GCC Standardization Organization

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The GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) is a standards organization for the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Yemen.

It was established under the authority of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Its full official name is "The Standardization Organization of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf". It is headquartered in Riyadh{{cite web|url=http://www.gso.org.sa/gso-website/gso-website/about-gso/about/bylaw|title=GCC Standardization Organization|publisher=GSO.org.sa|date=|accessdate=2015-06-19}} and has a branch office in Jeddah.{{Cite book |last=Bricault |first=G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-DuCAAAQBAJ&q=Nabil+A+Molla |title=Major Companies of the Arab World 1992/93 |date=2012-12-06 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-94-011-2244-3 |language=en}}

Where no GSO standard already exists, it reviews existing global standards and may adopt them.{{cite web|url=https://www.zawya.com/story/How_green_are_we-ZAWYA20150513074331/|title=How green are we?? |publisher=Zawya.com|date=2015-05-13|accessdate=2015-06-19}} The GSO's Technical Council mandated the creation of a regional Metrology Organization to be called "GULFME".Gulfme website. http://www.gulfmet.org/gulfmet/gulfmet/calibration {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906003217/http://www.gulfmet.org/gulfmet/gulfmet/calibration |date=2015-09-06 }} The GSO has also partnered with PepsiCo.{{cite web| website=FoodDubai | date=2013 | title=PepsiCo Partners with the Dubai Municipality and GCC Standardization Organization | url=http://www.foodubai.com/details_news.aspx?newsid=56#.VZFaJ2DVfJY }}

The current{{when|date=July 2021}} secretary-general of the GSO is H.E. Nabil A Molla.{{cite web| publisher=Bloomberg Business | work=Executive Profile | title=Nabil Bin Ameen Molla | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=253920260&privcapId=7763385&previousCapId=12739579&previousTitle=VYSTAR%2520CORP }}{{cite web | publisher=GSO | location=Saudi Arabia | url=http://www.gso.org.sa/gso-website/gso-website/about-gso/about/secretary-general | title=About Secretary-General | access-date=2015-06-29 | archive-date=2015-06-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619012544/http://www.gso.org.sa/gso-website/gso-website/about-gso/about/secretary-general | url-status=dead }} A previous secretary-general was Dr. Rashid Ahmed Muhammad Bin Fahad.{{cite book| publisher=United Nations, UN/Earthprint | work=Sustainable Development International, United Nations Environment Programme | title=Climate Action 2009/2010 | year=2009 | isbn=9780956372222 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgYj-t_Chx4C&dq=%22GCC+Standardization+Organization%22&pg=PT184 }}

As of 2010, the GSO has mandated some 2,700 standards. Implementation of these standards is the responsibility of individual member countries of the GCC.Journal of World Trade, Volume 44, Issues 4-6. p. 1277.