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Sometime in the fall of 2010, there will happen a merger of ROSPOTREBNADZOR and ROSZDRAV, the two key regulatory authorities. A lot of responsibilities are going to change hands, and a lot of new rules and requirements are going to be invented. It will be a complete mess in the end of year. The universal advice is if you have products to certify or register, apply before September. Still, we stay on top of all developments and will keep enjoying the best terms of engagement in Russia for the benefit of our clients.
I have just returned from Russia where I was meeting with my counterparts and associates at Russian Regulatory Departments. Russia is going through major regulatory reforms, one of them being the setting up of the Uniform Customs Territory for Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. It has already come into force for these three countries. Later this year several more ex-Soviet countries are to join this customs alliance.
The good part in it is that all registrations and certificates obtained by the new procedures will work in all those countries.
The bad news is that there are more questions than answers with the parties involved. For example, cosmetics from now on fall under federal registration like BAS. At the same time, the old regulation mandating that cosmetic products must be certified for conformity to Russian standards is still active, as nobody in the government bothered to cancel it after issuing a new regulation. Thus, at this point cosmetic products fall under both procedures. Another major regulatory change is that the so called “sanitary epidemiological conclusions” have been abolished from July 1, 2010. Nevertheless, according to the reports from our colleagues, Russian Customs still require these sanitary certificates anyway.
Now, do not hope that is all.
Starting from January 28, 2010 the applications for RTN permit are accepted only with a proof of federal fees payment.The payment must be made in Russian Rubles only. As the client of Russian Standard, Ltd, you should not concern yourself with this: we take care of all fees and charges in RUssia for you.
The Russian Government issued a new Regulation #982 specifying which groups of products are subject to mandatory certification, and which must establish their conformity to Russian standards by a Declaration of Conformity verified by a Russian certification authority. This is a significant change in practical certification coming into force on February 15, 2010 superseding all previous regulations, so we encourage you to contact us for advice and clarification.
Another important change is that from now on only government facilities will be authorized to perform hygienic tests on medical and dietary products. Even scientific centers like Nutrition Institute which until now was the pillar of food testing is barred from this activity- at least for now. This will inevitably cause a bottle neck effect and dramatically affect the processing time of applications. Few people have a clear idea of how these new rules will translate into practice.
Rosstandard is working on opening an online store that would offer best Russian dietary supplements to the US consumers. We are convinced that the products that have become lasting bestsellers in the Russian market due to solid scientific substantiation and outstanding properties, can and should be a success in the USA.
This is a big project, we would love to have a strong partner and are inviting US companies to contact us about this opportunity.
Rosstandard participated in this major nutraceutical event. New partnerships have been established.
Despite the global economic downturn, nearly 8,300 industry executives from global dietary supplement, food and beverage, and cosmeceutical companies featured 1,128 booths, breaking the SupplySide West 2008 record with a 7.2% increase in the number of exhibiting companies.
This was the first major international event sponsored by the new Russian nutraceutical association and IADSA. Russian government officials and European and Russian nutritional scientists met in Moscow on June 16, 2009 and discussed the current situation, trends and strategies in the industry (agenda). Professor Tutelyan, Director of the Russian Institute of Nutrition, opened the Symposium. Over a hundred participants from many countries were greeted by Dr. Onischenko, Head of Sanitary Service of Russia and ROSPOTREBNADZOR. By unanimous opinion, the event was superbly organized by CDSP and was a great success.
Rosstandard attended this important nutraceutical event. It is becoming more evident that US companies are beginning to view Russia as a priority market. We have made preliminary arrangements with New Hope Media about the participation of NAFS in ExpoEast (Boston, October 2008).
Dr. Tatiana Pilat (Leovit Nutrio) is the President of the Council.
Board Members:
Vladimir Tikhonov (Diod)
Sergei Kapustnik (ForaPharm)
Nikolai Shatunovski (Natur Produkt International)
Vladimir Polyakov (Ecomir)
Alexei Petrenko (Amway)
Natalia Prokopieva (Evalar)
Dr. Ludmila Simkalova (Rospotrebnadzor) is the Chairperson of the Advisory Board.
Gregory Temkin (Russian Standard) has been elected to chair the International Affairs Committee.
We would appreciate your feedback and questions: it will help us to evaluate the interest and adjust the agendas.
Russian Nutraceutical Alliance is being formed.
President of Rosstandard chaired the organizational meeting of the forthcoming International Nutraceutical Alliance in Russia. It was organized with the support of IADSA and Russian Regulatory authorities. Major Russian producers of dietary supplements and Western companies attended the meeting which took place on December 6, 2007 in Moscow.
Read the press-release
"Dietary Supplements in Russia: Regulation, registration and certification. Mastering the approval processes".
Regulators from Russia and Gregory Temkin spoke at this sponsored conference organized by IADSA and ROSSTANDARD in Washington DC, USA, on 13 September 2007.
Russian Standard has launched the Affordable Housing Project, with the emphasis on introducing American fast and affordable housing construction technologies in Russia. Interested?
We are now offering certification of medical equipment as well!
Russian
Standard, Ltd. has become
a member or the Russian Chamber
of Commerce in EU.
Gregory Temkin, President of Russian
Standard, Ltd. made a presentation on the Russian market at the Nutracon Conference organized by on June 14-15, 2007 in London.
January 23, 2004 Seminar Follow Up
Our presentation at the BISNIS, U.S. Commercial Service business briefing seminar, "Exporting Medical Equipment to Russia" on September 25, 2006
Our article in the US Trade Department BISNIS Bulletin
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