Already last year, internal consultations among Kazakh authorities discussed limiting the validity of EAC certificates issued in Kyrgyzstan for placing products on the market. Now, the signs are intensifying: the import of Kyrgyz-certified goods is expected to become significantly more difficult — a step that could have far-reaching consequences for manufacturers and exporters to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Up to half of all EAC certificates issued may soon be declared invalid. What can be done to prevent this from happening with purchased EAC certificates?
During an inspection of the five largest certification bodies in the Eurasian Economic Union in July 2023, significant deficiencies were found in 46.8% of the audit reports used as a basis for issuing EAC certificates.
The EAC certification is an approval process for a wide range of products, including machinery, electronic devices, food, and medical equipment. It confirms the conformity of products with the technical standards of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
In Kyrgyzstan, as a member state of the EAEU, EAC certification is mandatory.
The document stipulates the automatic extension of the validity of certificates of conformity by 12 months and their simplified issuance in the current year.
Products to be placed on the market in Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union for the first time are subject to the conformity assessment in form of an EAC certification or EAC declaration. If the conformity check is successful, the products must be marked with the EAC conformity mark.
In the area of international trade, there is a tendency to simplify and standardize processes inside and outside the company. Systems with GLN and GTIN numbers have been introduced exactly for this purpose. This article is about what GLN and GTIN numbers are, what they are used for, what advantages they have and what role they play in the EAC conformity assessment.
On July 30, 2021, the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1265 "On Approval of Rules for Compulsory Conformity Assessment of Products" was published and came into force. It concerns the products listed in the first paragraph of Section 3 in are listed in Article 46 of the Federal Act "On Technical Regulations" of July 24, 2021.
On June 21, 2021, the official publication of the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 936 of June 19, 2021 was published. This created new procedures for the suspension, renewal, revocation and declaration of invalidity of EAC certificates and EAC declarations detected.
On June 8, 2021, the decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 57 of April 23, 2021 was published. A new plan for the development and revision of the technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union (TR EAEU) was approved.
On May 25, 2021, the decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 49 of April 23, 2021 was published. The changes in TR CU 032/2013 "On the safety of pressure equipment" have thus been approved.
From April 22 to June 11, 2021, the changes in the procedure for creating and maintaining the register of the issued EAC Certificates and EAC Declarations will be publicly discussed.
According to this draft law, compliance with the requirements of the quality management systems (ISO 13485) on the production sites of medical products can be taken into account and the same requirements for foreign and domestic manufacturers can be established.
On March 4, 2021, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation sent a letter to the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. The letter concerned the revision of the criteria for the inclusion of the EAC certification bodies and testing laboratories in the unified register, Initial criteria were approved by the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1236 of September 21, 2019.
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.
The distribution of low quality or counterfeit products is a serious problem not only for the consumer, but also for the producer. The analysis of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia confirms that more than 6 million units of counterfeit products have been identified on the russian market since 2018. Without a special system it was difficult to track the movement of such products. Therefore the “Fair Mark” system (Chestnyj ZNAK) was introduced.
The lists of standards are formed in order to ensure compliance with the requirements of the EAEU TR 044/2017 “On the safety of drinking water, including natural mineral water”.
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 unt
A meeting of the State Commission on Counteraction of Illicit Traffic of Industrial Products, chaired by the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Denis Manturov, was held.
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.
The compliance with standards of the technical regulation is indispensable for the import of products subject to conformity to Russia and other member states of the Eurasian Economic Union.
