Certification of products for compliance with the TR CU
The Customs Union, which began its activities in October 2007, is a mutually beneficial partnership of several states that trade with each other. Customs Union certificate is an authorizing document for goods, raw materials, equipment within the union. The advantages of this association of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, as well as relatively recently joined by Kyrgyzstan and Armenia, are in the significant simplification of the process of trade turnover, provided by the reduction or complete elimination of customs duties. The Customs Union is managed by an interstate commission, which includes representatives of all CU member countries. According to the agreements, this body conducts its activities from the capital of Russia.
What is a Customs Union certificate?
In order to ensure proper control over the quality of goods moving between the member states of the Customs Union, a modern system of their certification was developed, determining compliance with all applicable standards. Companies-manufacturers of any products sold within the CU, after passing this procedure receive a certificate of the Customs Union. This document gives them the right to freely trade with any countries of the interstate association on the most favorable terms.
Certification of conformity of products to technical regulations or state standards provides both manufacturers and sellers with the following advantages:
- no need to execute the document for each country separately;
- Significant reduction in the time required to complete the certification procedure;
- acceleration of trade turnover between countries, which has a positive impact on their economies;
- a significant increase in the sales volume of individual companies and the emergence of prospects for their development.
Customs Union certificates: confirmation of conformity of products to GOST or technical regulations
The main purpose of the Customs Union certification is to ensure compliance of goods with both state standards (GOST) and technical regulations, the following of which have already been adopted by all CU partners:
- technical regulations on the safety of production equipment and machinery, devices used in enterprises where there is a risk of fire or explosion, apparatus operating on gas fuel;
- technical regulations on the safety of food products - grains, oil and fat products, flavorings, stabilizers and other chemical food additives;
- regulations on the safety of chemical products, cosmetics and perfumes.
All the above technical regulations came into force on March 15, 2015.
It should be reminded that before this date, transitional provisions were in force, which made it possible to trade without a certificate of conformity of the Customs Union, but to use national standards and regulatory documents. Today, this is not possible - each participant of the CU market is obliged to undergo the certification procedure, if the goods produced or sold by it are in the relevant list.
Who should be involved in issuing a certificate of conformity of the Customs Union?
The certificate of conformity of the Customs Union is necessary first of all for manufacturers of this or that product. For this purpose, a trading company or manufacturing enterprise need only perform a few simple actions:
- make sure that the product being manufactured or sold is included in the Unified List of Goods Subject to Certification;
- go through the procedure of drawing up a document confirming compliance with GOST or technical regulations;
- obtain a certificate, which provides a number of advantages. Including preferential conditions for its transportation across the Customs Union countries and sale.
How to obtain a certificate of conformity of the Customs Union?
The procedure for issuing a certificate can be carried out according to the following schemes:
- depending on the amount of goods a manufacturer imports into a particular CU country, the document can be obtained both for mass-produced products and for each batch separately;
- in the process of issuing certificates for certain groups of goods, they are subject to mandatory inspection and testing in specially accredited organizations;
- not only the manufacturer of the product, but also its seller selling the goods in his country, which is a member of the Customs Union, can apply for a certificate.
The form of the Customs Union certificate is uniform for all five states that are members of the five-nation economic union. In order to obtain a document confirming the quality of products, Russian manufacturers need to provide the details of the company, GOST or technical specifications in accordance with which the goods are manufactured and the constituent documents of the legal entity.
Foreign manufacturers will require an extended package of documents, which in addition to all of the above should include:
- the name of the product;
- a detailed description of the product, its operation manual;
- TN code of foreign economic activity;
- address of the manufacturer of the product; contract for the supply of goods concluded between the manufacturer and the seller.
Registration of the certificate of conformity of the Customs Union takes place in our body for certification of products. Before execution of the document our customer receives a preliminary layout of the certificate for coordination and verification of all data for errors and reliability. After the customer confirms all the data, we issue the certificate and enter it in the register.
Validity period of the Customs Union certificate
The maximum validity period of the certificate of conformity of the Customs Union is 5 years. But each manufacturer is free to choose how long the document will be valid. The vast majority of companies use this opportunity in two main ways:
- issue a certificate of the Customs Union for all five years - this gives the opportunity at minimal cost to obtain the right to free trade in the territory of all states of the Customs Union;
- buy a certificate for one year and then re-issue it. This approach allows you to check the terms of trade in the selected countries, assess the demand for goods, develop the most effective campaign for the further development of the company. Besides, in such a situation you will incur minimum losses if the document is not needed within 12 months.
The most popular types of certification and declaration of products:
- TR TS 004/2011 "On safety of low-voltage equipment"
- ТР ТС 010/2011 "On safety of machinery and equipment"
- ТР ТС 012/2011 "On safety of equipment for operation in explosive environments"
- TR TS 016/2011 "On the Safety of Apparatuses Operating on Gaseous Fuel"
- TR TS 020/2011 "Electromagnetic compatibility of technical means"
- TR TS TS 032/2013 "On the Safety of Overpressure Equipment"
- TR EAEC 043/2017 "On requirements to fire safety and fire extinguishing equipment".
Our company is ready to offer you a full range of services required for certification of your products:
- Translation of technical documentation
- Development / revision of product passports
- Development of related technical documentation
- Documentary support for product certification