Standards

JSMO issues two types of standards: 
(1)   Technical Standards: Mandatory standards which are assessed based on international benchmarks and agreements.  These standards cover products which affect consumers’ health and safety, such as food products, chemical detergents, electrical equipment, textile and clothes composition and personal safety equipment. 
(2)   Standard Specification: Optional standards for manufacturers and importers; examples include furniture products, clothes, textiles, and shoes. Some companies choose to set their own standard specification, adding special features or qualities.

JSMO sets and publishes food standards for the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) to follow. The JFDA tests and approves products before they can be sold.

Testing, Inspection and Certification

Companies interested in obtaining conformity certificates or Jordanian Quality Marks for their products can view instructions before submitting their application online at the Certification Department website: http://jsmo.gov.jo 
The process to receive a quality mark is divided into four stages: application procedure, assessment procedure, certification procedure, and surveillance procedure.

Imported goods subject to mandatory standards require verification through laboratory testing in Jordan.  JSMO undertakes these responsibilities by cooperating with approved labs, including those at the JSMO, Ministry of Health, Greater Amman Municipality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Royal Scientific Society (RSS), all of which perform inspection and testing.

Publication of Technical Regulations

Technical standards (Jordan Quality Mark) are published in the Jordan Official Gazette in hard copy only and are registered in the Jordan Quality Mark database. The English version of the Jordan Official Gazette as well as the technical standards of Jordan Quality Mark can be purchased online from JSMO. 

Use ePing to review proposed technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures. 

Use ePing to review proposed technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures. The ePing SPS&TBT platform (https://epingalert.org/), or “ePing”, provides access to notifications made by Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) under the Agreements on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), distributed by the WTO from January 16, 1995, to present. ePing is available to all stakeholders free of charge and is a versatile tool that can be used to: 

  • Follow and review current and past notifications concerning regulatory actions on products, packaging, labeling, food safety and animal and plant health measures in markets of interest, ·
  • Receive customized e-mail alerts when new notifications are distributed, ·
  • Find information on trade concerns discussed in the WTO SPS and TBT Committees.                                                                

Per obligation under the TBT Agreement, each WTO Member operates an Enquiry Point. National TBT Enquiry Points are authorized to accept comments and official communications from other national TBT Enquiry Points, which are NOT part of the WTO or the WTO Secretariat. All comment submissions from U.S. stakeholders, including businesses, trade associations, U.S domiciled standards development organizations and conformity assessment bodies, consumers, or U.S. government agencies on notifications to the WTO TBT Committee should be sent directly to the USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point. Refer to the comment guidance at https://www.nist.gov/notifyus/commenting for further information. This guidance is provided to assist U.S. stakeholders in the preparation and submission of comments in response to notifications of proposed foreign technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures.

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