Bureau of Nigeria (SON) we can see the club's official website to the category of conformity assessment: (1) it is an overseas activities, is a certification at the foreign office in Nigeria, do not replace Nigeria standards any legal responsibilities; (2) all product must be of a regulatory certification, belongs to the customs clearance in Nigeria must provide a certificate; (3) controls to ensure that product is in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Nigerian industrial standard (NIS) or other approved by the IEC, ISO and other international standards.
Response to Nigeria this conformity assessment need two steps on the quality of the product must the statutory certification process, to ensure that products meet certain standards, process includes two steps: product certification and SONCAP compulsory certification. The first step in product certification, it applies only to first to a particular category of control over the export of Nigeria. Exporters will get products through Product certification (the Product Certificate), Certificate valid for 3 years. After, you can apply to establish a "M" Form (Form "M"). The second step SONCAP compulsory certification, applicable to a batch of goods before shipment. SONCAP Certificate (SONCAP Certificate) is the control products in Nigeria customs necessary legal documents, lack of SONCAP Certificate will cause control product or may be refused entry clearance customs clearance delay.
Need special attention is, in addition to the product certification and SONCAP for compulsory certification formalities, control products must be conducted at the same time all other existing import procedures, such as inspection before shipment (PSI). Or, the product certification and SONCAP for compulsory certification formalities are no substitute for the Nigerian government required to deal with any other current import procedures.
Detection rules
SONCAP is in order to protect the personal safety, the recognized standard in the attention at the same time pay more attention to the performance of safety requirements. Its main have Nigeria's own NIS standard system, there are standards such as ISO, IEC, BSI. Generator belongs to control the product categories II - 127, motor belongs to II - 128. Consult the SONCAP certification of instruction, combining with experience, the author successfully cope with summed up the motor product testing standards shown in the table below:
IEC60335 IEC60034-1, 1, ISO8528.5 equates to GB755 respectively, GB4706.1 and GB2820.5, analysis standard, you can see that the corresponding national standard are pay more attention to the personal safety.
STEP 2, the COC at $300
B. need polarizer (100%) of the inspection, sampling inspection, supervision of loading seal ark, qualified after submit final invoice, packing list
B way
STEP 1, the Product Certificate (PC) registration Certificate is valid: year: $300
A. issued by ISO/IEC 17025 certified laboratory valid type test report
B. inspection, once a year
C. a plant to a PC
STEP 2, the COC at $300
Each quarter at least 40% shipment votes necessary inspection, sampling inspection, supervision of loading ark
Qualified after submit final invoice, packing list
C way
STEP 1: LICENSE permit validity: one year: $1300
A. issued by ISO/IEC 17025 certified laboratory valid type test report
B. there are two qualified inspection records, four qualified trading records
C. license grant only manufacturer of a product, the process does not apply to exporters and/or suppliers
STEP 2: COC cost: $300
At least once every six months testing, inspection, supervision of loading
Qualified after submit final invoice, packing list
The cost need to add 6% of value added tax according to the product information to quote
Certification system
Nigeria bureau March 01, 2013 officially launched a new SONCAP operation process, after each issued by independent third parties will no longer be directly SONCAP certification, replaced by exporters in the exporter to apply for product conformity certificate (CoC), and then by the importer with valid CoC to Nigeria bureau of standards (SON) to apply for SC certificate, apply for CoC has the following three ways:
The Route A, occasionally for A year the situation of the shipment
Exporters after the goods production, by the inspector for inspection of goods, and then drawn from big goods sample testing, after testing qualified, issue the PR report, supervision of loading during shipment and seal, qualified after issue the CoC certificate.
Need to submit the documents as follows:
1) the CoC application form
2) the product name, product photos, customs code;
3) packing list
4) the proforma invoice
5) FORMM number
The Route B, for the product shipments for many times in a year.
First by the exporter applying for PC, for PC process is as follows:
1) the PC application form;
2) the product name, product photos, customs code;
3) issued by ISO 17025 aptitude lab qualified inspection report;
4) to carry on the system to the factory audit
Valid for one year after the PC.
Factory production after the goods, apply for CoC process is as follows:
1) the CoC application form;
2) packing list;
3) proforma invoice;
4) FORMM number
Complete information after a certain ratio of goods inspection, sampling, testing and supervision of loading, the ratio of not less than 40%, the qualified to issue CoC certificate.
The Route C, in view of the frequent delivery of a year.
First by the factory apply for the Licence, application conditions as follows:
1) on the basis of RouteB at least more than 4 and the success of the application;
2) two audit to the factory and qualified;
3) issued by ISO 17025 aptitude lab qualified inspection report;
After obtaining the License is valid for one year.
Factory production after the goods, apply for CoC process is as follows:
1) the CoC application form;
2) packing list;
3) proforma invoice;