The Standards and Metrology Organization has circulated the chambers of commerce and industry to identify the objection to the decisions of the institution regarding the destruction of goods or not to enter them only once and within a specified time period.

The circular stipulates that the objections shall not exceed three months from the date of the final decision in the concerned customs centres and for one time only.

The Director-General of the Standards and Metrology Organization, Engineer Rola Madanat, said that this action was for regulatory purposes and to limit the recurrence of objections to the same goods and refer to decisions taken over long periods on imported goods or manufactured locally.

 Madanat explained in a statement to "Al Ghad" that the Foundation has noticed the submission of objections from the owners and has been a long time, arrived in some transactions for more than 9 years, and the violation is explicit and constitutes a real danger to the health of citizens, That such transactions are duly settled and eventually lead to legal action such as referral to the Prosecutor or blacklisting.

 Keenness to apply the principle of transparency and partnership with the relevant parties, indicating that the Foundation does not prevent any parties to submit their objection to the decision taken, noting that the Foundation receives daily more than 30 objections to the decisions taken. She explained that the repeated submission of applications for objection to the same goods has become a burden on the employees of the institution to no avail, especially for the requests on which a decision has been taken for a long time.

The company has engineers who are experienced and highly efficient, who are familiar with all the details and make the appropriate decision according to the law of the establishment and the related work instructions and the technical specifications / rules of the product.

The risk of these products is evaluated. Under examination results. And stressed that the institution will not consider any objection filed after more than 3 months, in order to avoid taking any subsequent actions against importers may harm them in the event of non-compliance with the decision of the institution.s a governmental institution with financial and administrative independence, the Standards and Metrology Institution was established by the Law of Standards and Metrology Institution No. 15 of 1994, which was later amended by Law No. 22 of 2000. 

The organization's activity is to adopt a national system of standards and standards, in accordance with international practice, and to keep abreast of the scientific development in the fields of specifications, measurements, conformity assessment and laboratory accreditation, and to provide health and environmental protection and public safety to citizens by ensuring that the products conform to the technical rules adopted by the institution and ensure quality National products by adopting appropriate Jordanian standards.

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