ESMA sets Technical Regulation for tires

WAM Abu Dhabi, June 20th, 2011 (WAM) -- Emirates Authority For Standardization '&' Metrology (ESMA) is cognisant of the consumer's safety and health, therefore it has recently developed the imperative technical specifications for goods and products, including tires, as the most important products that may be the main cause of accidents, says a statement of the authority.

The authority has decided to precede an overall, technical list for the tires' specifications, in collaboration with some concerned bodies including Ministry of Interior, police departments, or private sectors. It has also formed a technical working group of the leading importers and manufacturers of tires in the UAE.

The new technical regulations had added new types of tires were not subject to control before, such as tires of motorcycles, heavy equipments, etc., so the new regulation includes all types of tires imported to the UAE, to guarantee safety for all individuals on the roads.

On the other side, the Technical Regulation will also cover processes and conditions of manufacturing, handling, storage, retreating, maintenance, disposal and cancellation of tires in accordance with the approved Gulf standards, that may affect the life, quality and validity of the product. All tires, entering UAE, shall be identified and registered as individual as birth to death mechanism. The authority will determine a practical mechanism to censor the market, where its role will not stop at the monitor ports, but to take samples from the market to assure they conform of the required storage specifications owing to the approved Gulf and the UAE specifications and standards and update the data bank in its registration scheme. The regulation will address to the maintenance and repair operations and the provided conditions in the assigned centers and shops. Due to the impact of the damaged tires on the environment, it also decided that the regulation should include the conditions of dealing with damaged tires and the mechanisms in how to eliminate them, it added.

It is expected that this regulation will be completed by the end of next September, in order to be raised for approval from the Board of Directors and of the UAE cabinet to become an imperative, technical regulation inside the United Arab Emirates, the statement concluded.

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