Certification in the CIS countries

Certification in CIS

Certification of products in the CIS countries is one of the essential forms of confirmation of product quality and safety.

Certification activities in the CIS countries is based on the Agreement on coordinated policy in the field of standardization, metrology and certification, signed in 1992 under the provisions of the country of the Commonwealth of the Agreement – Agreement participating form national certification system based on ISO / IEC Guides and lessons learned in the region.

Signed an agreement of state agreed on mutual recognition of certification bodies, testing laboratories, certification and test results, certificates and marks of conformity on mutually delivered products. Certification tests can be performed in an accredited laboratory in any country.

The normative base certification recognized by international, interstate or national standards, recognized in the states – parties to the Agreement.

Since the GOST system to a large extent harmonized with international regulations, the CIS countries have a basis for preparation of guidance documents for the certification of its regulations and other developments.