RUSSIA: New Restrictions on Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Radioelectronic Products
The Eurasian Economic Union will regulate hazardous substances in electrical and radio electrical products (EAEU TR 037/2016) starting March 1, 2018. The marking information and the user manuals must be made in Russian and any other official language of the EAEU specifying the concentration of substances such as mercury, cadmium, and lead, among others. The […]
RUSSIA: FSA Publish Amendments to Government Resolution No. 982/2009
The FSA released updates in regards to the “List of Products with Mandatory Certification” requiring registration of DoC (Declaration of Conformity) and the completion of an electronic form which requires a user guide to be filled. This update doesn’t include all the products and therefore, applicants should check with an HS code if the product […]
RUSSIA: EAEU to Evaluate Numerous Interstate Standards
The Program for the development adopted for EAEU schedules the evaluation of a number of interstate standards which contains testing rules, measurements and methods in order to put into effect the EAEU RoHS requirements that restrict the contents of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. In addition to sampling rules necessary for the application […]
RUSSIA: WEEE Management Issues Recycling Targets for Manufacturers and Importers
On September 20, 2017, WEEE Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is implementing environmental and waste management regulations by implementing extended producer responsibility (EPR) to manufacturers and importers and other operators with electrical or electronic products. As stated in the article: “become responsible for the take back and recycling or products and packaging […]
RUSSIA: ECC Proposes Amendments to Technical Regulations
The department for technical regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), released two proposed amendments to technical regulations in Russia. The first one is a draft that contains amendments to the technical regulation of the Customs Union “ Electromagnetic compatibility of technical means” (TR CU 020/2011) which clarifies products covered by the regulation. The second […]
RUSSIA: Changes in usage of wireless access devices
The Russian Ministry of Communication has published a new regulation for WiFi 802.11 ac and 802.11 ad technologies. This notification is about the changes in usage of wireless access devices (working in the range between 30 MHz and 66 GHz) The attached document lists all characteristics’ requirements for wireless access devices of standards 802.11ac and […]
RUSSIA: Product Certification According to TR CU – Key Date
On February 15th, 2013 three Custom union Technical regulations (CU TR for short) come into force: – On safety of machinery and equipment – On safety of low-voltage equipment – Electromagnetic compatibility of technical devices. However, on March 15th, 2015 the transition period for the above Technical regulations comes to an end. Do all conformity […]
RUSSIA: SRFC Authorises Use of ‘450MHz’ Band
At a meeting held on 13 October, the State Radio Frequency Commission (SRFC) authorised the use of frequencies in the 403MHz-410MHz, 417MHz-422MHz, 433MHz-450MHz and 469MHz-470MHz bands for the development of fixed, cellular and land mobile radio use, ComNews reports. The 450MHz band is ideal for deployment in rural areas as lower frequency bandwidths are able […]