Mr. Ricardo Pascal, an expert at the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification (AENOR), reviewed the European experience in the field of European Conformity Marking (CE) through a training program organized by Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) for its employees on Tuesday and Wednesday 14th -15th Muharram, 1437 H corresponding to 27th -28th October, 2015 at its headquarter in Riyadh.

      The program, in which a number of SASO's employees participated, discussed some aspects related to CE marking including the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification (AENOR) experience in this field, the legal framework of the CE marking, the European Union trends regarding the CE marking and mechanisms and procedures to grant CE marking and check the conformity of products bearing the mark with the accredited standards.

    This program comes in line with the cooperation made between SASO and the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification under the umbrella of the technical cooperation program signed by the two parties in different standardization fields in order to increase the efficiency of SASO's employees and build their technical capabilities in conformity field as well as benefiting from international expertise in all relevant specializations.