EAC Certificate (or EAC Declaration) confirms conformity with the technical regulations of the Customs Union (TR CU). It replaced GOST certification system in 2015.
Unlike previous GOST Certificate, which was valid only in Russia, EAC Certificate (or EAC Declaration) is valid in all countries of the Customs Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan). EAC Certificate (or EAC Declaration) is required for import in the Customs Union (at customs clearance and for sale).
EAC = EurAsian Community
The price range is very wide. It is not possible to determine the cost of EAC certificate only having the product name.
The cost depends on the following:
- Product type and model range
- Application field
- HS code
- Technical characteristics
- Validity of the document
- Number and location of production sites
Prices may vary from 450 Euro to 25 000 Euro.
WWG policy is to make sure that our customers get detailed quotation without unpleasant surprises during the certification process.
WWG offers the Local Representative Service to provide foreign manufactures with the necessary support for the certification procedure.
Thus, manufacturer doesn’t depend on one of the customers and the EAC Certificate/Declaration will belong to the manufacturer enabling him to sell his products to all his customers using the Power of Attorney.
EAC logo must be put on products which received EAC (TR CU) certificate or declaration.
It is a combination of three stylized letters: ‘E’, ‘A’ and ‘C’, with the same proportions, height and width. There is a contrasting background and the mark has to contrast with color of the surface of the product or its label, which it is put on.
It must be of a single color, clearly visible and at least 5 mm of size.
The sign can be put on the product (label, package) in any way, but is has to be clearly visible during the lifetime of the product. It should be on each product unit, packaging and documentation, if it is possible, next to the manufacturer’s trademark.
The sign must be put directly onto the unit product (if it is possible) and/or tag (if any) and also onto the packaging and technical documentation.
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GOST certificate is the old type of conformity certificate in Russia. The national quality system is marked with a symbol (R- Russia, etc.). So, Gost R is valid only in Russia while EAC certificate is an approval valid for the whole territory of the Customs Union: Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan.
After examining the characteristics of the product, we define which approval type is applicable.
If the product is subject to EAC certification, it usually does not require mandatory GOST certification.
Each Technical Regulation lists products that would fall under either category. So manufacturer or importer can not choose themselves what kind of document the product requires.
Both EAC Certificate and Declaration carry the same validity within the Customs Union.
The main difference is that when declaring manufacturers or importers assume responsibility for declaring the product compliance with the requirements and technical regulations established by law while when certifying, this responsibility is borne by the certification body.
The process of Certificate issue is more complicated and takes longer time. All the applications should be submitted and registered prior to testing or site audit.
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GOST certification is still mandatory for some types of products. For instance, products that are outside the scope of EAC Technical Regulations (high voltage equipment, products which require Fire Safety certification, etc.) still require GOST certification and are not subject to EAC certification.
So GOST certification is gradually being replaced by EAC certification system with several exceptions and soon will be completely withdrawn.
In addition to the mandatory EAC certificates one can certify products according to a GOST R on a voluntary basis.
Particular schemes of certification require inspection control in order to ensure long-term certificate. Inspection control is effected to reaffirm that the quality of the goods is in compliance with the statutory requirements during the whole period of certificate’s validity. Sometimes it is necessary to rearrange a site audit or to test samples again.
According to the Customs Union Technical Regulations, an applicant for a TR CU certificate or declaration may be only a legal resident of the Customs Union. In other words, it means that only a legal entity or an entrepreneur registered either in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia or Kyrgyzstan can apply for certification.
Being an applicant implies undertaking several responsibilities, such as product and damage liability, submission of authentic information on the object of certification.
Certification is a complicated procedure. You need to comply not only with EAC quality requirements, but consider national standards. For example, car immobilizers require all of the following documents:
All the above documents are mandatory for legal export and operation of this equipment within the Russian Federation.
TR CU 018/2011 requires identification of products which are subject to certification. It results in a lot of problems for manufacturers as usually their product range is quite extensive and includes thousands of different models. However, a certification authority is not able to issue a certificate for unidentified goods because they bear responsibility for the quality of all the goods indicated in a certificate.
According to TR CU 018/2011, a certificate of conformity is issued based of test reports. The bigger the list of spare parts is, the more tests are required. Therefore each additional test report raises the cost.
A Safety Justification is a document containing analysis of possible risks as well as technical information on measures of ensuring safety of the equipment subject to certification. According to such Technical Regulations of the Customs Union as TR CU "On safety of machinery and equipment" (ТR СU 010/2011) and TR CU “On safety of the equipment operating under excessive pressure” (TR CU 032/2013), a Safety Justification is a mandatory document required for a certificate of conformity.
Technical passport is a document containing the following information:
Manufacturer’s warranties
Technical specification and characteristics, as well as information regarding certification and disposal method
Technical condition of the device when it is brand-new, during operation and after maintenance and overhaul.
A technical passport is required for equipment operating in hazardous production facilities.
Every Technical Regulation has a list of goods which are subject to quality confirmation procedure and indicates what type of approval is required. Moreover, an HS code and Technical description are considered by a certification authority when making a decision on what type of approval is required under a particular Technical Regulation.
Sometimes a certificate can only be issued on the basis of a site audit protocol – that is a document made up by a certification expert when inspecting production site of the manufacturer. However, different Technical Regulations stipulate different requirements for the necessity of site audit. Depending on the risk class of the equipment, sometimes it is possible to avoid it, but instead testing of samples or submission of ISO certificate may be required.
When inspecting a production site, an expert studies all technical and internal documents of the plant, for example organization’s standards and instructions on manufacturing of product, documents regarding content of control parameter of input products, periodical inspection, scope of control, methods of control, registration of control’s results and so on. As a result, a Production Study act is developed, on the grounds of which a certificate is issued.
Pattern approval certificate is valid only within the country where it is issued. Every country has its own requirements for measuring tools which are to be included in the special Register.
Not long ago it was mandatory to obtain a Fire Safety certificate for cables. According to TR CU regulation, cables are subject only to TR CU 004/2011 "On safety of low-voltage equipment". However, a certificate is to be issued after conducting fire safety tests. The main problem here is that not all certification authorities have a properly equipped laboratories to conduct such tests. Therefore we strongly recommend you to obtain a Fire Safety certificate on the basis of which it is possible to get a TR CU certificate.