Before Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan decided, in 2010, to establish a common customs union with uniform technical production and product standards, these countries had their own, sometimes different technical standards, which had to be complied with in the production of goods.Exporters also had a hard time – If you wanted to export one and the same product to these three countries, you also needed three different certificates.

In 2010, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan laid the foundation for a unified standards system, which became effective in 2014: EAC (= Eurasian Conformity). The EAC certificate now replaces the previously required import certificates of GOST-R for Russia, GOST-K for Kazakhstan and BelST for Belarus.

Why is it important to obtain an EAC for your product?

The acronym EAC itself, meaning “Eurasian Conformity,” clearly emphasises the adherence of a product to the common technical benchmarks established and adopted by the member states comprising the Eurasian Union. 

And after the establishment of the Customs Union system, it was determined which industrial branches will be included in this scope, and all technical regulations within this framework were established. According to these technical regulations, a representation system with authority over the certificate should be established in the territory of these member states.The representation system referred to as Zayivitel in the regulation is mandatory. A certificate is issued on behalf of the buyer or representative system in the relevant member country.The name of the manufacturer is only mention on the producer part.  The EAC Certificate is usually given for 5 years and 4 years for some different situations. And since it is a printed document, it cannot be added or removed later.

What is ARC Profitest can bring to you.

As a Russian certification body authorized by the Customs Union, Profitest,certificate number RA.RU.11HB07, a subsidiary of ARC Technology, has been widely serving local Russian companies as well as automotive manufacturers from Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea aiming to enter the Eurasian Economic Union region since its establishment. 

It possesses extensive certification service experience in the fields of the Eurasian Economic Union and Central Asian certification. In the first quarter of 2025, Profitest engineers, with their professional work attitude, assisted multiple manufacturers, including Audi, Honda, Dongfeng, Foton, Changan, Kia, Opel, and Dongfeng Peugeot, in obtaining EAC certificates, thereby supporting overseas auto parts manufacturers in entering the Russian market.