Textile (Clothes, Shoes & Accessories)

When going to supply your textile products to Customs Union (CU) countries (current Eurasian Economic Union - EAEU), you need to apply for the relevant approval procedure. In other words, you need to confirm the quality of the applied products and obtain the EAC mark. This marking is relevant for all EAEU countries such as Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan.

MAIN REGULATIVE DOCUMENTS:

There are two main regulative documents for textile products:

• TR CU "On the safety of products intended for children and teenagers" (ТR EAEU 007/2011)
• TR CU "On the safety of light industry products" (ТR EAEU 017/2011)

Both assume two approval forms – the EAC certificate or EAC Declaration. The necessary form can be determined depending on the age group and clothing type (t-shirt, skirt, blouse, trousers, dress, coat, scarf, etc.). The CoC/DoC can combine several product types.

TR CU 007/2011 APPLICATION FIELD:

TR CU "On the safety of products intended for children and teenagers" (ТR CU 007/2011) applies to all textile products for children up to 14 years and for teenagers from 14 to 18 years old.

This regulation also assumes the additional approval form such as SGR Certificate, sometimes called hygienic approval. SGR is required for the following products:

1. Woven and knitted underwear for children up to 3 years;
2. Knitted hosiery for children up to 3 years;
3. Summer hats for children up to 3 years.

TR CU 017/2011 APPLICATION FIELD:

TR CU "On the safety of light industry products" (ТR CU 017/2011) is applied to

1. Textile materials;
2. Apparel and knitwear;
3. Machine-made carpeting;
4. Leather and textile accessories;
5. Felt and nonwoven materials;
6. Shoes;
7. Fur and fur products;
8. Leather and leather products;
9. American cloth.

BASIC INQUIRY INFO:

In order to understand the scope of certification procedures, the information about the composition and functional group of each applied product is required because this determines the necessary amount of tests and samples.

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS:

According to the Customs Union Technical Regulation, the applied products should be classified into functional groups (sometimes called clothing layers):

• The 1st group includes clothes and products that have direct contact with the user's skin, such as underwear and bedding, corsetry and swimwear, summer hats, hosiery, handkerchiefs, and headscarves.
• The 2nd group includes clothing products that have limited contact with the skin, such as dresses, blouses, shirts, pants, skirts, unlined suits, sweaters, jumpers, hats (except summer), mittens, gloves, and hosiery products of the autumn-winter range.
• The 3rd group includes coats, short coats, jackets, raincoats, lined suits, newborn envelopes, and other products usually worn over the 2nd layer textile products.

WHO CAN APPLY FOR CERTIFICATION:

In accordance with the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union, the manufacturer can apply for certification only through a Customs Union residential company. It means that a Russian, Kazakhstan, or other CU country company should bear responsibility for the product's quality based on a Local Representative Agreement. Ves Testing & Certification can also act as your representative, so you can easily supply certified products through various importers with one set of approval documents.

Looking forward to receiving your inquiries through info@ves-certification.com with basic information on your products:

• Product type,
• Composition,
• HS code.