Exemption letter is an official document issued by the relevant authority where it is said that the goods are don’t fall into the category of objects of the obligatory government control. More often the questions concerning the necessity of the obligatory certification of any products, their sanitary and epidemiological assessment, obligatory fire certification and obligatory declaration of conformity arise.
The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Gosstandart) has specified the List of products that can be imported into the RF territory without the submission of GOST Russia Certificate of Conformity:
- Second-hand articles;
- Products imported as spare parts for earlier imported into the customs area of the RF certified finished supplies (on condition of the submission of conformity certificate copies for the earlier imported above-mentioned finished supplies and the confirmation that these spare parts are used in the manufacture process of finished supplies and are entered into the construction documentation), as well as the obligation to use spare parts only for the complete set of above-indicated finished supplies or for their maintenance and repair;
- Products imported as specimens for testing for the purposes of certification;
- Products imported by individuals and not meant for the manufacturing or other business activities (except for the import in excess of the established cost and quantitative quotas);
- Products destined for the official use by foreign state missions and international inter-governmental organizations, as well as for their staff.
For the purpose of taking the issue on pertaining of products to the objects under control completely off the table EXPERT-GROUP, Ltd. can offer you the exemption letter execution by the All-Russian Research Institute for Certification (VNIIS) as organization that is responsible for the development and issuing of Range of products and services (works) in respect of which the legislative acts of the Russian Federation provide for the obligatory certification, as well as the Range of products which conformity can be certified by the Declaration of Conformity. Precisely the VNIIS Letter is used for the unique solution of questions by the customs offices. We also can provide you with letters from different certifying bodies according to their accreditation scope including on questions of the certification in the field of fire safety. We also execute letters from the Federal Supervision Agency for Customer Protection and Human Welfare confirming that the given products don’t require the sanitary and epidemiological assessment. Our company renders services for obtaining of exemption letters, renders an advisory opinion free of charge and helps to know all the ins and outs of the certification procedure.
