STATE COMMITTEE for STANDARDIZATION of the REPUBLIC of BELARUS

2 Institutions Department for Construction Inspection and Surveillance Inspectorates of Gosstroynadzor BelGISS BelGIM BGIPK Belgos- expertiza Regional enterprises Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus Gosstandart of the Republic of Belarus Department of Energy Efficiency Administrations for Energy Supervision, enterprises Testing and Certification Centre Regional CSMC (15)

3 MAIN OBJECTIVES – technical regulation, standardization, metrology and conformity assessment – efficient use of fuel and energy resources in all spheres of economy Conduct of common governmental policy in Implementation of governmental surveillance of – technical regulations observance – metrological supervision of – design and construction works – rational use of fuel, electric and heat energy

4 LEGISLATIVE BASIS «On technical regulation and standardization» «On conformity assessment with the requirements of technical normative legal acts in the field of technical regulation and standardization» «On ensuring of uniformity of measurements» Laws of the Republic of Belarus ARE BASED on WTO Agreements, Code of good practice for the preparation, adoption and application of standards, OIML documents

5 Legal Acts Laws of the Republic of Belarus «On protection of customers rights» «On quality and safety of food raw material and foodstuffs for human life and health» «On trade» «Code of the Republic of Belarus on administrative violations»

6 DECREE of the President of the Republic of Belarus DECREE of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 16th October 2009 No. 510 Improvement of control (inspection) activities in the Republic of Belarus

7 In order to improve the control (surveillance) activity in the Republic of Belarus and create the unified order of its realization I enact: To approve: Regulation on order of organization and carrying out of inspections (audits); List of control (surveillance) bodies with indication of fields of their control (surveillance) activity; Criteria for association of the management subjects (inspection objects) to the risk (danger) groups;

8 Types of inspections performed by State Surveillance Authorities of Gosstandart: scheduledscheduled unscheduledunscheduled

9 Scheduled inspections: shall be performed in accordance with coordination programmes of inspection activitiesshall be performed in accordance with coordination programmes of inspection activities shall be arranged in accordance with Risk Criteria as follows:shall be arranged in accordance with Risk Criteria as follows: -High-risk group – not more than one time a year -Middle-risk group – not more than one time every three years -Low-risk group – not more than one time every five years

10 Risk criteria, on the basis of which planned inspections are scheduled High risk level: Existing mandatory requirements, that cover the absence of inadmissible risk of harm to human life, health and heredity, property and environment during production, exploitation, storage, transportation and selling of the products or services rendering. Availability of information on the harm to human life, health and heredity, property and environment due to infringement of requirements of technical normative legal acts, absence of documents on quality.

11 Risk criteria, on the basis of which planned inspections are scheduled Medium risk level: Production, exploitation (use), storage,transportation, selling and utilization of products or rendering of services, for which there are assurance requirements for technical and information compatibility, products interchangeability, national safety and rational use of the resources.

12 Risk criteria, on the basis of which planned inspections are scheduled Low risk level: Production, exploitation (use), storage,transportation, selling and utilization of products or rendering of services, that are not related to high and medium risk levels.

13 Unscheduled inspections shall be arranged: by order of President, Presidium of Council of Ministersby order of President, Presidium of Council of Ministers by order of Chair of State Control Committee (or his/her Deputies)by order of Chair of State Control Committee (or his/her Deputies) by order of Prosecutor-General or his/her Deputiesby order of Prosecutor-General or his/her Deputies by order of Chair of Gosstandart, his/her Deputies or Heads of local authorities (within their respective competences)by order of Chair of Gosstandart, his/her Deputies or Heads of local authorities (within their respective competences)

14 Grounds for unscheduled inspections Information on ongoing infringements of pertinent lawsInformation on ongoing infringements of pertinent laws Necessity to perform an additional inspectionNecessity to perform an additional inspection Necessity of quick identification and suppression of infringements of laws (unscheduled subject-specific inspection)Necessity of quick identification and suppression of infringements of laws (unscheduled subject-specific inspection) Follow-up of previously identified infringements (follow-up inspection)Follow-up of previously identified infringements (follow-up inspection) Application of the entity to be inspectedApplication of the entity to be inspected Any other grounds provided for by DecreeAny other grounds provided for by Decree

15 Responsibility for standard requirements infringement Responsibility of economy entities Administrative fines Operative sanctions (selling prohibitions, Prescriptions to withdraw products from sonsumers) Sanctions civil law Employee personal responsibility Criminal Administrative Disciplinary Material

16 System of control and surveilance bodies Gosstandart State customs committee Ministry of agriculture and food Ministry of health Committee of State Control Ministry for taxes and tallages

17 Notification of dangerous products 1.Automated system «ASU-state surveillance» (acts in the republic) 2.Telecommunication system «Dangerous products» (within CIS-countries) 3.Information exchange between surveillance bodies on dangerous products

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19 Thanks for attention Viktor Narygin