In mid-July 2025, the results of the meeting between the President of the Russian Federation and representatives of the Russian business community, which took place on May 26, 2025, were published. Important directives were decided at the meeting, concerning the field of EAC product conformity assessment
A new order has approved the list of medical devices classified as measuring instruments and defined a new procedure for their testing. For the state registration and market release of these medical devices, type approval testing as measuring instruments is mandatory.
Starting from September 1, 2025, the Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union TR EAEU 048/2019 On the Requirements for the Energy Efficiency of Energy-Consuming Devices will enter into force — with the exception of certain provisions.
Changes in the Technical Regulation TR CU 005/2011 On Safety of Packaging have come into force.
Packaging remains subject to EAC declaration. What is new is a clearer distinction between the types of packaging that are subject to declaration under schemes 3d, 4d, or 6d.
The obligation to declare used packaging has been abolished.
On March 1, 2025, new rules for the state registration of medical devices came into effect in Russia. The new rules are introduced by the Russian government decree No. 1684 dated November 30, 2024. These changes aim to simplify and digitalize the procedures but introduce additional requirements for manufacturers and suppliers. These changes apply only to the registration of medical devices according to Russian national regulations.
The lifting technology market in Russia is facing a major change in 2025 – the government is tightening the requirements for EAC certification. This aims to eliminate unsafe products from the market and protect consumers.
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.
In recent times, there has been an increase in cases of counterfeit test reports. A test report is an important component of EAC certification, as it proves that the product meets the required standards.
As a member of the EAEU since January 2, 2015, Armenia adheres to the common technical regulations and standards of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
By order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, a new national standard of the Russian Federation GOST R 70650-2023 "Plant-based beverages (from grain, nuts, coconut). General specifications." was adopted. The document will come into force on 1 May 2023.
The Ministry for Industry and Trade, the Ministry for economic development of the Russian Federation and the accreditation authority have elaborated some temporary recommendations for surveillance, manufacturing audits and sampling as well as an extension of the validity of certifications due to the spread of coronavirus.
In the course of the corona pandemic, the federal accreditation authority Rosskkreditazija plans to develop recommendations about possibility of remote inspection controls and production audits.
In case of some products, the conformity with the sanitary-hygienic regulations of the EAEU between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus has to be confirmed through the certificate state hygienic registration.
On January 10, 2018, Russia's Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology announced more than 400 documents concerning national and international standardization to enter into force.
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.
The EAEU's member states have their own requirements for water in pharmaceuticals. This complicates the quality control and creates problems with state registration.
On September 5, 2017, the Eurasian Economic Commission has published an official resolution about the new technical regulation TR EAEU 044/2017 On safety of packaged potable water including natural mineral water.
In Kyrgyzstan 18 technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan) have come into force. By this, trade barriers are dismantled and unified rules on product certification are implemented.
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.
On September 1, 2017, the technical regulation TR EAEU 040/2016 On safety of fish products comes into force. The corresponding resolution has been passed on October 18, 2016.
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.
The attestation of conformity according to the requirements of technical regulations and standards of is one of the conditions for the export of products requiring conformity to Russia and other member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan).
On May 18, 2017, the College of the Eurasian Economic Commission published a draft for the Technical Regulation "On safety of packaged potable water including natural mineral water".
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..
