1. Product Certification for export of
products to Russian Federation
GOST R certification
Presented by SZUTEST
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2. Technical obstacles and obligatory
requirements for the export and operation
of the products to Russian Federation
GOST R Certificate
Hygienic Certificate
RTN License
Ex Proof Certificate
Fire Safety Certificate
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3. SZUTEST is one of the less non-
Russian organizations, accredited in the
Russian system GOST R and able to
perform testing and certification according
to the Russian GOST R standards of
conformity. Accreditation Certificate No.
POCC CZ.0001.21AR22.
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4. Procedure for getting of the GOST R certificate:
• GOST R Certification of Conformity
Certification of conformity in the Russian
Federation is conducted pursuant to Act 184
of 27 December 2002, as amended by the
so-called Technical Regulation Act, an
amendment thereof dated 9 May 2005. The
conditions for certification are determined by
the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation
and Metrology of the Russian Federation.
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5. For products with obligatory certification it is
necessary to submit the GOST R certificate of
conformity to the customs authority of the
Russian Federation already prior to the entry
of the goods to the territory of the Russian
Federation.
An overview of products determined for
obligatory certification within the GOST R
system is part of the so-called Nomenclature
of Products and Services of Obligatory
Certification in the Russian Federation.
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6. • The system of voluntary certification within
the GOST R system concerns those
products, which are not determined for
obligatory certification by the above-
mentioned nomenclature.
• The GOST R certificate declares conformity
of products with relevant technical rules and
standards of the Russian Federation.
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7. Application scope
The GOST R certification system
concerns the majority of products sold
or/and used in Russia, namely:
• consumer products such as foodstuff, textiles,
cosmetics and toys;
• mechanical and electrical goods;
• industrial equipment for food, chemical, oil &
gas, construction and other industries
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8. How to get it
Procedure:
– Complete the application
– Conclusion of the technical details
– Submittion of the documentation (in
Russian language) provided bellow
– Working out of the report
– Issue of the certificates and copies
Duration: 5-7 days
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9. List of documentation
• Producer information (company name, address,
telephone)
• Application for certification (address, telephone,
name of director, copy of registration record)
• Name of the product, included the types and models
• Catalogue of products (technical drawings, pictures
description)
• Technical specification, instruction manual
• Certificates or test reports (ISO/TUV/CE)
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10. Procedure of the getting of the RTN License
The obligation to possess the so-called
Authorisation for Use for dedicated products
and technological units is determined in the
Russian Federation by Decree 25 of 14 July
2002, concerning the rules and procedure for
issuance of the Authorisation for Use.
This authorisation is issued by the Federal
Service for Technical Supervision,
abbreviated as ROSTECHNADZOR (RTN).
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11. For dedicated equipment and technological units
determined by the Decree above and safety
regulations, the manufacturer or operator is
obliged to submit the Authorisation for Use prior
to putting the dedicated equipment to regular or
trial operation.
The products concerned are especially products
conveying increased risk in their use, such as
pressure equipment, lifting equipment, equipment
for work in explosive environments, etc.
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12. Procedure
1. Application
2. Conclusion of the technical details
3. Submittion of the documentation (in Russian
language) provided bellow
4. Working out of the record
5. Submittion of documentation to the RTN expert
6. RTN Expert carries out the conclusion report
7. Submittion to the RTN head office
8. Delivery of record of registration
9. Issue of RTN license approval
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13. List of documentation
1. Catalogue and other information about
company for all types of declared products
2. Company information ( trade name, mail
and official addresses,telephone, fax, family
name and first name of statutory
representative, addresses of branches)
3. List of the previous deliveries of producer to
Russia
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14. List of documentation
4. Technical description of the applied
products, instruction manual, installing
manual (in Russian language)
- Instruction for adjusting, general
- Instruction for accesories
- Technical specification of supporting
equipment( if any)
- Safety accesories, lifting devices etc.
- Calculation
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15. List of documentation
5. Electrical drawings and diagrams, power
and controll circuits (indication of colors of
conductors)
6. Copies of product certificates (included
foreign ones) Russian ones are obligatory,
the others if they are at disposal.
7. Copies of certificates of equipment, which
are included in the complex delivery and
which confirm conformity with requirements
for operational safety or similar documents
(conformity declarations, Ex certificates etc)
Duration: 60 working days
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16. Fire Safety Certificate
Procedure of the getting of the Fire
Safety Certificate:
What is Fire Safety Certificate
Fire Safety Certificate assures that particular
materials or structures conform to the fire
safety standards. It is a pre-requisite to GOST
R Certification of Conformity
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17. Fire safety is regulated in Russia by the
Federal Law “On Fire Safety” ¹ 69-FZ.
Coordination of standardization,
metrology and certification activities with
regard to fire safety is in the hands of
the State Fire Supervision Department.
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18. Application scope
Mandatory fire safety certification is required
for the following:
• Fire detection, protection and extinguishing
equipment and systems
• Flammable building materials and structures - wall-
paper, floor tiles, carpets, cable ducts, doors, etc.
• Electrical products - cables, fridges, Christmas-tree
lightning, etc
• Heat producing products - gas ovens, chargrills, heat-
generators, etc
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19. Procedure
• Fire Safety Certificates are issued by
Certification Bodies accredited by the
Russian State Fire Institute to act on
its behalf.
• Technical evaluation of the goods is
done to ensure their compliance to
Russian fire safety regulations.
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20. The evaluation procedure includes
evaluation of the following:
• technical documentation
• sampling, analysis, type testing (with
regard to fire resistance and toxic
emissions in fire situation)
• onsite factory audits
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21. Documentation
• The scope of the documentation is very
similar like in case of RTN License.
• Duration: 3-4 weeks
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22. Ex Proof Certificate
Ex-proof certification system for
electrical equipment is one of the 48
sub-systems for homogeneous products
within GOST R system. Rules for
certification of ex-proof electrical
equipment are stipulated in the Decree
№28/10 dated on 19.03.2003 registered
in the Russian Ministry of Justice under
the number 4440.
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23. The GOST R Ex-Proof requirements
concern ex-equipment, which includes
apparatus and components that fully or
partly use electrical power and contain
explosion protection for areas where the
potential for explosion exists because of
explosive atmosphere (gas or dust),
namely:
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24. • Apparatus for generation, transmission,
distribution, storage, measurements,
regulation, transformation and
consumption of electrical power;
• Telecommunications equipment;
• Other equipment used in explosive
atmospheres that might be the cause of
ignition.
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25. Ex-equipment is classified into two groups:
• Group I – mining ex-proof equipment
• Group II – ex-proof electrical equipment for
use other than mines (surface equipment).
The GOST R Ex-Proof Certificate of
Conformity is required for obtaining of the
RTN License and is to be presented during
commissioning of Ex-equipment on
installation site.
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26. Procedure
• is the same like in case of GOST R
certificate
• Duration: 3-4 weeks
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27. Documentation required:
• Instruction manual
• List of directives, standards and requirements
• Technical specification
• Construction documentation
• Drawings
• Drawings of the means intended to the explosive
atmosphere
• El. diagrams
• Ex proof certificate issued by national authorities
• Test Report on which base the certificate has been
issued
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28. Thank you for your attention
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