1. Introduction
State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation issued Decree No. 282 of the products list for mandatory certification exporting to the customs territory of the Russian Federation. According to Russian law, these products are permitted to the Russian market only after the grant of the national standards eligible certificate (GSO certificate) by the Russian Metrology Committee of national standards.
Usage scope: Russia
Implementation Date: May 12, 1999
Regulatory agency: Federal Metrology Committee of National Standards
2. Certificate types
1) Batch certification: applicable to application for a batch of imported goods by the importer. This type takes effect on a batch of goods of one contract and expires once the change of importer or the reimport happens. It needn’t the product test and shows the advantages of quickness, convenience and economy.
2) One-year certification: the certificated product with the name on the certificate has the one-year endless and direct export to Russia. The factory audit by Russian experts is not demanded.
3) Three-year certification: the certificated product with the name on the certificate has the three-year endless and direct export to Russia.
4) Four-year certification: the certificated product with the name on the certificate has the four-year endless and direct export to Russia.
3. Test standards and regulations
Standards serial
Standards title
Scope
1) ECE R30
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of pneumatic tyres for motor vehicles and their
trailers
Applicable to the pneumatic tyres of M1, 01, 02 vehicle types which don’t suit for the tyres for vintage vehicles and racing vehicles.
2) ECE R54
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of pneumatic tyres for commercial vehicles and their trailers
Applicable to M2, M3, N, 03, 04 vehicle types with speed above 80km/h.
3) ECE R64
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles equipped with temporary-use spare
wheels res
M1 spare tyres
4) ECE R108
Uniform provisions concerning the approval for the production of retreaded pneumatic tyres for
motor vehicles and their trailers
Applicable to the retreaded pneumatic tyres of passenger cars and their trailers, but not including following products:
Retreaded pneumatic tyres of commercial vehicles and their trailers
Tyres of motorcycles
Tyres without E/e mark
Tyres of vehicles manufactured before 1939
Tyres of racing cars and off-the-road vehicles
T-type spare
5) ECE R109
Uniform provisions concerning the approval for the production of retreaded pneumatic tyres for
commercial vehicles and their trailers
Applicable to the pneumatic tyres of commercial vehicles and their trailers, excluding
Treaded tyres of passenger cars and their trailers
Tyres with speed mark below 80km/h
Motorcycle tyres
Tyres without speed symbol and load index
Tyres without E/e mark
6) ECE R117
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of tyres with regard to rolling sound emissions and to adhesion on wet surfaces
Applicable to vehicles of M1, N1, 02 types and tyres of C1 type, except
Spare tyres
Nominal rim diameter≤10inch
Racing car tyres
Vehicles tyres excluding the MNO
Speed indicator less than 80km/h
4. Major test items and special requirements
1) Test items
Dimension inspection
Load/speed/endurance test
Tread wear indictors inspection
Braking and off tracking test
Adhesion test
2) Special requirements
a. For the radial tyre with speed over 300km/h, the mark “R” on the front of the rim should be replaced by “ZR”.The speed symbol Y as well as the corresponding load should be indicated in the form “(95Y)”.
b. The production date should be within the validity of certificate and indicated by four numbers codes approved internationally.
c. The pneumatic tyre shall include not less than six transverse rows of tread wear indictors, approximately equally spaced and situated in the principle grooves of the tread. In the case of tyre diameter£1, minimum four number of tread wear indicators shall be accepted.
d. The certification marking should be expressed on the tyre.
Notes:
In the case that the tyres have passed the E-mark certification, the test report can be directly reused and the GOST certificate can easily obtained by exchanging E-mark certificate which greatly shortens the certification period that about 2-3 weeks. The copy with the official stamp should be used for customs clearance.
