State Registration Certificate Customs Union - (EurAsEC hygienic registration). 

In connection with the Customs Union agreement on sanitary measures on 01.07.2010. stopped issuing sanitary-epidemiological conclusions. Now a document confirming the quality and safety of products, is the certificate of state registration of the Customs Union, operating in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Certificate of state registration of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Customs Union - a document certifying the conformity of products common sanitary and epidemiological and hygienic requirements, intended to confirm the safety of the goods subject to supervision. State registration certificate issued in a uniform manner and is valid throughout the customs union does not expire.

State registration allows to import and sell the products in the territory of the Customs Union.

Rules for state registration:

The Certificate of state registration may be issued to two categories of applicants:

• manufacturer of goods manufactured in the territory of the Customs Union;

• foreign company or importer of the goods, if the production is located outside the boundaries of the CU.

In Russia, the hygienic registration certificate is issued by the Federal Service on Customer's Rights Protection and Human well-being surveillance (Rospotrebnadzor).

The hygienic registration certificate is issued for a single merchandise category and it may include only the same products (homogeneous products containing the same ingredients and produced using the same technological process).

The Customs Union hygienic registration certificate is a prerequisite for obtaining the mandatory GOST-R. 

How do State Registration issued before 1.07.2010?

Sanitary-epidemiological conclusions and state registration certificates issued before July 1, 2010, will act on the territory of the Russian Federation until January 1, 2012, their action will not apply to the territory of other States Parties to the Customs Union. 

Please note that the effect of these documents will be available exclusively on Russian territory, and will not be - on the territory of other States Parties to the customs union - Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Prior to January 1, 2011 will be available documents that were issued previously for confirmation of product safety requirements under national law of one of the Union (in Russia - Certificate of State. Registration). These documents will have coverage only on the territory of the State issuing the document.

Customs Union Commission Decision of 28 May 2010 № 299 approved the "single list of goods subject to sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control) at the customs border and the customs territory of the customs union." 

Here are the list of following products for which are required the Registration Certificate: 

·         Mineral water, bottled drinking water, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks - including low alcohol and tonic drinks

·         Special foods, which include baby food, food for pregnant and breastfeeding women, dietary products, food for athletes, biologically active food additives, organic products, supplements

·         Food additives complex (plant extracts, aromas and etc.)

·         Foods produced using genetically modified (transgenic) organisms

·         Cosmetics, products of oral hygiene

·         Household cleaning products

·         Disinfectants, resources for rat extermination.

·         Potentially hazardous chemical and biological agents

·         Materials, equipment, devices and other technical products to treat water intended for use in drinking-water supply

·         Products intended for contact with food (except cutlery, tableware, manufacturing equipment).

·         Personal hygienic items for children and adults, children clothes and products using for feeding-care

Thus for the above mentioned products now need to provide a certificate of state registration of the Customs Union. This document has no expiry date. It is valid in all countries of the Customs Union and can be obtained in the organ Rospotrebnadzora any of these countries. 

What document should arrange, if manufactured or imported products not included in this list for the state registration of the customs union, but previously subject to sanitary-epidemiological expertise?

For these products is necessary documents confirming conformity to the requirements. The main document - a declaration of conformity GOST-R, it is made with a third party (the laboratory tests, the certification body).

For which products the Customs Union hygienic registration certificate is required?

The Customs Union hygienic registration certificate is required for products listed in Section II of the Single list of goods subject to sanitary-and-epidemiologic supervision (control) at the border and the customs territory of the Customs Union.

Required documents:

1) custome code (HS code)

2) description of the product

3) passport of safety for chemical products

4) guide, user's manual, instructions for use

5) certificate of free sale issued by the Chamber of Commerce*

6) copy of the label with information for the consumer

7) manufacturer declaration of conformity

8) copy of ISO certificate (if available)

9) power of attorney witnessed by a notary*

10) samples (2-3 pieces for each merchandise category)

11) copy of the shippment bill with the stamp of the Federal Service "import admitted"

12) the samples must be shipped with:

- proforma invoice;

- manufacturer's letter.

* The original documents must be submitted. All the documents must be duly translated into Russian language by a sworn translator. All the documents issued by the applicant (copies included) must bear the stamp and signature of legal representative.

Documents issued together with the Customs Union certificate:

1) test reports 
2) expert report 
3) Customs Union hygienic registration certificate

(We remind you that all the hygienic certificates are registered into the Federal Service register, which can be accessed on line.)