Many news were introduced last year in relation to the certification process for the Eurasian Economic Union countries, the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan. The CUTR 043 regulation comes into force on 1st January 2020.
What are the implications for fire safety products?
Among the EAC regulations introduced last year, along with the CUTR 037 and 041 regulations for dangerous and chemical substances, the CUTR 043 regulation undoubtedly deserves greater attention.
Within the framework of the new EAEU regulations, which were introduced in the Eurasian Economic Union countries, the CUTR 043 regulates fire safety products, such as fire-fighting material and equipment.
As of today, national regulations are still valid, such as the TR 123 for Russia. However, we are undergoing a transition period during which new regulations for the Eurasian Economic Union will come into force.
In particular, the fire safety certificate governed by the EAEU TR 043 regulation, will be valid from 1st January 2020.
Among product categories to which the CUTR 043 technical regulation will apply, we can find for example:
- Fire-fighting material
- Fire-fighting equipment
- Fire-fighting equipment (sensors, control panels, and power supply)
- Technical devices operating as parts of fire-fighting systems (valves, compensators, and filters)
- Fire-fighting PPE and clothes
- Evacuation devices and tools
- Doors and windows with a fire-proof rating
- Other special categories
The full list of products included in the scope of the 043 regulation is available at this link.
As already mentioned, the EAEU TR 043 will soon replace the national fire safety regulations. For example, in Russia, the CUTR 043 regulation will replace the TR 123. Old national certificates can be used until their expiration date, however not later than 1st July 2021. In addition, the 1st January 2020 is also the date from which it will be no longer possible to issue national certificates.
It should be noted that if a custom code is currently covered by a national certificate expiring before 1st January 2020, it would be preferable to wait for the entry into force of new EAEU TR 043, rather than renewing the national certificate.
For all products which are compliant with national legislation, but aren’t compliant with the EAEU 043 yet, the regulation establishes that their production and distribution will only be possible until 1st July 2021. However, this regulation also requires that with a national certificate it will be necessary to renounce the possibility to affix the product with the EAC mark. If the product complies with the national legislation but does not comply with the new technical 043 regulation, the product can be marketed until 1st July 2021, but it won’t be EAC marked.
In case of certificates expiring by 31st December 2019, the approach we recommend following is to wait for the coming into force of the new CUTR 043 from 1st January 2020.
As for other EAEU regulations, the new CUTR 043 can be issued as a declaration or a batch or serial certification. In both cases, it will have a validity of 5 years.
How to certify EAC according to CUTR 043
If you already own an EAC certificate in compliance with Federal Law 123, it will be possible to register the product according to the new 043 regulation by simply repeating the tests, prior to verifying that the specific product standards and the Certification Body have remained unchanged. It is an assessment that needs to be carried out on a case by case basis and processed well in advance compared to the date of the coming into force of the 043 standard, and with the technical support of an expert in order not to be without a certification for a long time.
In conclusion, the application scope of the new CUTR 043 regulation is very wide and will replace a set of pre-existing Laws, for example, the TR 123 for Russia. The same will happen to the Federal Laws which are in force in other countries within the Eurasian Economic Union. This transition is the signal at the community level that the Eurasiatic Union has moved towards an increased standardization, whose purpose is to overtake national regulations and manage the certification scheme at the customs union level.
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