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.