The most common EAC document
The CU TR Regulations establish whether the export of a product to the Eurasian Economic Union is subject to the obtaining of an EAC Certificate of Conformity or a “simple” EAC Declaration of Conformity.
In this latter case, the procedure to be followed is undoubtedly less stringent and faster, which is excellent news for the exporter.
Firstly, concerning the Certificate, bureaucratic times are shorter. With the Gost Standard, we allow for 25 days in order to obtain an EAC Certificate; however, in the case of a Declaration, this waiting period is usually between 3 and 7 days.
The procedure is faster because the documentation the Russian authorities require is simpler, and, consequently, the costs that the exporting company has to bear are lower. It is not usually necessary to carry out laboratory tests in Russia (although sometimes it is the client who explicitly requests them) and even less so to receive an inspection. You will need to add the cost of the Technical Passport, which the EAC regulations consider essential in both procedures (both the Certificate and the Declaration).
EAC Declaration of Conformity
Those who have experience with certificates issued on the basis of the GOST norms, and remember those multicolored documents printed on heavyweight official paper, will be somewhat disappointed with the EAC Declarations of Conformity. These are printed on normal, and somewhat innocuous, A4 sheets, as you can see in the image on the right.
The integrity of the procedure is guaranteed by new technologies. The Customs officers compare the information presented in the Declaration (essentially the registration number and the company data) with the information that can be checked online on the Rosaccreditazia website, where all the necessary certificates for customs clearance are listed (both GOST and EAC). Here you can read about how to find all the online info.
The validity of the Declaration of Conformity is the same as the EAC Certificate: a single contract, and either one, three, or five years.
An individual or joint statement?
The concept of an “overall” EAC Declaration of Conformity is extremely important when it comes to determining the costs of a certification in which a certain number of elements work together in a coordinated manner in a single system. Formally, the only difference between this type of declaration and an individual declaration (for a single component or a single machine) is that, in Russian, we find the words установка (“system”) or линия (“line”) when describing the product.
Joint EAC Declaration of Conformity
Whenever possible, we recommend making a joint Declaration. The reason is an obvious one: with a joint Declaration we can certify different types of machinery and avoid extra, unnecessary, paperwork. However, there’s another point to bear in mind. The fact is that every electrical component or element on any installation or production line – every engine, motor, or electrical panel, including the wiring – is subject to a TRTS 004/2011 Certificate of Conformity. In other words, if we wanted to sell these elements independently they would all have to have a Certificate of Conformity in force, and this would involve laboratory testing in Russia and an inspection at the manufacturer’s premises.
Only when the export of the electrical elements is carried out as a set of components is it possible to avoid this procedure, as it is considered that their use is limited by the scope of the system to which they belong. A Declaration of Assembly thus allows us to reduce the number of certifications and, at the same time, will avoid having to process Certificates of Conformity.
However, these advantages have some drawbacks that we must be aware of. We’re referring here to how the elements of the system pass through customs, particularly in the case of electrical equipment. It is always advisable to send everything together as a set, along with the application, in order to avoid any suspicions about fraudulent use of the Declaration of Conformity. If this is not possible (as, for example, in the case of sending spare parts) we recommend finding a good customs broker who you can rely on, especially if it is a question of sending electrical material independently.
