G/TBT/N/RUS/102  
24 July 2020  
(20-5093) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  RUSSIAN FEDERATION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Eurasian Economic Commission Department for technical regulation and accreditation  
Tel: +7(495)669 -24-00 
Fax: +7(495)669 -24-15 
E-mail: dept_techregulation@eecommission.org  
Web-site: www.eurasianc ommission.org , https://docs.eaeunion.org/ru -ru  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding  the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Russian Scientific and Technical Centre for Information on Standardization, Metrology and 
Conformity Assessment (Standartinform, National enquiry point for the TBT Agreement)  
Tel: +7(495) 531 -26-59  
E-mail: info@gostinfo.ru   
Website: www.gostinfo.ru   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Packaging 
(closures)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
amendments to the technical regulation of the Customs Union "On the Safety of 
Packaging" (CU TR 005/2011) regarding the establishment of forms, schemes, and 
procedures for conformity assessment based on standard conformity assessment schemes 
approved by the Decision of the Council of the Commissio n No. 44 of 18 April 2018. 
(9 page(s), in Russian)  
6. Description of content:   
The draft amendments include clarifications on the following:  
• statements of the Article 3 "Rules of circulation on the market" of 
the CU TR 005/2011,  
• statements of the Article 4 "Ensuring compliance with safety requirements" of the 
CU TR 005/2011 , 
• as well as amendments to the Article 7 "Conformity assessment" of the 
CU TR 005/2011.  G/TBT/N/RUS/102  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protecting people's lives and health, prevention of unfair and deceptive 
business practices against consumers of packaging (closures); increasing the export 
potential of manufacturers of the Eurasian Economic Union Member States, excluding the 
possibility of double interpretation of certain provisions of the CU TR 005/2011, 
harmonization of conformity assessment procedures of the CU TR 005/2011 in terms of 
establishing forms, schemes and procedures for conformity assessment. Protecting 
people's lives and healt h, prevention of unfair and deceptive business practices against 
consumers of packaging (closures); increasing the export potential of manufacturers of the 
Eurasian Economic Union Member States, excluding the possibility of double interpretation 
of certain  provisions of the CU TR 005/2011, harmonization of conformity assessment 
procedures of the CU TR 005/2011 in terms of establishing forms, schemes and procedures 
for conformity assessment based on standard conformity assessment schemes, approved 
by the Dec ision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission N° 44, of 
18 April 2018, based on standard conformity assessment schemes, approved by the 
Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission N° 44, of  18 April 2018; 
Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer 
protection; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Draft amendments to the technical regulation of the Customs Union "On the Safety 
of Packaging " (CU TR 005/2011) regarding the establishment of forms, schemes, 
and procedures for conformity assessment based on standard conformity 
assessment schemes approved  by the Decision of the Coijmcil of the Commission 
No. 44 of 18 April 2018 :  
https://docs.eaeunion.org/pd/ru -ru/0104863/pd_30062020  
• Technical regulation of the Customs Union "On the Saf ety of Packaging" 
(CU TR 005/2011), adopted by the Decision of the Commission of the Customs 
Union of 16  August 2011 No. 769 : 
https://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/texnreg/deptexreg/tr/Pages/bezopup
akovki.aspx  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  24 September 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Eurasian Economic Commission Department for technical regulation and accreditation  
Tel: +7(495)669 -24-00 
Fax: +7(495)669 -24-15 
E-mail: dept_techregulation@eecommission. org 
Web-site: www.eurasiancommission.org , https://docs.eaeunion.org/ru -ru  
https://www.eurasiancommissio n.org/ru/act/texnreg/deptexreg/tr/Pages/bezopupakovki.a
spx 
https://docs.eaeunion.org/pd/ru -ru/0104863/pd_30062020