Meeting of Committee to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Industrial Products
Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a regular meeting of the Tatarstan Committee to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Industrial Products. The Committee considered the issues of introducing packaged water marking, the self-checking procedures for product safety using the registers of the Federal Service for Accreditation, as well as the Committee’s action plan for 2021.
In order to counteract the circulation of counterfeit packaged drinking water, an experiment on its marking by identification means (in accordance with Russian Government Decree No. 348 of March 27, 2020) is being conducted in Russia. The marking experiment will last until March 1, 2021. This will be followed by a transition period when connection to the marking system will be voluntary. After that, marking will become mandatory for all producers, importers, and retailers.
Mrs. Yulia Danilina, Head of the Volga Federal District Office of the Federal Service for Accreditation made a presentation on the self-checking procedures for product safety using the RusAccreditation registers. She also noted that starting from January 1, 2021 the certification bodies will no longer be able to register declarations of conformity in a single register. Then it will only be possible to apply for registration of the declaration with the use of the RusAccreditation’s FSIS system.
At the end of the meeting, the members of the Tatarstan Committee to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Industrial Products approved an Action Plan for 2021.