Chris, The way I understood it a couple years ago import and exploitation of foreign equipment in Russia is determined by the Russian Government Order 612. The Order (Law) of goods imported into Russia went into effect July 1, 1993. The requirements of this Order are associated with safety/quality/certification.
Without the proper Russian certification you can experience long delays at the borders (could be 30 days or more). I was working with the State Research Center of the Russian Federation "D.I. Mendeleyev Institute for Metrology" (VNIM) in St. Petersburg. The required certification will be listed into their State Register and the certification will come from the Gosstandard of Russia for ease of entry. In my opinion, what they are telling you is correct per Order 612 but copies of your test report should reduce overall cost, as I remember their quote to me was very similar to yours. I decided not pursue this approach and take my chances since many parts of Russia are happy with a Declaration of Conformity indicating the international standards tested to. I guess it depends on the amount of business you plan on doing in Russia and which locale you are entering your product. Regards, Mark "Opinions expressed are mine and mine alone." -----Original Message----- From: Maxwell, Chris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 3:54 PM To: 'EMC-PSTC Internet Forum' Subject: Russian Certification of Products Our sales people in Russia have started the process of "Certifying" our equipment to sell in Russia. The two agencies that they are working with are "Gosstandart" and the "Ministry of Communication". According to them, the certification will consist of an inspection of all of our existing Compliance Documentation including ISO-9000 certification, EMC Test Data (for the products of interest), Safety Test Data (for the products of interest), Environmental Test Data including heat, frost, moisture, vibration, and blow (what is that?) along with other inspections of our calibration equipment and methods. We are also being asked to pay for a trip to the US for 3 people from the Ministry of Communication and Gosstandart (6 people total) for 7 days each. The total is a staggering $44,000 (either cash or wire transfer). Note that all of the actions being performed for this are "inspections" of existing documentation, not actual testing. So in the end, they will decide to certify our products based upon existing documentation, testing... I have never experienced this before. It appears to be a great deal of expense for not much substance. Is this typical? Has anybody else out there certified products with these agencies? By the way, we typically classify our product as "light industrial test and measurement equipment" and already have solid testing and documentation to to EN 61326-1 (EMC), EN 61010-1 (Safety) and EN 60825-1 (Laser Safety). Does this give us any kind of out? Chris Maxwell, Design Engineer GN Nettest Optical Division 109 N. Genesee St. Utica, NY 13502 PH: 315-797-4449 FAX: 315-797-8024 EMAIL: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
