The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade initiated work at two drafts concerning auditors:

1) «On the procedure for confirming the competence of an auditor, the requirements for an auditor», published on 1 March 2021.

It is planned to add a new paragraph 2.3 to Article 26 of Federal Law No. 184 stating that «the requirements for auditors shall be...

The RosAccreditation (authorized executive agency controlling Russian Certification bodies & labs) has announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Automatic Identification Association UNISCAN/GS1 RUS.The document establishes the rules and forms of interaction on product identification, based on the principles of global uniqueness of G...

In 2020, the RosAccreditation conducted 949 inspections of the activities of Certification Bodies (CBs) and Laboratories (Labs).

Based on Federal Law No. 412, all inspections have been performed without prior notice.

The checks were divided in two groups:

• 226 on-site inspections.
• 723 documentary checks (CoC & DoC).

The inspections were carried out...

From July 1, 2021 all GTINs for new DoC will be uploaded into electronic register.

From January 1, 2021 all materials for new certificates will be converted into electronic form.

November 18, the Government of the Russian Federation within the implementation of the "new regulatory strategy" mechanism adopted a Decree № 1856 "On the procedure of formation and maintenance of the Unified Register of certificates of conformity (CoCs)...

Implementation of the remote format of public services

On September 23, during the plenum of the 18th International Exhibition "Analytics Expo" in Moscow, Rosaccreditation has announced the results of providing public services using remote format.

The COVID - 19 pandemic has accelerated the processes of digital transformation of Rosaccreditation an...

QR Code using in shops before buying the products.

Rosaccreditation has launched a user-friendly digital platform - safety.fsa.gov.ru. In one click you can get information whether the purchased goods meet the safety standards. This tool allows customers to quickly enter the registers of "Certificates of Conformity" and "Declarations of Conformity"....

The Federal Agency for Technical Regulations and Metrology (Rosstandart) has published clarifications concerning the issuance of documents on the conformity assessment of face masks, which are produced in accordance with technical requirements.

Previously there have been developed and registered technical regulations 13.92.29-005-00302178-2020 "Fac...

In short: The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia introduced the new procedure of Electronic Register of Certificates. This will increase the transparency of certification procedures and improve the efficiency of control over accredited parties. Certificates with no Inspection Control, doesn’t matter if CB lost its accreditation or not, will...

Since 2019, the Federal Accreditation Service of Russia (Rosakkreditatsiya) has taken a course to eliminate from the market those false players who issue Certificates and Declarations without accreditation and audits or simply do not conduct full checks in the business community. The authorities do not hide the fact, that before there were many “bl...

The Federal Accreditation Service of Russia (Rosakkreditatsiya) proposes to create a register of Representatives in EEU for foreign manufacturers, in which foreign companies will specify their Representative in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in a certification procedure.

The idea is to update and make transparent the system of R...

Re-issue of the Certificate, if the address of the Applicant has changed?

On January 16, 2020, the Federal Accreditation Service of Russia (Rosakkreditatsiya) published a short summary of the meeting on implementation of the decision on standard conformity assessment schemes.

It was stated that existing regulations do not require replacing the Cert...

In short: starting from March 2020 Certification bodies are allowed to certify only products, falling under Certification group: (underwear, socks, RTW for kids ect). Authorities recommend  Applicants to register DoC by themself, without involvement of third parties. Even if this service is for free, it has however some hidden problems leading to t...

In short: The Authorities has postponed for 6 months the deadlines for Government Control over the Certification Bodies and Laboratories working in the field of mandatory conformity assessment.

On April 3, 2020, Russia adopted the Resolution No. 440 “On extension of the validity of Accreditation and other aspects with regard to certification activi...

Implementation of international  standards for the Auditing of management systems.

Results of the Technical Committee 079 on Conformity Assessment in 2019: there have been implemented 3 international standards for the Auditing of management systems and Conformity assessment.

The following international documents have been translated into Russian la...