G/TBT/N/RUS/97  
16 January 2020  
(20-0463) 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:   
Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation of the Eurasian Economic 
Commission  
Tel: +7(495)669 -24-00  
E-mail: dept_techregulation@eurasiancommission.org   
Website: www.eurasiancommission.org   
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):  Machines 
and equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
amendments to the technical regulation of the Customs Union "On safety of machines 
and eq uipment". (29 page(s), in Russian)  
6. Description of content:  Draft amendments to the Customs Union technical regulation 
provide clarifications regarding: define term applied to type sample of a machine and/or 
equipment, statement in the Article 6 TR CU 0 10/2011 "Ensuring compliance with safety 
requirements", amendments to the Article 7 "Conformity Assessment", the Article 8 
"Procedure for declaring conformity of machines and/or equipment", the Article 9 
"Research of the type of machines and/or equipment",  the Article 10 "Certification 
procedure of machines and/or equipment", the Article 11 "Applying a uniform mark of 
product circulation in the market of the Customs Union", the Article 12 "Safeguard 
clause".  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature  of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/RUS/97  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Draft amendments to the Technical regulation of the Customs Union "On safety 
of machines and equipment" provide clarifications regarding the establishment of 
forms, schemes, and procedures for conformity assessment on the basis of 
standard conformity assessment schemes approved by the Secision of 
Commission N° 44.  
https://docs.eaeunion.org/pd/ru -ru/0104412/pd_23122019  
• The Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "On safety of machinery and 
equipment" approved by the Decision of the Commission N° 823.   
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/acttexnreg/deptexreg/tr/Pages/bezop   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  10 April 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@eurasiancommission.org  
Website: www.eurasiancommission.org  
https://docs.eaeunion.org/pd/ru -ru/0104412/pd_23122019  
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/acttexnreg/deptexreg/tr/Pages/bezop.aspx