The interrelation between various areas and competencies in developing regulatory measures aimed at preventing illegal trade in products, and the place of a uniform technical regulation system was outlined by Valentin Tataritsky, Minister in charge of Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, at the plenary session of the 13th International Forum “Anti-Counterfeit-2025” in Minsk.

The EEC Minister stated that 48 of 52 technical regulations adopted in the Eurasian Economic Union and more than 8,800 related interstate and national standards are already applied by the EAEU countries' industry and business communities, creating the basis for a common product market.

“In order to maintain a high level of safety and keep pace with the current development of science, technologies, production, and testing facilities, a mechanism for assessing the scientific and technical level of technical regulations has been introduced into the Union’s law. We plan to assess 29 technical regulations of the Union by 2029,” the EEC Minister stressed.

He dwelt in detail on the work helping to prevent mala fide manufacturers and unsafe products from entering the Union's market.

“A lot of work has been done in the field of accreditation during the Strategy-2025 implementation to improve the activities of accredited certification bodies and testing laboratories. There are 2,800 such organizations in the Union’s Unified Register. At present, we see that national accreditation bodies remove mala fide laboratories and certification bodies from the register, and we cooperate with countries to tighten the criteria for inclusion in the register. We are just discussing these proposals at the Commission right now," Valentin Tataritsky noted.

Speaking about state supervision of compliance with mandatory requirements, he noted that several regulators are involved in implementing supervisory policies at the country level. Nowadays, there are a total of 35 such regulators in the Union States.

According to him, the regulatory authorities have intensified their activities regarding the circulation of products in the market. This is confirmed by information received by the Commission from national authorities responsible for monitoring and supervising compliance with the Union countries' technical regulations within the established level of interaction. Along with that, the speaker noted a range of work on its development, including within the framework of two relevant agreements: on general safety of products and on general principles and approaches to state supervision of technical regulations.

“We work hard and consistently on developing a mechanism for synchronized and rapid response by the regulatory authorities of the five countries. Today, it is very important to create a proper framework for interaction between them,” Valentin Tataritsky believes.

The EEC Minister drew particular attention to the need to maintain dialogue on ensuring efficient protection of the Union's market from non-conforming products.

“In combating the ”gray" economy, conformity assessment tools should be used, including by tightening the forms of such assessment where reasonably required. This need is being analyzed when bringing technical regulations into line with new model conformity assessment schemes," the speaker stated, noting that all of the above activities are envisaged in the action plan for implementing the 2030 Declaration.

In conclusion, Valentin Tataritsky invited all interested parties to join the relevant discussions to ensure a comprehensive analysis of the risks and benefits of a fresh approach to conformity assessment. This is necessary to improve the efficiency of combating unsafe and counterfeit products.