New Amendments to the Resolution № 849 on Conformity Assessment in Belarus

On October 23, 2018, The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus issued Decision № 759. This document introduces amendments to the resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus № 849 dated by October 21, 2016.

The new Decision establishes the requirements for products that are subject to mandatory conformity assessment in compliance with the Energy Efficiency requirements existing within the national system of conformity assessment of the Republic of Belarus.

The following amendments have been made:

1. Changes in the names of products subject to mandatory confirmity assessment:

• electric ovens (including those integrated into kitchen stoves), except the portable ones,

• electric burner panels (including integrated into cookers), except the portable ones

• external power supplies, except the equipment with more than one output with independent voltage conversion for each output

• lamps with non-directional light (incandescent, fluorescent, LED)

2. The following products was excluded of mandatory confirmation of compliance:

• toasters

• electric blades, mills

• radio receivers

• video recorders

• video cameras

• sound recording equipment

• other equipment for recording and reproducing images and sounds, including equipment for transmitting images and sounds in other ways than through telecommunication channels, by signals or by other means, except for TVs

The Resolution enters into force in three months after its official publication.

Conslusion:

1. The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus has issued Decision № 759 “On introducing amendments and addenda to the resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of October 21, 2016 № 849”.

2. The changes regarding the name of the mandatory confirmation for the product compliance and the list of them have been adopted.

3. The Amendments enter into force in three months after official publication.

The information has been prepared by GMA Consult Group team.

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