Hi Folks You can find a translation here:
http://www.gost.ru/sls/gost.nsf/(SysLinkView)/2F18C0876CB5582EC3256CBD0038C3 D4/$file/zakon-tr-eng.rtf However, having read it, you will have to wait for the implementing regulations to be enacted before the current situation changes substantially! Regards John Allen Technical Consultant Safety and Risk Management ERA Technology Ltd Cleeve Rd Leatherhead Surrey KT22 7SA Tel: +44 (0) 1372-367025 (Direct) +44 (0) 1372-367000 (Switchboard) Fax: +44 (0) 1372-367102 (Fax) From: Nick Williams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 10 March 2003 11:57 To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: New safety standards for goods in Russia The following came in last week and may interest some other members of the list. Regards Nick. >Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 01:01:49 +0100 >From: [email protected] >Subject: New safety standards for goods in Russia >To: [email protected] >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Mar 2003 00:52:25.0355 (UTC) >FILETIME=[528ED5B0:01C2E1E8] > > > >========================================================= >Law-Now - CMS Cameron McKenna's Electronic Information Service >www.law-now.com >========================================================= >The Russian President has recently signed into law the >Federal Law "On Technical Regulations" which outlines new >safety standards for Russian and foreign goods produced or >sold in Russia. The law, which comes into effect on 1 July >2003, will replace several Federal Laws currently in force, >such as the law "On Certification of Products and Services", >"On Standardisation", and other subsidiary acts. > >The new law is intended to raise safety levels (specifically >regarding heavy machinery, fire safety, biological or radiation >poisoning, and environmental damage, among other hazards) by >shifting the responsibility for maintaining safety standards >from the government to the private sector. Currently, the >government issues certificates, but under the new law Russian >manufacturers and suppliers, and representatives of foreign >producers, must obtain certificates from a specially created >agency and ensure that their goods are properly labelled. >Failure to meet these requirements will attract stiff >penalties. > >Until the enactment of new safety standards, certification >of goods will be carried out on the basis of the existing >standards and regulations. Certificates issued before the >enactment of the law will be valid until they expire. > >To read a full article on the new law "On Technical >Regulations", please click/copy and paste the following link: >http://www.law-now.com/law-now/press.cfm?id=5208 > >For further information please contact David Griston at >[email protected] or on 00 7 095 2585000. This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the WorldCom Internet Managed Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.worldcom.com ************************************************************************* Copyright ERA Technology Ltd. 2002. (www.era.co.uk). All rights reserved. The information supplied in this Commercial Communication should be treated in confidence. No liability whatsoever is accepted for any loss or damage suffered as a result of accessing this message or any attachments. _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the WorldCom Internet Managed Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.worldcom.com This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
