EAC Meaning: what is EAC Certificate of conformity?
The EAC Certificate of conformity confirms that devices comply with the Technical Regulations of the Eurasian Economic Community (EURASEC).
Products that bear the EAC Mark have all passed the conformity assessment procedures in one of the
Member States of the Eurasian Economic Community and they also comply with the technical requirements.Therefore, they can circulate freely within the Customs Area without further restrictions or constraints.
The Eurasian Economic Community includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.
Steps of the EAC certification process
Usually the EAC certification procedure consists in the following steps:
- Step: Application to JCT
- Step: Examination of the documents by the certification body and selection of the scheme of EAC certification
- Step: Classification of the products and selection of samples (if required)
- Step: Tests and examinations (if required)
- Step: Manufacturing audit (if provided by the Technical Regulation)
- Schritt: Issuance of the EAC certificate
- Schritt: Surveillance of the certified products (if required)
How did the EAC Declaration of Conformity (DoC) Procedure change as of January 1, 2021?
From January 2021 new requirements have come into force to obtain the EAC Certificate (EurAseC Conformity), which is essential for commercializing products in Russia.
The new procedure is valid both for EAC (TR CUs) and Russian National approval documents (GOST R, National Fire Safety Certificates, etc.) registered in Russia.
The EAC certificates registration procedure in other Eurasian Economic Community countries (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan) remains as it was.
Companies that have an EAC Mark will not be impacted by this change. Their existing certificates will continue to be valid until their expiration dates.
Validity and loss of validity of the EAC mark
It is not enough to have completed a certification procedure in order to carry out the EAC marking. The EAC Declaration of Conformity, the EAC Certificate of Conformity, or the State Registration that represent the legal basis for the EAC marking need to still be in force when the export is carried out.
Besides reaching its natural expiration (one, three, or five years), a document can cease to be in force for different reasons: the loss or suspension of the accreditation of one of the parties involved, voluntary revocation by the applicant, disputes with the relevant bodies, etc.
The procedure by which you can find out the status of a Declaration, Certificate or State Registration, is very straightforward, and is achieved through accessing the official Russian websites in the corresponding sections:
