Depending on the nature of the goods you are planning to ship to Russia, you may need to comply with one or more certification requirements. There are 18 mandatory certification systems regulated by Laws of the Russian Federation (“GOST R”, “Elektrosvyaz”, “Fire Safety” etc) and over 350 voluntary ones.
Today, GOST R Certificate of Conformity is the most common permissive document in Russia testifying that your product meets necessary safety standards. In the framework of the GOST R certification system there are 48 sub-systems for homogeneous products such as crockery, perfumes and cosmetics, textile and light industry products, chemical products, high voltage electrical equipment, metal processing machinery, oil & gas equipment etc.
However, your project may include any combination of permits, certificates, licenses and other approvals needed for its implementation. To bring to fruition, a large investment project could require up to 500 permissive documents. These include but are not limited to:
Interested in certification and licensing in Russia? Get to know the following key elements:
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Sanitary-Epidemiological Conclusion Certificate (formerly known as Hygienic Certificate) for products in contact with human body
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GOST R Declaration of Conformity for some consumer goods and industrial instrumentation
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Certificate of State Product Registration for new foodstuff and some other goods presenting a potential danger for human beings
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GOST R Pattern Approval Certificate for measuring instruments
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Fire Safety Certificate for flammable or fire extinguishing products
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Design Registration at Rostekhnadzor for hazardous industrial sites RTN (ex GGTN) Permit to Use for hazardous industrial equipment
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VNIIS Exemption Letter for products that are not subject to mandatory GOST R certification
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Telecom Type Approval Certificate for telecommunications equipment
The new Law on Technical Regulation, effective from 01.07.2003, has to gradually replace the existing mandatory certification systems with the new ones before year 2011. About 500’000 currently acting state standards (GOST) have to be replaced by over 1000 statutory technical regulations. Harmonisation of local technical trade barriers with international practices is one of the conditions for Russia to join WTO.
Source: SGS
