·         “GARANT PLUS” Ltd. (Moscow), Accreditation Certificate No.: РОСС0001.11АЛ16; 36 Certificates and 2 Declarations cancelled (electrotechnical products)

·         “Sertifikatsiya productsii “STANDART-TEST” Ltd. (Moscow), Accreditation Certificate :  RA.RU.11АВ24, 12 Certificates cancelled (electrotechnical products)

·         "ROSTEST-Moscow" CJSC “Regional Body for certification and testing” (Moscow), Certificate of Accreditation No.: RU.0001.10АЯ46, 10 Certificates cancelled (electrotechnical products and clothing)

·         “Certifikatsia i ekspertiza" (Moscow), Certificate of Accreditation No.: РОСС0001.10АУ04,  9 Certificates cancelled (electrotechnical products and furniture).

It has been determined that all Certificates/Declarations for non-conformity products have been issued with violation of applicable rules and procedures (with respect to conducting tests and/or factory inspections). We would like to draw your attention that in accordance with the legislation, the manufacturers/importers shall bear responsibility not only for supplying non-conforming products, but also for supplying products with Certificates/Declarations issued with violation of the procedure. Such Certificates/Declarations can be cancelled in Belarus with applying relevant penalties. 

In course of the market surveillance activities it has been revealed that in most Certificates issued with violation of the procedure, improper local authorized representatives were indicated as Applicants – that is those who in violation of the EAEU Treaty do not place products on the market (are not importers). As a consequence, indication in the CU EAC Certificate of improper local representative as an Applicant shall be additional grounding for checking such Certificates by Market Surveillance Authorities to verify whether established certification rules and procedures have been fulfilled. Herewith it should be noted that the list of parties who can be an Applicant for Certification is determined in the EAEU Technical Regulations.

If a Technical Regulation (as CU TR 004/2011 Safety of Low Voltage equipment and CU TR 020/2011 EMC) allow to be the Applicant for certification not only to manufacturer (including foreign manufacturer), but also to a local representative authorized by the manufacturer – it should be a proper local representative that fulfills the requirements set forth in the EAEU Treaty with respect to “releasing products to the EAEU territory” and capability to bear «responsibility for non-compliance of products with the requirements of EAEU Technical Regulations.

Note: One of the most odious improper local representatives is “R-GROUP” Ltd. (Moscow), Registration No.: 7719418985, the company with founding capital of 180 USD, consisting of a few people, which being a local representative for over 190 foreign companies, in violation of the EAEU Treaty, does not place products on the EAEU territory and is not capable to bear responsibility for the products quality. In course of the market surveillance activities it has been determined that the absolute majority of the CU EAC Certificates, where “R-GROUP” Ltd. is indicated as a local representative, are issued with violation of the rules and procedures (without testing and/or factory inspections), and these Certificates are in the high risk group. Activities of “R-GROUP” Ltd. as well as legal entities affiliated with it (in particular, GMA Consult Group/”GMA Consult LP”) which perform consultancy services, have signs of fraud which is violation of legislation and further can be the basis for partners to initiate relevant claims/suits.