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1. What is a TER and who issues it?

A TER is the 'Technical Evaluation Report'. The TER is issued by an approved Certification/Inspection Body (CIB) on the basis of successful type testing or test report evaluation or in some cases transfer of existing Registrations/Licences of Regulated Products.

2. Who is eligible to apply for the TER?

Anyone can apply for and obtain the TER as long as they submit the required documentary evidence and pay the fees.

3. What is the validity period of a TER?

The TER validity period is the same as the validity period of the test report, i.e. 3 years for CB reports and 2 years for non-CB reports issued for electrical products. Test reports issued for all other products have a validity of 2 years from the date of issue.

Where the product has been granted an internationally recognized Quality Mark, the TER is valid for the same period deemed valid by the Certification Body that has granted the Quality Mark.

Expired CB reports submitted with a fresh test report covering the CT tests as per the CVG will have a validity of 2 years in the TER.

4. What are the parameters to be considered while issuing the TER?

The TER is always issued on the basis of per exporter per brand. Accordingly an exporter should be issued one TER for each brand. For example an application having:

many brands with one or more product categories
Brands - Samsung, Hitachi, Daewoo and Panasonic
Categories - II-01, II-02, II-09, II-12, II-20
One TER will be issued for each brand covering all applicable categories

One brand with one or more product categories
Brand - Sony
Categories - II-02, II-03, II-21
One TER will be issued for SONY covering all categories

5. Are test reports older than 3 years acceptable for application of the TER?

Test reports that are older than 3 years will need to be reviewed by the KUCAS CO as follows:

If the manufacturer does not have a current quality mark, the CB report can be updated by submitting a recent test report that only covers the 'Essential Requirements' for the product as listed in the relevant CVG in accordance with the latest version of the applicable IEC standard.

For a manufacturer who has a current quality mark issued by an internationally recognized Certification Body that is auditing the manufacturer periodically, if the applicable IEC standard has not been updated during the period up to one year from date of application of the TER, then it can be assumed that the Body is satisfied that the product is still current provided the testing covers the Kuwaiti National Deviation.

If the standard edition/year is still current as per the standards website, then the report can be accepted.

If the standard edition/year has been revised with a new edition/amendment and the revision is found to require additional testing of the product, then additional testing must be carried out. In the meantime the TER can be issued for a period of 1 year.

CB Test Reports older than 3 years can be accepted even if the referenced standard version has been changed provided that the exporter submits a declaration that the technical specification of the product has not changed. In such cases the validity of the relevant models in the TER will be extended for another 3 years after the laboratory which issued the CB report revalidates it.

6. Can different exporters apply for the TER on the basis of the same test reports?

The TER is issued on the basis of the test reports regardless of who the original applicant is. Therefore different Exporters can apply for the TER on the basis of the same test reports.

7. Can an exporter use a TER issued to a manufacturer - is any authorization required in this regard?

If a manufacturer pays for and obtains the TER and an exporter submits the same TER we can accept it on the basis of a Letter of Authorization from the manufacturer.

8. Can a TER be issued to an exporter after the goods have been shipped to Kuwait?

The TER and TIR can be issued after the goods have been shipped to Kuwait provided the exporter is licensed and inspection of the shipment is not invoked. The TER/TIR will be issued based on the licence.

9. Can one TER list products having more than one Country of Origin (COO)?

Products having more than one COO can be stated in a single TER.

10. Are test reports issued by an in-house laboratory accredited to ISO 17025 accepted for issue of the TER?

The main criteria for acceptance of test reports is that the laboratory issuing the report should be accredited to ISO 17025. Therefore in-house reports from an ISO 17025 laboratory are acceptable for issue of the TER.

11. What is the procedure to be applied in the TER for listing products having multiple brand names?

The TER is always issued on the basis of per exporter per brand. Therefore an exporter shipping multiple brands of the same product will need to submit a Product Identity Declaration (PID) Form as documentary evidence of the same. But as per KUCAS procedures, the exporter will be issued a fresh TER and the applicable fees for the same will be applied.