GCC Standardization Organization | e-Services Documentation
Certificate Status
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The table below shows all possible statuses for certificates.
Status | Description |
|---|---|
In Progress | In progress certificate (draft), not yet approved by GSO |
Published | Valid certificate approved by NB and GSO |
Cancelled | Cancelled before the approval by the NB (certificate created by mistake) |
Suspended | Suspended by the NB for maximum 6 months |
Terminated | Cancelled as per customer request or if standards update request is not received by the NB after standards validity expiration and end of suspension period |
Withdrawn | Cancelled by the NB due to critical NCs or NCs not solved after suspension period (hazardous products or manufacturer misconduct) |
Superseded | Certificate has been renewed. |
Auto Status Change
The status will be automatically changed by the system in the following cases:
Status | Description |
|---|---|
Suspended | Automatically Suspended by system when the certificate and/or standards are Expired |
Terminated | After 6 months of certificate expiry date the certificate will be terminated. |
Superseded | After renewal the old certificate will become superseded |
Email Reminders will be sent based on the auto update of the certificate status and standard expiry
Availability of actions based on status
The table below shows the availability of actions on certificates based on their status
| Certificate Status | |||||||
In Progress | Published | Superseded | Suspended | Withdrawn | Terminated | Cancelled | ||
Action on Certificate | Edit (1) | Yes | Yes | x | Yes | x | x | Yes |
Renew (2) | x | Yes | x | Yes | x | x | x | |
Suspend | x | Yes | x | x | x | x | x | |
Withdraw | x | Yes | x | Yes | x | x | x | |
Terminate | x | Yes | x | Yes | x | x | x | |
Undo (3) | x | x | x | Yes | Yes | Yes | x | |
Cancel | Yes | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
Delete (4) | x | x | x | x | x | x | Yes | |
Resubmit (5) | x | x | x | x | x | x | Yes | |
(1) Used to revise the certificate, it won't be enabled if a pending version is already available.
(2) Renewal requires some extra conditions. Certificate should be: Active, expiry date is +/- 6 months, no renewal is already available.
(3) Undo is available only for manual actions, i.e. If status was not updated by the system.
(4) This action is to delete canceled certificate completely from the system.
(5) This action is to bring back a canceled certificate to in progress