Senegal Country Commercial Guide
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Overview 

Senegal’s standards are derived from France. Electricity is 220 volts, 50 cycles, with a metric measuring system. 

Standards 

The Senegalese Association of Normalization (Association Sénégalaise de Normalisation - ASN) is a public (40 percent)-private (60 percent) regulatory body under the Minister of Industry mandated to develop national standards and ensure quality standards (ASN – see: http://asn.sn). The standards are developed within technical committees whose members include representatives of technical ministries (Health, Environment, and Industry), consumer associations, and industrialists, technical and scientific institutions. The secretariat of these technical committees is held by the ASN.  ASN establishes each year a standards’ development plan based on the needs of its technical, social partners and the industry. The standards are the result of a consensus between ASN and its partners.  ASN is member of the African Normalization Associations (ECOWAS, AFSEC and ORAN) and the international normalization bodies including ISO, IEC, CODEX and SMIIC. 

Testing, Inspection, and Certification 

Senegal has implemented a national system of certification since 1992. ASN has created 555 Senegalese norms and standards.  The NS (Norme Senegal) is the national labeling certificate. ASN collaborates with local laboratories for product testing and certification. Conformity assessment infrastructure includes national laboratories and private bodies that carry out conformity assessments: 

  • The National Laboratory under the Minister of Trade
  • CEREQ, which does soil and construction-related testing
  • The Pasteur Institute
  • Bureau Veritas
  • The laboratory of the Senegalese Institute of Food Technology
  • CERES-LOCUSTOX, which tests pesticide residuals
  • Cotecna Pre-Shipment Inspection Services company
  • The Laboratory of Metrology

Regulations 

ASN has published a catalog listing of 555 Senegalese standards in the following areas:  electronics (67), construction and civil engineering (95), food processing (163), environment (58), administration and trade (4) and solar energy (20).
 

Contact Information 
Association Sénégalaise de Normalisation (ASN) 
Lot n° 21-Front de Terre BP 4037 Dakar 
Tél: +221-33 827 64 01 – 
E-mail:  Isn@orange.sn
Baramasrr@gmail.com
AbdouRahmaneDione@Hotmail.com
SangarCheikh@yahoo.fr

NIST Notify U.S. Service: 

Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are required under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) to notify to the WTO proposed technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that could affect trade. Notify U.S. (www.nist.gov/notifyus) is a free, web-based e-mail registration service that captures and makes available for review and comment key information on draft regulations and conformity assessment procedures. Users receive customized e-mail alerts when new notifications are added by selected country(ies) and industry sector(s) of interest and can also request full texts of regulations. This service and its associated web site are managed and operated by the USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. 

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