The European Commission has published harmonized standards for medical devices

The European Commission has recognized 9 harmonized standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrical Commission (IEC) related to medical devices. These ISO and IEC documents are used unchanged like European standards EN ISO or EN IEC.

Our Turkish website is online!

Schmidt & Schmidt has launched the Turkish version of the website to thereby consult customers from Turkey in their native language and to participate in the Turkish business life.

Turkey, with its geopolitical position and dynamic demographic structure, is one of the countries that has been the heart of trade for years. Turkey's fertile lands, constantly developing industry and location in both Asia and Europe have always made it a magnet for people all around the globe.

Common mistakes made by foreign manufacturers in the conformity assessment procedure

This article refers to some common mistakes that can be prevented and thus additional costs, violations or the invalidation of received EAC certificates and the EAC declarations.

Scheme of the EAC declaration 1d

This article will outline what the scheme of the EAC declaration 1d is, what its features are, what are the difficulties with its use can occur and also how it differs from other schemes (particularly scheme 3d).

What is an E-Apostille?

The Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents regulates the use of an apostille between member states or contracting states of the Convention. The E-Apostille process was initiated by the 2006 Hague Conference and the United States National Notaries Association in line with the needs of technological development.

The technical regulation TR CU 019/2011 is about to be changed

Draft changes to the Technical Regulation TR CU 019/2011 "TR CU 019/2011 On safety of personal protective equipment" were published on the website of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Schmidt & Schmidt opens an office in Kazakhstan

Our company has always paid close attention to the economic development of Central Asia and offers professional services to many companies in this region.

Given the growing volume of orders from Asia and established business contacts with many companies in the region, we decided to get closer to our customers and partners and open another office in the capital of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, for which we created a new legal entity - Schmidt & Schmidt TOO.

The procedure for creating and accepting standards for the technical regulations of the EAEU will be changed

The members of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Union have a new version of the procedure for developing and adopting standards necessary for the application and implementation of the requirements of the technical regulations of the EAEU.

GOST 3034-2021 for oatmeal came into force

In the standards of the current legislation, the EAC declaration is provided as a conformity assessment for oatmeal.

The Philippines has changed the place of issuance of apostilled documents

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines has changed the building in which the processing and issuance of documents subject to apostille is carried out .

Responsibility of the applicant for EAC certification and EAC declaration

For Russian and Eurasian legislation, the applicant for EAC certification and EAC declaration is a central figure who bears full responsibility for possible violations.

New requirements of the technical regulation for dairy products

The Technical Regulation set minimum requirements for the safety of products during the EAC Certification, EAC Declaration or state registration.

List of products that are not subject to the simplified EAC conformity assessment in 2022

On April 5, 2022, the Resolution of the Ministry of Industry and Trade dated March 25, 2022 No. 1003 "On Approval of the List of Products with Indicated Customs Tariff Numbers" came into force.

Changes to EAC certificates and EAC declarations

Due to a lack of attention when filling out documents, typing errors, but also due to changes in the important information in the organization of the applicant and/or manufacturer, the question arises of how changes to EAC certificates and EAC declarations, which have already been issued, can be made.

Invalidation of the EAC certificate and the EAC declaration

When EAC certificates or EAC declarations are issued with violations of the law, this will inevitably result in the invalidity of the issued certificates of conformity.

Possible reasons for increasing the time and cost of EAC certification

The costs for the EAC certification and EAC declaration of products as well as the time required are increasing regularly.