What is an Authorized Representative
The Authorized Representative plays a crucial role in consumer product import and registration with local authorities in the UAE. The Authorized Representative is a local entity appointed by a foreign manufacturer or supplier to act on their behalf within the UAE market. Here’s what the Authorized Representative is typically responsible for:
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring that the imported consumer products comply with all UAE regulatory requirements, standards, and specifications.
- Documentation: Handling all necessary paperwork and documentation related to the importation, including customs clearance and product registrations if required.
- Communication: Acting as the liaison between the foreign manufacturer or supplier and local authorities, distributors, or retailers in the UAE.
- Legal Responsibility: Taking legal responsibility for the products during the importation process, including liability for any non-compliance or issues that may arise.
- Market Surveillance: Monitoring the market for any changes in regulations or standards that may affect the imported products.
Product categories we offer AR services.
- Cosmetic Products
- Perfume & Fragrance products.
- Food Products
- Food Supplements
- Food Contact Materials
- Detergents, Disinfectants and Biocides
- Toys
Why AR Services required to import consumer products in the UAE?
The local municipality in the UAE needs to register and certify consumer products to ensure consumer safety before import in UAE. Moreover, a key requirement to register a consumer product with the Municipality is to have a local business license in the UAE. Therefore, as an authorized representative we allow to register your products under our business license.
At the core of our service we are committed to providing regulatory compliance support & oversee the product registration procedure. As your AR we communicate with the local authorities to demonstrate compliance, and cooperate with them to take necessary actions to resolve any cases of non-compliance.
Our AR service is an all-encompassing service that simplifies and brings to reality your business aspirations for the UAE !
Frequently Asked Questions
Foreign Manufacturer and Brands owner who deal in consumer products and wish to expand in UAE. But do not have a local distributor or local presence in UAE, can avail our Authorized Representative Service.
No it is not, it is an optional services which allow to manage consumer products import to UAE, without any hectic process.
No, We offer AR Services for limited consumer product category only, mention above, We do not provide AR Services for Medical or Pharmaceutical products in the UAE.
Client Testimonials
Brinton Pharmaceuticals Ltd. – India
I am delighted to share my experience of services rendered by Elegant Services for registering our products in the Emirates.
I was always impressed by their responsiveness at work, eye for detail, meticulous approach in every assignment and timely delivery leading to great joy and satisfaction.
Keep up the good work! Team Elegant
ELAN COSMETICS
We are so pleased to work with Elegant Services and want to share our experience. Fatima and the team specialize in professional product registration services. We’ve registered absolutely all our cosmetic products with DM with no problems at all. Evaluating the registration process itself, it is extremely fast and of high-quality. Elegant Services is always in touch, you can contact them at any time and they will respond as soon as possible. If there are any issues during the process, they help to solve them in order to get the desired result in the end. Moreover, they provide us with professional translation and proofreading services. We had a situation when our company needed to translate documents into Arabic urgently. Everything was at the highest level, the translation was perfect and they met the deadlines. Therefore, we highly recommend Elegant Services as a reliable partner for any business.
Ashwin Pai – SkinLab
Had the pleasure of working with Elegant Services recently for my Cosmetic Product Registration. They were extremely helpful throughout the entire process and answered my many queries in a timely manner. They are experts in what they do and are very knowledgable and insightful with regards to the laws and regulations . Mr. Shafiq and Ms. Farhin are very kind and went above and beyond to help us register our products. I thank the entire team once again for all their support and would highly recommend them to anyone looking to setup businesses or register products in the UAE. All the Best
Cipzer Natural Food Supplements Trading LLC
During our business expansion in Dubai, we started consulting with multiple law firms for our product registration but quickly narrowed it down to Elegant Services. Elegant Services was recommended as one of the top firms by multiple sources in the business community. The staff at Elegant services were very responsive to our needs. The team provided necessary guidance and assisted our firm with our dietary supplements registration.
District Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Elegant Services has been assisting us for product registration. I commend them for their quick response and great quality of service. Fathima and the team has been very helpful to guide us throughout the process. We will definitely continue working with them with our future projects.