According to Russian Law, more than 60% of all products to be sold and/or used in the country require mandatory certification/licensing, i.e. they should be approved by relevant Russian authorities in terms of compliance to national standards. This concerns both locally produced and imported goods. Moreover, prior to construction of an industrial or civil site in the Russian territory, a number of approvals are required to undertake engineering, construction and other technical activities.
Below you will find the list of product and activity categories subject to mandatory Russian approval:
- Products, services and tools assuring safety for life and health of consumers (e.g. foodstuff, drugs, textiles, electrical appliances, related equipment etc);
- Alcoholic products and equipment for their production;
- Production sites;
- Technical installations at dangerous production sites (e.g. pressure vessels, lifting and hoisting machines, pumps, equipment for mining, petrochemical, oil & gas, metallurgical and other industries);
- Fire-related products;
- Livestock;
- Products assuring safety for life and health of animals (feed, vaccines etc);
- Pesticides and agrochemicals;
- Products and services containing results of genetic engineering activity;
- Energy-consuming products and energy resources;
- Telecommunication equipment, tools and services;
- Information systems, databases and tools to protect them;
- Transportation units, products and services; Aerospace machinery;
- Geodesic, cartographical and topographical products;
- Forestry raw materials;
- Gas and coal;
- Nuclear industry products and technologies;
- Arms.
Source: SGS
