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06 Dec 2024 Talgat Momyshev: “Instruments of technical regulation counteract the circulation of unsafe products in the EAEU” The issues of establishing mandatory requirements to products, standardization and conformity assessment were discussed at the thematic section of the international forum “Anti-Counterfeiting – 2024” in Astana, with Talgat Momyshev, Director of the Technical Regulation and Accreditation Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission, as one of the speakers. The Commission's representative informed on the main aspects of the EAEU technical regulation, including changes in the law in the field of standardization, conformity assessment and accreditation, “second level” documents required for implementing international treaties of the Union. In addition, he reported on elaborating an action plan for implementing the Declaration “The Eurasian Economic Path”. “The EAEU technical regulation is an integrated system of interrelated elements, including the establishment of uniform mandatory requirements, ensuring their implementation by applying standards, conducting conformity assessment, as well as exercising efficient state control. The technical regulation tools act as a counteraction to illegal circulation of unsafe products in our market,” Talgat Momyshev noted. “This is facilitated by an efficient regulatory environment in the field of conformity assessment and state control over compliance with the requirements of the EAEU technical regulations, and the Commission, jointly with the Member States, works on their improvement on a regular basis”. The Forum also discussed the development of digital trade, preventing illicit trafficking of tobacco, nicotine-containing and alcoholic beverages, and combating pharmaceutical counterfeiting. The Forum was attended by representatives of public authorities, public organizations, and business associations of the Eurasian Economic Union and third countries.
02 Dec 2024 Lists of standards to EAEU technical regulations on safety of toys amended The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission amended the lists of standards to the technical regulation On Safety of Toys to implement Amendments No. 3 to this regulation, as adopted by Decision No. 50 of the Commission's Council dated March 14, 2024 and entered into force on November 26 this year. The lists of standards include new versions of standards and limit the period of application for the superseded ones. In addition, the list of standards containing test methods includes a methodology for determining the level of vinyl acetate migration, developed by the Commission as part of research activities. The text of the said methodology can be accessed on the EEC website according to the established procedure. It is also determined that the amendments will come into effect after 30 calendar days have elapsed from the date of official publication of the decision by the EEC Board and will apply to legal relations arising from November 26, 2024. This date is interlinked with the date of entry into force of amendments to the technical regulation in order to eliminate legal uncertainty that may have arisen when applying the technical regulation.
02 Dec 2024 EEC amended lists of standards to technical regulation on food products The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved the lists of standards to the technical regulation of the Customs Union "On Safety of Food Products" (TR CU 021/2011). The list of voluntary application standards is supplemented with 17 interstate standards, while the list of standards for methods is expanded with one interstate standard. Ten interstate standards are updated. 14 national standards of the Union countries are excluded, as the corresponding interstate standards have been developed. Amendments to the lists of standards shall come into effect after 180 calendar days have elapsed from the date of official publication of the decision by the EEC Board. The amendments were prepared by the Commission on the basis of proposals of the authorized standardization authorities of the EAEU countries in the framework of implementing paragraph 36, subparagraph b of the Procedure for Developing and Adopting Lists of International and Regional (Interstate) Standards approved by the EEC Council in 2016 (as amended by Decision No. 65 of the Commission's Council dated April 15, 2022).
29 Nov 2024 EEC Council Adopted Amendments to Technical Regulation On Perfume and Cosmetic Products The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council adopted amendments to the Technical Regulation "On Safety of Perfume and Cosmetic Products." It clarifies the scope of the technical regulation in relation to perfume and cosmetic products applied to various items. This norm covers, for example, moisturizing cream applied to baby diapers or anti-cellulite treatment for jeans. The conceptual framework of the technical regulation is updated. There is a possibility of toxicity assessment of perfume and cosmetic products based on the analysis of toxicological profile of their ingredients by calculation without the use of laboratory animals. For oral hygiene product packaging, there is a requirement for tamper-proof seals. A ban is also introduced on the use of trade names of registered medicines or medical devices in the names of perfume and cosmetic products. The schemes and procedures for state registration and declaration of conformity of perfume and cosmetic products established in the technical regulation have been brought in accordance with the approved standard schemes of conformity assessment taking into account the practice of applying the technical regulation. Once the amendments come into effect, they will have a positive impact on both consumers and producers. The amendments set forth unambiguous requirements in cases where there was a need for clarification. For example, in terms of family cosmetics there were many questions and differences of opinion: whether it was necessary to apply requirements to such products as to children's products, because there may be children in the family. The amendments stipulate that it is mandatory for the packaging of family cosmetics to indicate the minimum age of users, depending on which requirements will apply. The amendments will come into effect after one year has elapsed from their official publication except for certain provisions. Transitional provisions of the amendments to the technical regulation will be determined by a separate decision of the EEC Board.
29 Nov 2024 EAEU to Introduce a New Procedure for Registering Medicines at the Initiative of the Authorised Body of a Member State The Eurasian Economic Commission Council adopted a draft amendment to the Rules for Marketing Authorization of Medicines in the Eurasian Economic Union in terms of introducing a procedure for recognizing, at the initiative of the authorized body of a Member State, the results of marketing authorization of medicines for medical use authorized in other Member States. The new procedure can be applied by decision of the authorized body if no alternative drug is registered in the national market. Authorization will not require a fee (or any other established payment for registration) and will be based on the examination performed in the reference state. The procedure aims to address the problem of ensuring a sufficient range of pharmaceuticals in the Member States with expected low sales volumes that are not commercially attractive to pharmaceutical manufacturers and are therefore not applied for marketing authorization in that Member State. Such drugs are essential to the health care system because they are used to provide medical care (usually in small quantities or infrequently).
27 Nov 2024 List of Standards to Technical Regulation On Grain Safety Updated The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved the list of standards for methods to the updated technical regulation of the Customs Union "On Grain Safety" (CU TR 015/2011). The list of standards includes 165 documents, among which 89 are new or updated. Among them are 96 interstate standards, including 28 interstate standards based on international ISO standards and regional EN and CEN standards, 9 state standards of the Republic of Belarus, 15 national standards of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 16 national standards of the Russian Federation and 29 methods of research (testing) and measurements (until the development of appropriate interstate standards and their inclusion in the list). For timely accreditation of testing laboratories taking into account the standards and methods included in the list of standards for the first time, it is determined that the updated list of standards comes into force after 180 calendar days have elapsed from the date of its official publication.
26 Nov 2024 Amendments to Union's Technical Regulation on Toys Came into Force On November 26 this year amendments to the technical regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union On Safety of Toys (CU TR 008/2011) came into force, adopted by Decision No. 50 of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated May 14, 2024. The amendments clarify the application scope of the technical regulation. In particular, the types of products that do not qualify as toys are clearly identified. These include, for example, souvenir products, computer games, kits for growing plants and a number of other goods. Also, the technical regulation has been supplemented with concepts, the need for which arose in its application. These include "trampoline for home use (trampoline)," "outdoor toy," "commercial name of the toy," "flying toy," "baby rattle," "electromechanical toy," and others. The amendments establish requirements to the chemical substance or reagent content in chemical toys and play sets that include chemical substances and do not belong to chemical experiment sets. The requirements to the hygienic safety of toys, to warnings of dangers, and measures taken for the safe use of toys posing the greatest danger have been adjusted. Decision No. 91 of the EEC Board dated August 6, 2024 establishes the procedure for implementing the changes, providing for a phased transition to the new requirements. Thus, certificates for toys issued before November 26, 2024 are valid until their expiration date. If such certificates are available, production and release of toys into circulation in the EAEU market are allowed until the end of their validity period, and circulation in the EAEU market is allowed during the service life or shelf life of the toys.
26 Nov 2024 Program for Developing Interstate Standards for Cosmetic Products Amended The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved changes to the program for developing interstate standards that ensure the implementation and application of the Technical Regulation "On Safety of Perfumery and Cosmetic Products" (CU TR 009/2011). The development of one new and revision of two existing interstate standards is envisaged. The draft decision also provides for the exclusion of 15 items for which interstate standards have already been developed. The interstate standard planned for development concerns the control of microbiological parameters in perfume and cosmetic products. The standard for packaging of perfumes and cosmetics will be revised, as well as the standard for board games designed for developing the sense of smell and kits for making perfumes and cosmetic products, in order to update it to reflect the revised version of the EN standard.
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