LOGISTICS OF EXPORTING TO EURASIA SERIES
Product
Certification Process in Uzbekistan
By Jahangir Kakharov, BISNIS Uzbekistan April 2005
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***NOTE:
This report should be used for general reference purpose only. As certification-related legislation and
regulations are constantly changing, it is advised that exporters consult with
certification agencies from the country of importation to obtain accurate and
current information that would pertain to their specific transaction***
I. OVERVIEW OF CERTIFICATION AND
CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
1. Regulatory Agencies and their functions
The Agency
for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Uzbekistan (“Uzstandard”
Agency) is the key regulatory
agency in Uzbekistan on the matters of Standardization, Metrology and
Certification. According to the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of
Uzbekistan № 373 of August 5, 2004, the main objectives of the Uzstandard
are:
To achieve the objectives related to
certification process “Uzstandard” fulfills following functions:
·
Implements state policy in the field of certification;
·
Establishes general rules and the order for certification of products,
services, systems for monitoring of quality in compliance with international
norms and standards;
·
Works out proposals for further improvement of the system of certification in
Uzbekistan and presents them for consideration to the Cabinet of Ministers of
the Republic of Uzbekistan;
·
In conformity with the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan takes
decisions regarding joining international certification systems and also
concludes agreements for the mutual acknowledgement of the certification
results;
·
Represents the Republic of Uzbekistan in the mutual relations with the other
states and also in the international organizations on certification matters;
·
In conformity with the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan
determines the list of products subject to obligatory certification;
· Accredits bodies certifying homogenous products, testing laboratories (centers), supervising bodies in the area of certification and experts-auditors on quality;
·
Provides guidance for the National certification System of the Republic of
Uzbekistan;
·
Exercises state monitoring over observance of the legislation related to
mandatory certification of the products, works and services;
·
Maintains State Register of the Certification System for homogeneous products,
certified products, systems for controlling quality;
· Cancels and suspends certificates of conformity and marks of conformity, cancels licenses accreditation of certification bodies, ceases the work of testing laboratories for breaking the rules of certification.
Agency “Uzstandard” fulfills its
objectives and functions directly and through its regional departments as well
as other organizations and institutions under its authority. The activities of
“Uzstandard” are financed by the state budget and fees that the agency charges
for its services.
2. Current Legislation
Main legislative, normative and legal acts:
·
Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On Certification of Products and Services”;
·
Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the Consumers Rights Protection”;
·
Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the Foodstuffs Quality and Safety”;
·
Decree No. 409 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated
August 8, 1994 “On adoption of the product list subject to mandatory
certification, certification
procedures, import to the territory of Uzbekistan and export from its
territory of goods for which certification of their safety is required”;
·
Decree No. 373 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated
August 5, 2004 “On improvement of the
structure and activities of the Uzbek Agency for Standardization,
Metrology and Certification”;
· Decree No 343 of the Cabinet
of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated March 10, 2002 “On measures
for improvement of the certification, standardization, and metrology systems
related to products and services”;
·
Decree No. 427 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated
December 5, 2002 “On implementation of measures aimed at improvement of
procedure for importing consumer goods to the Republic of Uzbekistan”;
·
Decree No. 318 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan
dated July 6, 2004 “On additional measures for simplifying product
certification procedures”;
·
Basic Normative documents of the National System of Certification (NSC).
3. Mandatory Certification vs. Voluntary
Declaration of Conformity
Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan N0 318 defines a
list of products subject to mandatory certification, as well as those which
compliance can be confirmed with the declaration of conformity.
THE LIST
OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO MANDATORY CERTIFICATION
|
Name |
TN VED Code |
|
Meat and food meat by-products,
including packed ones |
0201-:-0210*) |
|
Fish and crustaceans, mollusks and others aquatic invertebrates |
0301-:-0307*) |
|
Dairy products (except for stoked milk);
bird eggs (except for incubatory eggs); natural honey; food products of animal origin
(foodstuff only) |
0401-:-0406, 0407,
0408 (Except for 0408
11 200, 0408 19 200, 0408
91 200, 0408 99 200), 0409 |
|
Animal intestines, bubbles and stomachs
(except for fish), whole or in pieces, fresh, cooled, frozen, salty, brined,
dried or smoked |
0504 00 000*) |
|
Vegetables and some edible root and
tuber crops |
0701-:-0714*) |
|
Edible fruits and nuts; peels and roots
of citruses or melons |
0801-:-0814*) |
|
Coffee, tea and spices |
0901-:-0910*) |
|
Cereals |
1001-:-1008*) |
|
Products of a floor-grinding and cereal
industry; malt; starch; insulin; wheaten gluten |
1101-:-1109 00 000*) |
|
Olive seeds and fruits; other seeds,
fruits and grain; herbs and plants for technical purposes; straw and fodder |
1202 |
|
Vegetable juices and extracts;
pectinaceous substances, pectins and pectats; agar-agar and vegetable
thickeners, modified or not modified |
1302 |
|
Animal or vegetable fats and oils,
products of their splitting, prepared food fats; animal or vegetable waxes |
1501 00-:-1522 |
|
Ready products of meat, fishes or crustaceans or other aquatic
invertebrates |
1601-:-1605 |
|
Sugar and confectionery products thereof
|
1701-:-1704*) |
|
Cocoa and confectionery products thereof |
1801-:-1806 |
|
Ready products of cereals, flours,
starch or milk, flour confectionery products |
1901-:-1905 |
|
Processed products of vegetables,
fruits, nuts and other parts of plants |
2001-:-2009*) |
|
Miscellaneous foodstuff |
2101-:-2106 |
|
Alcoholic and soft drinks, vinegar |
2201-:-2209 |
|
Food, culinary and semi-finished
products being made by public catering establishments for the population |
Made of the
products named in commodity positions from 0201 to 2106 |
|
Tobacco and tobacco industrial
substitutes |
2401*) 2402-:-2403 |
|
Salt (table salt only) |
2501 00 100 2501 00 91 |
|
Kaolin, marble, granite, gravel, cement,
asbestos, and other mineral products |
2506-:-2530*) |
|
Mineral fuel, oil and products of their
distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
2701-:-2705 00 000 2707 2710-:-2716 00 000 |
|
Acyclic and cyclic hydrocarbons (only
for products used as fuel) |
2901-:-2902 |
|
Sulfanomides, provitamins, vitamins,
hormones, glycosides and vegetable alcaloids, antibiotics |
2935-:-2939 2941 |
|
Pharmaceuticals |
3001-:-3006 |
|
Fertilizers |
3101-:-3105 |
|
Volatile oils and resinoids; perfumery,
cosmetic or toilet means |
3301-:-3307 |
|
Soap, surface-active organic substances,
washing-up liquids, lubricants, artificial and ready waxes, cleaning or
polishing solutions, candles and similar products, molding pastes,
plasticines, dental surgery waxes and dental surgery solutions on the basis
of plaster |
3401-:-3407 |
|
Explosives; pyrotechnic products;
matches; pyrophoric alloys; some combustible substances |
3601 00 000 3602 00 000 3604 3605 00 000 |
|
Photographic plates, flat films (for
medical purposes) |
3701 10 100 |
|
Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides,
herbicides |
3808 |
|
Fire-resistant cements |
3816 00 000 |
|
Brake liquids, antifreezes |
3819 00 000 3820 00 000 |
|
Plastic products (pipes, tubes,
fittings, floor coverings, plates, sheets, films, sanitary-engineering
products, foodstuff-contacting packages, table and kitchen utensils for
foodstuff) |
3917-:-3923 30 909*) |
|
Pipes, hoses, pneumatic tires and cases,
rubber inner tires, hygienic products, surgical gloves |
4009 4011 4013, 4014 4015 11 000 |
|
Wood-chip and wood-fiber boards,
impregnated with pitches; glued plywood |
4410-:-4412*) |
|
Barrels, kegs, vats, tubs and other
cooper’s products, table and kitchen wooden accessories (contacting to
foodstuff) |
4416*) 4419*) |
|
Natural cork products |
4503 10*) |
|
Hygienic paper products, paper and
cardboard used for filtering and packaging foodstuff, tissue paper,
wallpaper, paper utensils for foodstuff |
4803 4805 30 4805 40 000 4806 4812 00 000*) 4813*) 4814*) 4818*) 4819*) 4823 20 000*) 4823 60*) |
|
Cotton fiber, cotton fiber fabrics |
5201 5203 00 000, 5208-:-5212 |
|
Cotton wool from textile materials and
products thereof for use in hygienic purposes and in medicine |
5601 10-:-5601 22 |
|
Textile-based linoleum, floor coverings |
5904 |
|
Knitted clothes of machine or manual
knitting (children's assortment) |
6105 6111 6112 6115 |
|
Clothes (except for knitted) of machine
and manual knitting (children's assortment) |
6207-:-6211 |
|
Footwear and similar products
(children's assortment) (ready footwear only) |
6401-:-6405 |
|
Panels, plates, tiles agglomerated by
mineral binding substances; plaster plates and panels, products from cement,
concrete and asbestos cement; brake pads |
6808 00 000 6809-:-6811*) 6813 10*) |
|
Pottery (bricks, blocks, plates, ceramic
pipes, tiles for floors and furnaces, ceramic laboratory utensils, baths,
bowls, toilets, table and kitchen utensils) |
6901-:-6903*) 6904-:-6912*) 6914*) |
|
Safe automotive glass, glass containers
for foodstuff and medicines, table and kitchen utensils, glass utensils for
laboratory, hygienic and pharmaceutical purposes |
7007 7008 7010 7013*) 7017 |
|
Reservoirs, tanks, vessels;
ferrous-metal tanks for gases and liquids; cooking furnaces (deep fryers,
roasters) on gas, liquid and firm fuel; table and kitchen products |
7309 00-:-7310*) 7311 00*) 7321*) 7323*) 7324 10 900-:-7324
29 000*) 7324 21 000*) |
|
Copper products (household cooking
appliances, table and kitchen products |
7417 00 000*) 7418*) |
|
Table and kitchen aluminum products |
7615-7616*) |
|
Cutlery products, spoons and forks,
kitchen sets and other table and kitchen devices |
8215*) |
|
Nuclear reactors, steam boilers,
internal combustion engines, turbojet water-turbines, power-plants, liquid
and air pumps, compressors, fans and exhaust cases, air conditioning
installations, burners, industrial or laboratory furnaces and chambers,
refrigerators and deep-freezers, sterilizers, distillers, centrifuges, dish
washers, commodity-weighing equipment, elevating tackles and lifts, various
types elevating cranes, auto-loaders, cargo machines and devices,
agricultural machines, road equipment, installations and devices for
agriculture, livestock farming and cooking, weaving looms, copiers, vending
machines |
8401 8402-:-8402 20 000 8403-:- 8403 10
900 8405-:-8405 10 000 8407 8413-:-8413 82 000 8414-:-8414 80 900 8415-:-8415 83 900 8416-:-8416 30 000 8417-:-8417 80 900 8418-:-8418 69 8419-:-8419 89 8421-:-8421 39 8422-:-8422 40 000 8423-:-8424 89 8425-:-8430 69 000 8432-:-8432 80 000 8433-:-8433 60 900 8434-:-8434 20 000 8435-:-8435 10 900 8436-:-8436 80 990 8437-:-8437 80 000 8438-:-8438 80 990 8439-:- 8439 30
000 8440 -:-8440 10
900 8444-:-8447 90 000 8450-:- 8450 20
000 8452-:-8452 29 000 8471-:-8471 41 8472 10 000 8476 -:-8476 89
000 8481 |
|
Electric machines and equipment; AC
engines and generators, accumulators, industrial furnaces and chambers, microphones,
phones, electric home appliances, electric water heaters; sound-recording and
sound-reproducing equipment, TV- recording and reproducing equipment,
electronic lamps and tubes, filament lamps, insulated wires and fittings |
8501-:- 8502 40
900 8504-:-8504 50 900 8507-:-8507 80 990 8508-:-8508 80 900 8509-:-8509 30 000 8514-:-8514 40 000 8515-:-8515 80 990 8516-:-8516 80 990 8517-:-8517 80 900 8518-:-8518 50 900 8519-:-8519 40 000 8521-:-8521 90 000 8525-:-8525 30 900 8526-:-8528 30 900 8530-:-8530 80 000 8531-:- 8531 10
800 8535-:-8537 20 990 8539-:-8539 49300 8540-:-8540 89 900 8544-:-8544 70 000 8546-:-8547 90 000 |
|
Means of ground transport (tractors,
automotive vehicles, bicycles, motorcycles, mopeds, carriages, trailers and
semi-trailers) |
8701-:-8708 39 900 8708 70 8708 94-:-8708 99
500 8709-:-8709 19 900 8711-:-8713 90 000 8715 00 100 8716-:-8716 80 000 |
|
Medical or surgical precision optical
tools and devices; measuring and control instruments |
9001 10 9008 9009 9015-:-9015 80 900 9016 00-:-9016 00
100 9017-:-9017 80 900 9018-:-9022 90 900 9024-:-9024 80 990 9025-:-9025 80 990 9026-:-9026 80 990 9027-:-9027 90 900 9028-:-9028 30 900 9029-:-9029 20 900 9030-:- 9030 89
990 9031-:-9031 80 990 9032-:-9032 89 900 |
|
Weapons and ammunitions |
9303 9304 9306 |
|
Furniture (except for custom-made
furniture); lamps and lighting equipment, not named or not included in the
other positions |
9401-:-9401 80 000 9403-:-9403 80 000 9405-:-9405 60 990 |
|
Children’s toys and games |
9501-:-9503 90 990 |
Any product can be
subjected to voluntary certification under the initiative of a legal entity and
private individual to assure its conformity to the requirements of normative
documents. The legal entities and private individuals, accredited in the order
established by Uzstandard have the right to conduct voluntary certification.
The voluntary certification systems, determining the rules and order of
certification can be established by accredited bodies as agreed upon with
Uzstandard.
4. Effect of international certification/standardization
laws and regulations on Uzbekistan certification system
During recent years
Uzbekistan has made considerable progress in harmonization of technical
standards with the rules and principles of the WTO. However,
the current legal
system entails excessive number of mandatory requirements and regulations regarding
the quality of products and services, which according to the WTO rules can
potentially create technical barriers for exports from foreign countries,
raises concerns. Moreover, the
lack of application of international standards quality certification
requirements substantially slows down the development of potentially strong
export industries of Uzbekistan. According to Uzbek legislation, if the
international treaty or agreement establishes other rules, than stipulated by
the legislation on certification, the rules of the international treaty or
agreement should be used.
Uzbekistan has signed international agreements on recognition of certificates of conformity with:
- Turkey
- States-members of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States in the framework of multilateral agreement on conducting coordinated policy in the area of standardization, metrology, and certification, dated by March 13, 1992.
5. Brief overview of Standardization and
Accreditation Systems as relates to Certification and Conformity Assessment
processes
Uzstandard plays an important role in
functioning standardization and accreditation systems as these relate to
certification and conformity assessment processes too:
II. CERTIFICATION PROCESS BASED ON COMMODITY
TYPE
1. Certificate of Conformity
Registration of the certificate of conformity is carried out by
certification bodies.
The applicant may independently choose a certification body. At any
moment, the applicant has the right to request, and certification bodies are
obliged to give under the first requirement the following documents:
a) The list or an extract from the list of kinds of products subject to
mandatory certification of conformity;
b) Rules of similar product certification covered by its sphere of
accreditation;
c) The price-list (tariffs) for certification services;
d) The document confirming accreditation with the authorized state body.
For registering the certificate of conformity on a manufactured product,
the applicant should file an application to the certification body. The
following documents should be attached to application:
The following documents are needed for certification of imported
products:
For the purposes of certification, the official copies of normative
documents on standardization, certified with the “Uzstandard” agency, should be
submitted to certification bodies; in other cases, including for own needs,
there can be used not certified copies.
If it is requested in the application, the certification body may begin
certification works with even without a copy of the hygienic certificate
(veterinary and phytosanitary conclusions). In this case, the certification
body has the right to issue the certificate of conformity only after submission
of all the necessary copies of documents with positive conclusions. In a
two-day time from the date of submission of the application, the certification
body should visit the site and take samples and identify them to carry out
certification tests. The number of samples, the order of sampling, the rules of
identification and storage are established in the normative documents for the
product.
The applicant has the right to be present when sampling and testing of
the product takes place. Thus, the laboratory shall take confidentiality
measures. Responsibility for the storage, quality and reliability of testing
the samples shall be born by the laboratory (center) accredited with the
“Uzstandard”. Test protocols should be signed by responsible experts and
approved by the head of the laboratory.
The applicant may submit to the certification body additional documents
about the product testing in accredited laboratories. If the product has been
tested under separate parameters in different testing laboratories, the
availability of all necessary reports with the positive results of testing is
considered as a positive assessment of the product conformity to applicable
requirements.
In case of non-existence in Uzbekistan of the normative documents on the
imported products subject to mandatory certification, the certification tests
under quality and safety parameters should be carried out in conformity with
requirements for similar kinds of products. If an applicant has not submitted a
necessary normative document or safety characteristics on the imported product,
the certification of the given product should be carried out according to
procedures for similar kinds of products or on the basis of the hygienic
certificate.
Negative results of laboratory tests, as well as submission of an
incomplete set of documents are the basis for refusal in issuing the
certificate of conformity. However, the certification body should inform the
applicant about refusal in written form with reference to the concrete norms of
legislation. The applicant can appeal against refusal according to existing
order.
According to legislation, on the basis of submitted documents and
positive test results, the certification body should issue a certificate of
conformity within two working days. The certificate of conformity should be
issued for the imported product for the term of the product’s warranty period,
and for a serially made product - for 3 years.
To issue the certificate of conformity for serially manufactured
products, the certification body with the aim of attesting availability of
conditions for serial production of the product shall inspect the facilities
for production. As a result of this inspection the certification body writes a
report to be used in making decision whether to issue the certificate of
conformity. The inspection period shouldn’t exceed 10 working days from the
moment of sampling for tests. A fee is charged for carrying out the inspection,
the amount of which depends on the time actually spent and other relevant
charges/expenses.
The certificate of conformity for these types of products should be within
5 working days from the moment the certification body receives the results of
the inspection. The certifications body, which issued the certificate of
conformity on a serially made product, should conduct inspections of the
certified product not less than once a year with the aim of assuring its
conformity to the requirements established at certification.
The order of payment for laboratory tests, registration and issuance of
the certificate of conformity, the amount of license deductions is set by “Uzstandard”
agency in coordination with the Ministry of Finance.
Below is a SAMPLE blank form of the certificate of conformity:
Blank
Form of Certificate of Conformity
NATIONAL SYSTEM OF
CERTIFICATION OF UZBEKISTAN
____________________________________________________________
(1)
____________________________________________________________
(Name
of Certification Body and Address)
(2) N
CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY
Registered in State Log
(3) “date” _____month______________ 200__ year
N _______________________________________
(4) Valid till
“date”
month________
200__ г.
(5) ОКP Code________________________________
(6) HS Code____
_____________________________
(7)
________________________________________________________________
(enterprise,
firm, producer country)
This certificate attests
that product presented for certification (8)
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(name, type, brand, model)
conforms
to requirements of normative documentation (9) _________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Applicant (manufacturer, seller) (10)___________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(address)
Certificate
is issues on the basis:
а)
documents (11)______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
б)
testing
of samples
(12)_______________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
в)
examination
of production process
(13)________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Inspection
supervision is conducted by (14) _______________________
Special
remarks (15)____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Head
of certification body
(16)
_______________ _______________
(signature) (Last name, fathers name, first name)
2. Hygienic, Phytosanitary and Ecological Certificates
Hygienic, veterinary, phytosanitary and ecological certificates
(conclusions) should be issued in cases when there are hygienic, veterinary,
phytosanitary or ecological requirements for the products to be certified.
To receive the hygienic certificate, the applicant should file an
application to the territorial body of State Sanitary Supervision. A copy of the
normative document for the manufactured product should be attached to the
application (this could be an interstate standard - GOST, Uzbekistan’s state
standard - ОzDSt, technical specifications - ТSh; for foodstuff - a
technological instruction and a recipe approved by the Ministry of Health of
Uzbekistan). To receive the hygienic certificate for an imported product, an
applicant should additionally submit copies of the following documents:
·
A copy of the
shipping documentation with information regarding arrival of the goods into
customs territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan (a commodity-transport waybill,
invoice, bill).
·
Certificate of
origin (in cases when there is no reliable proof of origin of goods).
In cases of production or import of products related to application new
(not tested earlier) food additives,
special biologically active substances or production technologies designed to
produce food raw materials and foodstuffs, the territorial body of state
sanitary supervision should request a special permit from Ministry of Health of
Uzbekistan. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan should issue
permit within 3 working days. A fee not exceeding the amount of 10 minimal
monthly wages to compensate expenses related to carrying out of laboratory
tests will be levied.
After the analysis of submitted documents, the territorial body of state
sanitary supervision should take samples of the product for laboratory testing
and inspecting the product by making site visit. Product tests for finding out
hygienic parameters are to be carried out by the laboratories of territorial
bodies of State Sanitary Supervision accredited with Uzbekistan’s national
accreditation system.
In case of the animal or vegetable product, the territorial body of State
Sanitary Supervision not later the next day from the date of reception of
documents from the applicant should refer to the authorized bodies on issuance
of veterinary or phytosanitary conclusions. The veterinary or phytosanitary
conclusion is issued by the regional (city) bodies of State Veterinary
Supervision or the bodies of the State Service for Plant Quarantine. The body
of state veterinary supervision has the right to issue the
isolation-restrictive actions (quarantine) for the period up to 20 days. Thus,
the procedure of issuing the veterinary conclusion should be suspended until
the termination of the quarantine term. According to legislation, the
preparation and issuance of veterinary or phytosanitary conclusion should not
take more than three working days. A fee not exceeding the amount of 1 minimal
monthly wage to compensate expenses related to issuance veterinary or
phytosanitary certificate will be levied.
The Uzbek legislation says that registration and issuance of the hygienic
certificate, including the receipt of veterinary and phytosanitary conclusions,
should not take more than 14 working days. A fee not exceeding the amount of 10
minimal monthly wages to compensate expenses related issuance of hygienic will
be levied by suing the by the territorial bodies of State Sanitary Supervision.
Hygienic certificates for manufactured products are valid for 3 years.
The term validity of hygienic certificate on an imported product coincides with
product’s expiry date.
The accredited laboratories are not allowed to carry out the duplicating
tests. Refusal in issuing the hygienic certificate or the phytosanitary and
veterinary conclusions can be appealed against by the applicant in a prescribed
order.
III. WHAT TO EXPECT DURING CERTIFICATION PROCESS
The procedure of certification for each kind of
similar products is defined by the corresponding certification rules registered
with the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan.
A change of product design or
external characteristics which are not influencing the safety characteristics
attested during earlier certification process, does not entail an additional
certification.
Certification should be carried out, as a rule, in two stages. The first
stage includes registration of the hygienic certificate in the bodies of State
Sanitary Supervision, accredited with the "Uzstandard” agency, with simultaneous registration (in case if this
is needed) of veterinary and phytosanitary conclusions with the bodies of State
Veterinary Supervision and the State Service for Plant Quarantine. Thus, a
legal entity or individual applying for certification has the right:
The second stage consists of the issuance of the certificate of
conformity by certification bodies.
After receipt of written application of entrepreneurs, certification
bodies have the right to render agency services on certification and obtaining
all necessary certificates/conclusions from the bodies of State Sanitary
Supervision, at the bodies of State Veterinary Supervision and the State
Service for Plants Quarantine, as well as at the state bodies of Nature
Preservation.
Thus, certification bodies shall bear responsibility, as well as
liability for the correctness of sampling and their submission to the
corresponding state bodies. The deadline for registration and issuance of the
certificate of conformity is set from 10 working days to 1 month from the
moment of submission of all the necessary documents depending on a degree of
complexity, labor intensiveness and peculiarities of testing procedures.
IV. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. Packaging, marking, labeling requirements
According to resolution of Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan as of December 5, 2002, following imported products are subject to mandatory marking/labeling in the state language:
LIST OF IMPORTED
CONSUMENT GOODS SUBJECT TO MANDATORY LABELING IN STATE LANGUAGE
|
№ |
Product |
Code |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1 |
All types of foodstuff that have retail packaging |
0401- 0410, 0901 -0910 |
|
|
|
1101-1109, 1201-1212, |
|
|
|
1501-1517,160100-1605, |
|
|
|
1701, 1702, 1704,1806, |
|
|
|
1901-1905,2001-2009, |
|
|
|
2101-2106,2201-2209, |
|
|
|
2402 - 2403, 250100100, 25010091 |
|
2 |
Drugs and medicines |
2936,3003 - 3006 |
|
3 |
Mineral or chemical fertilizers in packaging |
3105 |
|
4 |
Dying substances, paints and lacquer |
3204,3206,3207,3208 - 3214 |
|
5 |
Perfume and toilet water, cosmetic products |
3303 - 3307 |
|
6 |
Household chemical goods |
3401, 3402, 3506 |
|
7 |
Pyrotechnic goods |
3604 |
|
8 |
Filming and photo products |
3701 -3707 |
|
9 |
Insecticides, disinfecting products, brake fluids, antifreezes |
3808, 3819,3820 |
|
10 |
Electronics, tv-video equipment, mobile phones |
8415 (except 841581100, 841581901, |
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841582100, 841583100, 841590100) |
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841810 (except 841810100), 841821- |
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841829000, 841840(except |
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841840100), 842211000, 842310100, |
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8450 (except 845090000), 845210, |
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846721-846722, 8471 (except civil
aviation), |
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8509, 8510. |
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8516,8517-8521,8525 20 910- |
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8525 40, 8527, 8528 |
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11 |
Toys |
9503. 9504 |
Certification works on
the homogeneous product certification are executed by the Republican Center for Testing and
Certification with territorial subdivisions and more than 70 accredited bodies. The Department of the
Technical Policy in the field of the conformance acknowledgement
performs coordination and general guidance of the work in the field of
certification.
2. Useful
contacts:
1. Agency
Uzstandard
Mr.Buriev Rahimberdy Akhmedovich
General Director
Mr. Abduvaliev Abdukahhor Abdulkhaevich
Deputy General Director
Mr. Khusanov Rustam Tuychievich
Deputy General Director
Farobiy str., 333 “А”
Tashkent, 700049, Uzbekistan
Tel.: (998-71) 144-96-01, 46-85-07, 46-19-61
Fax: (998-71) 144-80-28, 144-80-29, 144-80-31
E-mail: uzst@standart.uz
2. Research
Institute of Standardization, Metrology and Certification (RISMC)
Director: Mr. Latipov Vafo
Bahranovich
Chopon Ota, building 9 “В”,
Tashkent, 700059,
Uzbekistan
Telephone: (998 -712) 53-85-67,
53-85-26
Fax: (998- 712) 53-85-55
Email: metrolog@albatros.uz
3. Republic Center for
Testing and Certification
Director: Mr. Jabbarov Rustam Ravshanovich
Farobiy str., 333 “А”,
Tashkent, 700049, Uzbekistan
Telephone: (998-71) 144-66-01, 49-38-56
Email: sertcenter@standart.uz
4. Center for the
Metrological Services Rendering
Director: Mr. Zhebrovskiy Stanislav Konstantinovich
Farobiy str., 333 “А”
Tashkent, 700049, Uzbekistan
Telephone: (998-712) 49-38-58
Email: metrolog@sarkor.uz
5. The Center of the Legal
Standards of the Republic of Uzbekistan (CLS RUz)
Director: Mr. Khakimov Ortogali Sharipovich
Farobiy str., 333 “А”
Tashkent, 700049 Uzbekistan
Telephone: (998 712) 49-35-08
Email: nscenter@standart.uz
6. “Information and inquiry
center” Unitary enterprise of agency “Uzstandart”
Director: Mr. Ismailov Anvar Hashimovich.
Farobiy str., 333 “А”,
Tashkent 700049 Uzbekistan
Telephone: (998 712) 46-83-38
Email: infocenter@standart.uz
7. The Center of the Bar
Coding
Director: Sabirov Marat Zairovich
Chopon-Ota str., building 9 «В»
Tashkent, 700059, Uzbekistan
Telephone: (998 712) 53-80-70
8. “Uzintertek Testing Services”
Uzbek-British Joint Venture
25, Amir Timur Str. (Minmotazhspecstroy Bldg), 7th Floor
Tashkent, 700000, Uzbekistan
Tel:(998) 71 134 88 83
Fax:(998) 71 134 17 73
E-mail: maruf.rustamov@intertek.com
Web site: http://www.intertek-fts.com
9. “Control Union International”
32a, Abdullaev Str.,
Tashkent, 700007, Uzbekistan
Tel: (998 71) 169 18 27
Fax: (998 71) 169
18 29
Email: control.unionuzb@online.ru
FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
BISNIS Representative in Uzbekistan
Mr. Jahangir Kakharov
Uzbekistan Banking Association Building
12th Floor
1, Khodjaeva Street,
Tashkent 700027
Uzbekistan
Phone: 998711386976
FAX: 998711386977
Email: bisnis.tashkent@bcc.com.uz
*) Supplier’s declaration of conformity. In
importing products, the supplier’s declaration can be only used at presence of
a mutual agreement on recognition of declarations of conformity between the
Republic of Uzbekistan and a country of product origin (or between the bodies
authorized by them).
*) Supplier’s declaration of conformity. In
importing products, the supplier’s declaration can be only used at presence of
a mutual agreement on recognition of declarations of conformity between the
Republic of Uzbekistan and a country of product origin (or between the bodies
authorized by them).
*) Supplier’s declaration of conformity. In
importing products, the supplier’s declaration can be only used at presence of
a mutual agreement on recognition of declarations of conformity between the
Republic of Uzbekistan and a country of product origin (or between the bodies
authorized by them).
*) Supplier’s declaration of conformity. In
importing products, the supplier’s declaration can be only used at presence of
a mutual agreement on recognition of declarations of conformity between the
Republic of Uzbekistan and a country of product origin (or between the bodies
authorized by them).
*) Supplier’s declaration of conformity. In
importing products, the supplier’s declaration can be only used at presence of
a mutual agreement on recognition of declarations of conformity between the
Republic of Uzbekistan and a country of product origin (or between the bodies
authorized by them).
*) Supplier’s declaration of conformity. In
importing products, the supplier’s declaration can be only used at presence of
a mutual agreement on recognition of declarations of conformity between the
Republic of Uzbekistan and a country of product origin (or between the bodies
authorized by them).