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Is it necessary GOST Certificate for my products?

 
 


     G O S T   R    C e r t i f i c a t e   o f   C o n f o r m i t y  :

 

 
 

  

 Application Fields of GOST R Certification :

 

For any kind of goods, which are imported from other countries or produced in Russia, are the subject of certification according to the Russian Legislation.

 

For exported goods, these Certificates are necessary among custom documentation on Russian Customs. Most of the imported goods pass through customs by means of single delivery certificates which are obtained after arrival of the subject delivery. If the manufacturer has certificates for 3 years-serial production, there is no need repeatedly obtain any certificate, an approved copy of these certificate is enough to realize this mission.

 

For the domestic market, all the wholesalers and retailers are obliged to submit these certificates when they are asked by their clients and governmental inspectors. This is an another reason the necessity to have these certificates for commercial bodies. Even there is no right advertising for some goods if they have no certificates.

 

For any ordinary consumer in the Russian market, certified goods are more reliable than the others. To increase the sales depend on certified products directly.

 

GOST Certificates concern following product groups :

  • Foodstuff and Packing

  • Electronics (Partially)

  • Cosmetics

  • Toys

  • Textile Products

  • Electrical Equipment

  • Mechanical & Electro-mechanical Equipment

  • Industrial Equipment, machinery

  • Construction Materials

  • Oil & Gas Industry

By clicking here, you can learn necessity of GOST Certification for your products. To get the full list of products which are subject to mandatory Certification, please contact with us.

 

For construction business and industrial factories, any installation are subject of certification to get licenses for use this application.

 

Because of these main reasons, all over the world, the manufacturer-exporters to the Russia should obtain these certificates. 

The certification is very helpful for competition of a product in front of  some reproduced goods comes to the market from abroad. Certified products can be sold in Russia more higher conditions and prices.

The products which are not certified, after arrival to the Russian Customs are subject to the certification. Mostly Russian customers solve this problem during the custom clearance of the delivery, but if this repeats frequently, certification for serial production becomes a necessity.

Among Russian Wholesalers, non-certified products are not become "adapted" to the Russian Markets.

The authorization of Certification is applied by "The Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology" and other accredited specialized Certification Bodies and accredited Test Laboratories.

 

<< GOST R logo can be seen here.

This Mark should be used on the products and packages with the Certification Body registration number under the logo.

Notice : AB56 is the Registration Code of EMCC Group Certification Body.

 

For a manufacturer, it is not necessary to have a representation in Russia, but if the products sold in Russia, the certification is a necessity for increasing of the future sales.

 

 

<< Official Dimensions Guide for GOST Logo.

Click on the picture to enlarge.

Notice : AB56 is the Registration Code of EMCC Group Certification Body.

 


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Types of GOST R Certificates :

 
      
     *Single Delivery ( Shipment ) Certificates :

In this case, there is an importer Russian Company applies for certification for an individual delivery. This certificate given to the importer according to the Contract and Invoice,  for the goods of this delivery. For a different delivery or a different buyer, this type of certificate is not valid. Sample tests sometimes necessary.

 

       *GOST R Certificate for Serial Production (for 1 year) :
In this case, there is no need any Russian importer, certificates are given directly to the manufacturer for 1 year period. The products which are written on the certificate, can be delivered to Russia directly on this period. Sample tests are necessary.

      
      *GOST R Certificate for Serial Production (for 3 years) :

These kind of certificates valid for 3 years for serial production after approval. To obtain this kind, Russian Auditors (Experts) may come and check the production facilities in its country. The products which are written on the certificate, can be delivered to Russia directly to any Russian end user within this period. Sometimes, sample testing required.

 

3 Years Serial Certification is applied for the products, which is not included in the Technical Regulation content which came into force September 2010.

 

         *GOST R Certificate for Serial Production (for 5 years) :

According to the new Technical Regulation, it is possible to obtain GOST R Certificates for some of the products, mostly for machinery and equipment are included in this regulation. Also, the blank page of this kind of GOST R Certificates are different than the former ones.

 

Please ask to our Experts to check whether your products can be certified for 5 years due to these regulations, or not. 

 

           *Declaration Of Conformity : (For Shipment and Serial Production)

According to the new Technical Regulations, some products excluded the mandatory GOST Certification Lists, but they moved to Mandatory Declaration Of Conformity List.

 

Learn More about Declaration of Conformity

 

We can clarify the Russian Certification requirements for your products, please call us.  

 

According to the Russian Legislation and Technical Regulation,  for 3 and 5 years Serial production Certificates, annual inspection for production
should be performed by Certification Body every year.

 

The Places that GOST R Certificates are used :


*Russian and Byelorussian Customs (Obligatory)

*Wholesalers and Retail Markets

*In Construction Business

*Industrial Production Areas, ( Factories; Oil Industry etc.)

*Industrial Service Facilities ( Industrial Kitchens, Laundry Units etc. )

 

Also, GOST R Certificates are very effective for prestige reasons in other C.I.S. Countries.

 

The Countries which are officially required and accepted GOST Certificates :
 Russian Federation, Byelorussia (Byelorussia)

The Countries which are officially not required GOST Certificates
(There are some Agreements between Russia and below countries to recognize of documents each other, thus,
GOST Certificates are seriously effective) :
Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Baltic Countries, Moldavia.

Ukraine : GOST R not accepted, UkrSEPRO certificates are necessary.

More information about UkrSEPRO >>

 

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Steps of the Certification Process :

 

These certificates are issued by the Certification Bodies which are accredited by "The Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology". Our company EMCC GROUP LTD. is an accredited Certification Body in Russia.
To view our Accreditation document, click here.    

1. Fill our GOST Application Form. One of our representatives will contact you as soon as possible.

 

Important Notice: The GOST Certification deals with not only the production system, but also with the products. Please determine the products with all their models, subseries which will be certified. For each kind of product please define their International Harmonized System Codes.

More Information about International HS Codes and Russian OKP Codes

2. Your commercial requirements and subject products will be evaluated and you will receive a detailed quotation including all terms, price and process steps related for your GOST Certification.

 

We shall submit our quotation within a few days by mail.

 

3.  For 1 year serial production or shipment Certification, without factory visit, GOST Certificates will be obtained by means of sample testing and/or existing documents and test reports.  

 

For 3 and 5 years serial production certificates, Russian Auditors (Experts) should go to the production facilities and inspect the production. ( In some cases it is not necessary ) This inspection will be executed according to the "Procedure of Production Analysis". There is an "Inspection Record" will be written and signed by the parties as a result of this inspection.

 

For the most of the products, some samples will be sent to the Moscow for the necessary tests according to the Russian norms. These tests will applied sometimes hygienic, for fire-safety aspects, or some quality aspects. In all normative documents the necessary methodic for tests and their sorts are defined.

 

For detailed information about Certification Schemes Click here

 

4. Your original GOST Certificates will be sent to your postal address by fast courier.

 

GOST R Certificates can be classified in a different way:

1. Mandatory Certificates : These kind of certificates should be issued for the products which are mentioned in the "Mandatory Certification List" and will be asked with Customs Clearance documentation.

2. Voluntary Certificates : If your products are not in the list, Voluntary GOST Certificate can be issued according to;

  • Existing GOST normatives,
  • Individual technical specifications and details of the producer,
  • Existing General Technical Specifications in Russia ( TU )

These kind of certificates are important as Mandatory GOST Certificates and mostly used in domestic market.

 

      

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