Integration in the International Standards Network
All products must comply with the Kuwaiti standards (Kuwaiti Standard Specification, KSS). If there are no specific standards applicable in Kuwait, then the Gulf countries' standards must be applied (Gulf Standard Specifications, GSO). The countries that form the Gulf Cooperation Council have created an organization responsible for the standardization: The GCC Standardization Organization, of which Kuwait is a member. Its goal is to unify the standards of all the Gulf's countries in order to create a free-trade zone following the European Union's model. The Public Authority for Industry also represents Kuwait in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML).
Classification of Standards
ISO, GSO or KSS followed by 5 digits, a hyphen, another digit, sometimes another hyphen and a digit.