The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) in Qatar, Doha is the country's regulator responsible for Wireless Regulatory Compliance and Type Approvals of all Radio and Telecommunication equipment prior to their use, import, and production in Qatar. There are few exemptions to the CRA Type Approval which are mentioned on this page below. 

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CRA Qatar accepts equipment testing already done under globally accredited bodies and allows simplified CRA Type Approval scheme for such devices without the need for any local testing or any required samples. EU technical standards are accepted by CRA Qatar for the purposes of Qatar Type Approval application evaluations. 

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All CRA Granted Type Approvals have permanent validity and re-approval is only required in case of hardware changes to the already CRA Type Approved equipment. 

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We provide the following country services specific to Qatar CRA Type Approval through our on the ground team in Doha, Qatar: 

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1- Guidance and consulting on the approval scope and applicable Test standards in Qatar

2- Handling all local customs duties and taxes payments and Govt. charges for Type Approval Applications. 

3- Management of full CRA Qatar Type Approval Process

4- Full support for Qatar CRA re-approvals of expired/old/near-to-expire CRA type approvals