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
