The Kenya PVOC certification

1) According to the decree of the Government of Kenya, the importers of the Company must obtain the product complies with the certificate (the COC CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY) before customs clearance was to the Kenyan Customs. After the completion of the inspection, the original COC certificate will express send exporters for direct mail to the importer or other person specified in the remarks column of the application form.

2) truthfully and correctly and completely fill out the application form and its attached sheet, including the relevant HS codes, ICS coding information. Accurate commodity description and HS code is a basic responsibility of the applicant. If you can not correct complete the description of the product and / or HS Code, will result in a site inspection / testing does not match, and thus can not issue the COC, the applicant will continue to bear the related costs and leave a bad credit record, once the goods are shipped to Kenya, but also will be the Kenyan regulatory requirements for corrective actions and fined.

The Kenya PVOC certification market access requirements:

Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) on September 29, 2005, prior to export standards compliance verification plan (PVoC). PVoC directory of products before shipment Certificate of Conformity (CoC) to Hong Kong, Kenya Customs, otherwise it will not immigrants. If the CoC special case can be the KEBS decided to implement the inspection of the consignment to pay a fine.

Kenya PVOC certification to apply:

PVoC certification in three ways:

Way a): each batch of cargo inspection and testing
Exporters contact the country's PVoC office that they submit the certification application (RFC) and the formation of this shipment invoice, or by Kenya importers to submit import declaration form (IDF) and the formation of a copy of the invoice to start PVoC process.
PVoC offices to test the goods to confirm whether they meet the Kenya standard / technical specification requirements, and taking samples for testing, if the test results are satisfactory, according to importers of goods provided the final invoice issued by the CoC certificate (for air transport, allowing proforma invoice issued certificate).
Method a) CoC certificate is valid for 90 days, the batch of goods is valid.
Food, medicines, chemicals can only use a).