On January 20, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved an updated list of standards containing research methods to the Technical Regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union “On safety of Combustible Natural Gas Prepared for Transportation and (or) Use”.

It is required for keeping the evidence base for the technical regulation up to date in view of implementing the program for developing interstate standards.

The updated list includes 35 interstate standards, 10 of which are new; among them are three national standards of the Republic of Kazakhstan and three national standards of the Russian Federation.

A range of documents no longer relevant for the industry was excluded.

The adopted decision shall come into effect after 30 calendar days have elapsed from the date of its official publication and shall apply to legal relations arising since November 22, 2025, the effective date of changes to the said technical regulation.