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The Customs Union is a free trade area that includes 5 countries: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia as participants, and Moldova, Cuba and Uzbekistan as observers.

All new products that are imported into Russia and Customs Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia) must have a valid EAC Certificate, Declaration, SGR (Hygiene Certificate) or a national document for products which are not covered by TR CU yet.

It is a mandatory procedure to enable import into all member states of Eurasian Economic (Customs) Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia). It includes EAC Declaration or EAC Certificate, depending on the product.

The abbreviation stands for Technical regulation of Eurasian Economic (Customs) Union. All Technical Regulations which were implemented after 2016 are titled TR EAEU.

As long as a product falls under a technical regulation TR CU (EAEU), a mandatory EAC Certificate or Declaration has to be issued.

GOST stands for “state standard” and refers to inter-state standards adopted by the Commonwealth of Independent States in the 90s. Today, GOST is applied voluntarily; however, mandatory technical regulations of the Customs Union base requirements on existing inter-state standards. TR CU (TR EAEU) stands for Technical Regulation of the Customs Union (Eurasian Economic Union). Technical regulations establish mandatory requirements for products and machinery imported into the territories of the Eurasian Customs Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia). EAC is similar to CE; however, it is valid on the territories of the Eurasian Customs Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia) instead of Europe. The EAC marking on the packaging designates conformity of the product to the TR CU

For most products no need, however some Russian customers are getting more interested in having heat exchangers and vessels which fall under TR CU 032/2013 PED Directive designed according to GOST standards. The final decision is made by final customer and project requirements.

Each Technical Regulation comprises a list of products that would fall under either category. The biggest difference is the timing, cost and compliance required. However, both carry the same validity within the Customs Union. It depends on the products. Clothes according to layers, pressure equipment – pressure and diameter or volume, explosion proof equipment fall only under certificate, electrical devices are divided by use: items for household – certificates, industrial use – declaration. However, the right certification process can be only identified based on the technical features of the product.

No, CE certification might help during the first stage of the analysis, however only EAC is recognized within the territories of Eurasian Economic (Customs) Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia).

EAC is recognized within the territories of Eurasian Economic (Customs) Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia).