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On January 1, 2021, a new procedure for registration of EAC declarations approved by Decision of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade No. 478 of July 31, 2020, came into effect.

On January 1, 2021, a new procedure for registration of EAC declarations approved by Decision of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade No. 478 of July 31, 2020 came into effect. EAC declarations must be independently registered by applicants through the electronic service FSIS Rosaccreditation.

There is no doubt that the past year has been difficult for everyone. The global changes affected all of us, and we had to adjust and adapt quickly to the evolving conditions. Nevertheless, the past year's outcomes show that we have chosen the right strategy.

On 25 November 2020, the decision of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) No. 146 of 17 November 2020 was officially published.

This decision establishes the transitional periods for the entry into force of the technical regulation TR EAEU 048/2019 On the energy efficiency requirements for energy consuming appliances.

Until November 30, 2020, a public debate on the draft amendments to the technical regulations of the Customs Union TR CU 007/2011 On the safety of products for children and young people will be held.

On November 6, 2020 the fourth meeting of the Interdepartamental Council of National Quality Infrastructure took place.

During the meeting, the question of the possibility of accredited bodies to work in the field of mandatory conformity assessment with the requirements of the legislation of the Eurasian Economic Union was discussed. 17 newly accredited bodies were added to the national part of the single register and 425 accredited bodies confirmed their qualification. 171 accredited bodies have been excluded from the national part of the single register.

The new GOST-standard R 56016-2020 “Conformity assessment. The procedure for the compulsory attestation of product conformity with the requirements of the technical regulations of the Customs Union "On Food Safety” was developed as a replacement for the GOST standard R 56016-2014. This standard is used for the conformity assessment of products according to TR CU 021/2011 on food safety.

Schmidt & Schmidt OHG and Sercons International GmbH have settled a dispute at the Regional Court of Stuttgart on September 3, 9.2020. In the settlement reached before the Regional Court of Stuttgart, Sercons International GmbH with its registered office in Baar, Switzerland, undertakes committed itself towards Schmidt & Schmidt OHG to refrain in future from appearing in business dealings in Germany

as "Sercons International GmbH" with the address Leitzstraße 45, 70469 Stuttgart or any other German address without indicating that it is a Swiss GmbH and

The Association of the Children's Goods Industry (AIDT) has initiated a new GOST for environmentally friendly toys. The document is being developed with the participation of experts from Rosstandart and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

On September 18, 2020 a public discussion on the development of new standards for the TR CU 016/2011 On safety of appliances burning gaseous fuels has begun.

On September 24 the Federal Law of December 27, 2019 N 496-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law to ensure uniformity of measurements” comes into force. According to the changes in the current legislation on metrology, the registration of metrological certificates (pattern approval certificate) shall be electronic.

On September 16 a public discussion on the decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) no. 144 of August 8, 2019, has begun. In this decision the draft technical regulation TR EAEU 048/2019 The requirements for the energy efficiency of energy-consuming devices was approved.

The Ministry of economic development of the Russian Federation submitted to the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) a proposal to postpone the entry into force of the technical regulation TR EAEU 047/2018 “On safety of alcoholic beverages”.

On 14 September 2020, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) approved the draft for a new technical regulation on pipelines by Decision No 114. therefore a new technical regulation “On requirements for pipelines for the transport of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons” will be developed.

Rosstandart has approved the national norm GOST R 59010-2020 “Equipment and covering for playgrounds.Additional safety requirements and test methods for universal playground devices".

On July 28, Jamaica's Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, sent a legislation to Parliament proposing a simplified procedure for the legalization of public documents issued in Jamaica for use abroad and of foreign public documents for use in Jamaica.

On June 23, 2020, the Republic of Palau joined the Hague Convention on the Simplified Legalization of Documents.

Government Decree No. 1973-p of July 28, 2020 excludes the following types of goods from the list of goods subject to mandatory marking in Russia:

On 1 March 2021, two new national standards for floor coverings will come into force.

The Council of the Eurasian Economic Union has included changes on the technical regulation TR CU 016/2011 On safety of appliances burning gaseous fuels in the plan for the development of technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Since July 3, 2020 the accreditation body in Russia compares number and date of test reports of the accredited certification body with the data in the FGIS system entered by the laboratory. Such data is registered in the register of EAC conformity proofs.

The intermediate results of the inventory of chemicals in circulation in Russia were published on the homepage of the State Industrial Information System.

In Russia the list of products that underlie the technical regulation for fire safety no. 123-FZ of July 22, 2008 has been updated. For all commodities in this list a conformity assessment regarding the adherence to the national fire safety directives is required.

Since June 2020 around 250 russian and interstate norms have become effective.

On April 22 a public discussion regarding the changes of GOST standards to ensure compliance with the requirements of TR ZU 017/2011began.

The russian Ministry of economic development has prepared a draft for the government of Russian Federation, in order to show how the maintenance of the register of issued EAC certifications and EAC declarations can be improved.

Russia has prepared a draft regulation, which approves the list of products, which underlie the Technical Regulation on fire safety no. 123-FZ of July 22, 2008.

Until May 15, 2020 a draft for regulating creation and maintenance of the register of issued conformity assessments has been discussed in public.

On April 13, 2020 the decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (ECE) no. 38 of April 8, 2020, which completes the current measures to fight corona infections (2019-nCoV), has been released.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Russian Federation has again extended the deadline for the inventory procedure for chemical substances.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin excluded notarial offices from the list of organizations that are prohibited from working until the end of April due to the spread of coronavirus.

On April 2, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed Russian citizens in connection with the active spread of coronavirus in the World. In this address, Vladimir Putin announced a weekend that will continue until April 30.

Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Economic Development of Russia together with Rossakkreditazija have elaborated special recommendations due to the difficult epidemiological situation related with the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

On 1 March 2020, Russia ratified a Protocol concerning exchange of information online between the countries of the CIS for tax management.

Parties to an agreement will be able to acquire financial information on assets of their citizens and companies in the CIS automatically.

Russian Government issued a decree that puts restriction on the export of medical masks because of unfair competition. The decision was made in order to protect people’s lives and health.

On 2 March 2020, Michael Mishustin, the Prime Minister of the Russian Government signed a decree which prohibits to take certain medical and personal protective equipment out the country. The restrictions do not apply to discardable medical items for private use.

On March 26, 2020, the decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) No.14.

On the first of March TR EAEU 037/2016 "On restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment" comes into force.

The preparation of the technical conditions in a company is an important phase before the start of production.

A form of the veterinary certificate for gastropods and their larvae will appear in the EAEU.

The national standard GOST R 58789-2019 “The system for protection against counterfeiting” will apply from January 1, 2020. The procedure for carrying out an inspection to check the authenticity of products”.

On the 4th of February 2020 began a public discussion on the draft amendments to the List of Standards for Test Methods Regarding Food Additives.

At the end of February, the standards development program comes into force.

On the 22th January,2020 the Government of Russia signed a decision amending a previous decision specifying the supervisory authorities.

On 16th of January, the report of the negotiations was published by the Federal Accreditation Service (Russian Accreditation) on the questions of the application of the regulation regarding the uniform scheme of the conformity assessment.

On the 17th January, 2020 the decision of the Board of Directors of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) No. 9 was published and came into force.

On 18th of December, 2019 was published the official information on the forthcoming start of the public discussion about the draft amendments to TR CU 024/2011 "On oil and fat products" .

It is not uncommon for the manufacturer to determine after registering the certificate of conformity - be it an EAC-certificate or an EAC-declaration - that the information in the certificate of conformity must be updated or is not correct. For example: the address of the manufacturer has been changed, the name of the product has been updated, the product series is not specified correctly, no additional production sites of the manufacturer are specified, not all products are listed and so on. Of course, the manufacturer wants to fix these errors.

Dear Clients, Partners and colleagues! Year 2019 is coming to an end. It was a bright and intense year with exciting and interesting events.

Winter is just around the corner, that means it’s time for winter extreme sports. There is an opportunity not only to enjoy Russian frosts but also to try yourself as a real sportsman.

GOST regulating methods and conditions for testing furniture products will be updated in December this year.

Now you can easily determine what technical requirements must be met for the import of your goods into the territory of the EAEU.

Today, an unlimited residence permit in Russia can be obtained by...

The embassy does not receive visitors also in other countries (USA, India, Germany, France, Australia and others).
The time of resumption the work of the embassy in Moscow, as in other countries, are not yet announced.

In the new ranking of Doing Business Russia rose from 31 to 28 place, entering the TOP 30 and thus getting ahead of France and China. The leading positions are occupied by New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Amendments will be made to the several scopes of regulations, revision of appendices, and clarification of requirements for concrete PPE.
Russia will be responsible for further development of the regulations with the support of other member states of the Association (EAEU).

The Council of the European Union agreed to remove the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Marshall Islands from the “black” list for tax purposes. It also found Albania, Costa Rica, Mauritius, Serbia and Switzerland to be compliant with all commitments on tax cooperation.

According to the Technical Regulation, production and realization of fish products, which have had the conformity assessment by GOST R, was allowed in the territory of the EAEU member countries until September 1, 2019.

Now the sale of fish products is possible only with a declaration of conformity assessment TR EAEU 040/2016.

The following types of fish products fall under the regulation:

The head of the International standardization and certification center HALAL, Aydar Gazizov, has claimed that a uniform standard for halal products will soon be created for the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.

A declaration was made at the Volga Investment Forum in Samara. The innovation will allow tracking such products throughout the post-Soviet space.

Aydar Gazizov said: “In the near future we will make a uniform Halal Standard within the Eurasian Union.”

On September 17, 2019, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) announced an order No. 154, which includes a list of goods subjected to a sanitary-epidemiological supervision.

The document includes 18 types of products and an additional one, which can be subjected for temporary measures of health control.

There are main groups of goods:

On August 22, 2019, the public discussion of the draft amendments to the list of devices subjecting to a mandatory certification was ended. Now the document will be submitted for acceptance to the Government of the Russian Federation. The main point is the revision of the nomenclature adopted by the Government of the Russian Federation No. 532 of June 25, 2009, which currently includes 7 sections of devices that perform the following functions:

Final edition of the GOST for "traffic light" products marking is complete and should be accepted in October. It is expected that the new GOST will operate in the countries of the Eurasian Standardization Council (Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan).

New edition of the technical regulations of the Customs Union applies since July 14th of 2019 ТР ТС 032/2013 "On the safety of pressure equipment".

The Executive Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) adopts the decision on the implementation of the updated nomenclature on June 11th of 2019.

The new version of the list for security requirements contains 219 standards, before that a similar list included 151 standards.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation has prepared a bill with the provisions for labelling shoes with means of identification.

It introduces a new form of the state information system for monitoring the turnover of shoe products subject to this labelling.

The bill, if adopted, will determine:

The draft amendments to the technical regulations of the Customs Union “On the safety of personal protective equipment” were officially published in April 2019 by the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC).

The first changes relate to the scope of the regulation. Thus, it was decided to establish that its action does not apply to PPE designed for military purposes and chemical agents for combating riots.

The Council of the European Union has expanded its "blacklist" of countries that do not cooperate in tax information exchange.

The present article is meant to clarify the intent and purpose of the CE Marking and the EAC Marking. For improved clarity, the text will be structured into two parts. The first part covers the basics of the CE Marking, the second one the basics of the EAC Marking. Afterwards, the respective features and differences are outlined without losing focus of the similarities.

On January 18, 2019, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has passed the register of attractions subject to an EAC Certification. The EAC Certification follows the procedures and regulations of the Technical regulation TR EAEU 038/2016 On safety of attractions.

The attractions are divided into two groups according to their risk potential:

Towards the end of 2018, the Eurasian Economic Commission has issued new standards for all wheeled vehicles and their respective components. These Rules came into force on January 27, 2019. The new standards complement the provisions of the Technical Regulation TR CU 018/2011 „On safety of wheeled vehicles“. Some of the of new standards will only apply until April 1, 2019, others until December 31, 2019.

On November 23, 2018, Order No. 182 of the Eurasian Economic Commission was published, which approved the draft technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union "On the Safety of Alcoholic Beverages".

We can not only work well with the head, but also with our hands.

It is particularly pleasant when the work performed brings pleasure.

That is why the team from our Moscow office made such a decision to celebrate a company party in the Jamie's Italian restaurant where they cooked fish for themselves.

For dinner they had Dorado in white wine sauce.

With the help of the chef, they solved the task and were very satisfied with the food.

The team confirmed again that they are professional everywhere.

The new technical regulation TR EAEU 43/2017 On requirements for fire safety and extinguishing devices is to come into force on January 1, 2020. The regulation standardises requirements for:

• Fire extinguishers
• Flame and smoke retardants
• Firefighting technology
• Firefighting equipment

According to the EAEU's statements, the national regulations of the EAEU member states will be adapted to the new standards.

In Russia in 2017, about 100 fire safety standards have been updated.

In conjunction with TR EAEU 044/2017 On the safety of packaged drinking water including natural mineral water coming into force, the provisions of TR CU 021/2011 On safety of food have been updated. The term "Drinking water for baby food" will be erased from the technical regulation in order to avoid overlappings with the new regulation.

On January 1, 2022, the new technical regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union „On safety of combustible natural gas prepared for transportation and (or) use“ will come into force. The following products fall under the scope:

In Russia, a new law on organic food has been passed. The new regulations aim to ensure the quality of the products and to inform consumers comprehensively. It is to come into force on January 1, 2020.

In particular, the law determines new requirements to the marking of organic food. Furthermore, a special register for the products will be created. These measures are intended to keep participants of bad faith out of the market and to improve the quality of the products.

On July 12, 2018, the Eurasian Economic Union has announced a new monitoring system. It is supposed to detect violations of the technical regulations of the EAEU faster.

On July 1, 2018, new rules have come into force that concern the creation of registration numbers for EAC declarations in the registers of the Federal Accreditation Service Rosakreditatsia.

The Eurasian Economic Union is about to pass an agreement on products that are not yet subject to technical regulation. On May 15, 2018 the document has been published on the official website of the EAEU. The agreement regulates the placing of types of goods that are not covered by the technical regulations on the market, such as:

Today, on June 4, President Vladimir Putin signed the law that introduces the response to the sanctions imposed on Russia by the USA and other western countries.

Federal Law on counteraction to “unfriendly” actions of the United States of America and other foreign states was first approved by the State Duma on May 22, and since then has been widely discussed in the country.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a draft law on “counter-sanctions” in the second reading – a response to sanctions imposed by the Western countries. The bill is intended to introduce a ban on the import of products from the "unfriendly" foreign states into Russia.

From March 1 to 16, 2018, a public hearing about the changes to the Technical Regulation On safety of milk and dairy products has taken place.

The changes concern the terms used in the regulation and are meant to bring the latter up-to-date and to avoid dual interpretation.

On March 1, 2018, the technical regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union 037/2016 On restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment has entered into force.

On January 1, 2018, the technical regulation TR EAEU 036/2016 On requirements for the gaseous fuel came into force in the Eurasian Economic Union.

On December 26, 2017, the Eurasian Economic Commission published resolutions on changes to the technical regulations TR СU 022/2011 On food marking.

On January 31, 2018, a resolution by the government of the Russian Federation „On changes to the unified list of products requiring conformity“ has come into force. It has been decided to delete several positions from the list of GOST R products requiring conformity.

The following positions have been removed from the list:

The EAEU's member states have their own requirements for water in pharmaceuticals. This complicates the quality control and creates problems with state registration.

Not only does the new regulation contain unified requirements for water for the EAEU's member states. It is also supposed to harmonize these requirements with those of the EU and the WHO.

Thanks to new requirements for household appliances, up to 40 per cent of power will be saved.

A new regulation for water, gas and electricity meters is to be introduced in Russia soon. The meters will have to be certified according to GOST.

Since the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union the member states (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan) have passed 44 technical regulations, 35 of which are in force.

The new technical regulation TR EAEU 043/2017 On requirements for fire safety and extinguishing devices has been passed. It shall enter into force on January 1, 2020 and thereby replace the national regulations. Until 2020, fire safety certificates of the respective country have to be applied for.

Recently, we receive an increasing number of inquiries from German companies, to verify the authenticity of EAC certificates. Unfortunately we have to find that some dubious Russian companies are offering faked certificates. These certificates look very authentic. They are made on a form and have a stamp. These fake certificates are not being issued by an accredited certification body and not registered accordingly.

On May 17, 2017, the new technical regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union TR EAEU 042/2017 On safety of children's playgrounds has been passed. It contains the binding safety requirements for playground equipment, floor coverings for children's playgrounds, as well as rules for their project planning, assembly, use, transport, and recycling..

The Russian Federal Service for Accreditation is offering a new electronic service for the voluntary cancellation of GOST declarations as well as EAC Declarations and TR declarations of conformity. An application for the recall of a declaration of conformity can be issued by the applicant i.e.

On March 3, 2017, the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission passed the technical regulation „On safety of chemicals“. The document determines unified requirments for chemical products manufactured within the EAEU as well as rules regarding conformity assessment, rules of identification, requirements for terminology and marking.

The technical regulation corresponds with the EU's REACH regulation.

The regulation intends the protection of the population's life and health as well as of the environments. It is supposed to prevent actions that are misleading consumers.

On December 1, 2016, a law on sharper penalties for the distrubution of products not meeting the requirements of technical regulations was presented to the Russian Duma.

On October 18, 2016, the technical regulation "On safety of attractions" has been passed in Moscow during the meeting of the Eurasion Economic Commission. The document was finally published on December 23, 2016.

On December 22, 2016, a new form of EAC Certificates and EAC Declarations for the attestation of conformity with the TR CU regulations will be introduced in the Eurasian Economic Union.

The EAEU passes the technical regulation TR EAEU 036/2016 On requirements for the gaseous fuel.

The resolution on the new technical regulation has been published on the homepage of the Eurasian Economic Commission on October 19, 2016 and will come into force.

The regulation sets the mandatory safety requirements for liquid hydrocarbon gas with respect to the processes of storage, transport and sale thereof in order to ensure free circulation in the Customs Union.

The Eurasian Economic Commission develops two Technical Regulations "On safety of metro-rolling stock" and "On safety of light rail vehicles and trams".

In the course of the implementation of the federal law No. 162-FZ "About standardization in the Russian Federation" on July 5, 2016, the order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology Rosstandart № 795 "On the authorization of the portrayal and the description of the GOST Marking of the national system of standardization" for the marking of products that meet the requirements of the Russian GOST standards has been published.

This decision revises the introduction of the compulsory attestation of conformity in the form of the EAC Certificate or EAC Declaration of Rail vehicles and rail infrastructure.

On July 1, 2016, the new law "On standardization" enters into force in Russia. It tightens significantly the requirements for manufacturers regarding the compliance with the national GOST standards.

The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart) passed five new national GOST standards for devices for in-vitro medical diagnostics. The certification is made on a voluntary basis. All these documents are to enter into force on November 1, 2016.

The new GOST standards for in-vitro diagnostic devices are unified rules on the marking of these devices and reagents as well as rules for the preparation of the technical documentation.

The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology Rosstandart introduces two new GOST standards. One of which will determines the requirements for food safety, the other one for safety of consumer goods.

The GOST standard on food safety shall come into force on July 1, 2016.

It corresponds to the international ISO / TS 22002-3: 2011 standards (Prerequisite programmes on food safety -- Part 3: Farming) and is supposed to harmonize the agricultural production in Russia with international requirements.