Legal permit
Authorization to Operate (AFE)
Authorization to Operate (AFE) — legal permit, Saudi Arabia. It binds firms storing, distributing, manufacturing, importing or exporting medicines, pharmaceutical inputs, health products, cosmetics, personal-hygiene products, perfumes or sanitisers in Saudi Arabia.
- Jurisdiction
- Saudi Arabia
- Record class
- Legal permit
- Last verified
Where this applies
This record is scoped to Saudi Arabia. Scope is part of the claim: a rule that binds one part of a country does not bind the whole of it, and this library states the scope its sources state.
Instrument
Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) framework
Who it binds
Firms storing, distributing, manufacturing, importing or exporting medicines, pharmaceutical inputs, health products, cosmetics, personal-hygiene products, perfumes or sanitisers in Saudi Arabia
What it requires
SFDA, established by Council of Ministers resolution no. (1) dated 07/01/1424H, requires an Authorization to Operate (AFE) for the health-regulated categories above. The underlying SFDA Law (M/6) and Food Law (M/1) full texts were not accessible this round — this record states scope only, not article-level procedure or penalties.
Route to the authority
Last verified:
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