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COOMET I/LM/8:2019 Overview on the progress with prepackages control in COOMET

member countries

Approved at the 29th COOMET Committee Meeting (3-4 April 2019, Dresden, Germany).

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

1) Are there re-

quirements for

prepackages es-

tablished in legal

acts together with

the need of their

control by author-

ized state bodies?

Decree of the

Government of

the Republic of

Armenia of Oc-

tober 3,2005

№ 1928-Н "On

the approval of

the Technical

Regulation

concerning the

requirements

for

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages of any

kind during

their manufac-

turing, packag-

ing, selling and

importing”

(hereinafter re-

ferred to as TR

of Armenia)

Law of the Re-

public of Azer-

baijan of

13.06.2013 No.

686-IVQ "On

ensuring the

uniformity of

measurements"

1) Law of the

Republic of

Belarus of

20.07.2006 No.

163-З "On en-

suring the uni-

formity of

measurements"

2) Decree of the

Gosstandart of

the Republic of

Belarus of

07.03.2007 №

17 "On the pro-

cedure of appli-

cation of a

mark to pre-

packages and

its form"

1) Law on Me-

trology: 1998

(under revision)

2) Decree

270:2001 “On

the regulation

of the Law on

Metrology”

(under revision)

3) PDIM

09:2017 “Pro-

cedure of met-

rological con-

trol of pre-

packages, based

on Recommen-

dations: OIML

R87:2016 and

OIML

R79:2015

Law of Geor-

gia

Code on the

Safety of Prod-

ucts and Free

Movement of

May 8, 2012

No. 6157-I

Law of the Re-

public of Ka-

zakhstan "On

ensuring the

uniformity of

measurements"

Article 27

1) Decree of the

Government of

the Kyrgyz Re-

public №136 of

20.02.12.

"Regulation on

the State In-

spectorate for

Ecological and

Technical Safe-

ty".

2) Decree of the

Government of

the Kyrgyz Re-

public No. 350

of 31.05.2012

"On approval of

the Regulation

on the proce-

dure of state

metrological

supervision"

No. 647-XIII of

17.11.1995

Law on Me-

trology. The re-

quirements for

prepackages are

established (Ar-

ticle 14 "Legal

metrological

control of pre-

packages").

1. Federal Law

"On ensuring

the uniformity

of measure-

ments" of

26.06.2008

No.102 as

amended on

18.07.2011

(Article 3)

2. Order of the

Ministry of In-

dustry and

Trade of the

Russian Federa-

tion of

18.07.2017

“On Approval

of the List of

Measurements,

which are sub-

ject to manda-

tory require-

ments for retail

trade and pre-

packaging of

goods”.

Law of the Re-

public of Tajiki-

stan "On ensur-

ing the uni-

formity of

measurements"

No. 435 of

15.05.1997.

Law of the

Ukraine "On

Metrology and

Metrological

Activities", No.

1314-VII of

June 5, 2014

(Article 23)

Law of the Re-

public of Uz-

bekistan "On

Metrology" of

28.12.1993 No.

1004-XII as

amended on

26.05.2000, 2-

25.04.2003, 3-

28.04.2013

2) Is there a na-

tional technical

regulation and/or

standard estab-

lishing unified

technical re-

quirements for the

quantity of goods

in a package?

YES

1. Technical

Regulation

“Require-

ments establish

ed for

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages of any

kind during

their packaging,

selling and im-

porting”

(adopted by the

Decree of the

Government of

the Republic of

Armenia of Oc-

NO YES

STB 8019-2002

"System for en-

suring the uni-

formity of

measurements

of the Republic

of Belarus. Pre-

packages. Gen-

eral require-

ments for the

quantity of

goods";

ТR

2010/004/BY

«Packaged

goods in a

package. Re-

YES

1) NC OIML

R87:2004:2006

(Cuban manda-

tory standard,

being revised

with the aim of

implementation

of the require-

ments of Rec-

ommendation

OIML

R87:2004:2016)

2) NC OIML

R79:2011 (Cu-

ban mandatory

standard, being

revised with the

NO YES

ST RK 2.156-

2009 "Proce-

dure of state

metrological

control of the

quantity of pre-

packaged goods

in packages of

any kind during

their packaging,

selling and im-

porting "

GOST 8. 579-

2002 "State

system for en-

suring the uni-

formity of

measurements.

YES

KMS

8.006:2002

“State system

for ensuring the

uniformity of

measurements

of the Kyrgyz

Republic. Pro-

cedure of state

metrological

supervision of

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages of any

kind during

their packaging

and selling.

YES

Decree of the

Government of

the Republic of

Moldova is

adopted on the

approval of the

General Regu-

lation of Legal

Metrology con-

cerning the es-

tablishment of

rules for nomi-

nal quantities of

prepackages

No. 907 of

04.11.2014

adopting Direc-

tives

YES

GOST 8. 579-

2002 "State

system for en-

suring the uni-

formity of

measurements.

Requirements

established for

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages of any

kind during

their manufac-

turing, packag-

ing, selling and

importing”

NO

but there is an

interstate stand-

ard GOST

8.579-2002

YES

1) Decree of the

Cabinet of Min-

isters of

Ukraine on the

approval of the

Technical Reg-

ulation con-

cerning certain

goods prepack-

aged by weight

or volume into

a finished

package (No.

1193 of

16.12.2015).

Technical regu-

lation is har-

monized with

Standard O'z

DSt 8.022:2002

«State system

for ensuring the

uniformity of

measurements

of the Republic

of Uzbekistan.

General metro-

logical re-

quirements for

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages of any

kind and proce-

dure of state

metrological

control and su-

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

tober 3, 2005

№ 1928-Н

(hereinafter re-

ferred to as TR

RA)

2. GOST 8.579-

2002 Require-

ments estab-

lished for

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages of any

kind during

their manufac-

turing, packag-

ing, selling and

importing

quirements for

the quantity of

goods and

marking»,

01.01.2013.

Abolished as a

technical barri-

er due to entry

of the Republic

of Belarus into

the EEU

aim of imple-

mentation of

the require-

ments of Rec-

ommendation

OIML

R79:2015)

3) NC

108:2012

“Basic standard

for marking

prepackages”

(Cuban manda-

tory standard-

CODEX

STAND 1).

Requirements

established for

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages of any

kind during

their manufac-

turing, packag-

ing, selling and

importing”

General re-

quirements.

Order No. 5 of

14.02.2014

76/211/EEC

and

2007/45/EC

that cancel Di-

rective

75/106/EEC

and

80/232/EEC

amending Di-

rective

76/211/EEC

Directive

76/211/EEC.

2) Order of the

Ministry of

Economic De-

velopment and

Trade of

Ukraine "On

establishing

metrological

requirements

for prepackages

(project) .The

order establish-

es the mandato-

ry compliance

of the manufac-

turer’s prepack-

ages with the

requirements of

the DSTU

OIML R 87.

The anticipated

time frame for

adoption is

2017.

pervision of

their compli-

ance».

3) Are the re-

quirements of the

national technical

regulation and/or

standard accord-

ing to clause 2

mandatory?

YES

1. The require-

ments of the TR

of Armenia are

mandatory.

2. The applica-

tion of national

standards is

voluntary ex-

cept in the cas-

es established

by Law of RA

“On standardi-

zation” (ZA-21-

N, adopted Feb-

ruary 8,2002)

- PARTLY

(The applica-

tion of the

standards is

voluntary, but

in case of refer-

ence to STB

8019 in TNPA

for products

that is indicated

on the marking

of prepackages,

the require-

ments of STB

8019 are man-

datory)

YES - YES YES The require-

ments will be-

come mandato-

ry when this

decree comes

into force 24

months after

the date of pub-

lication in the

Official Moni-

tor of the Re-

public of Mol-

dova, i.e.

07.11.2016.

The require-

ments of GOST

8.579 are not

mandatory.

NO

Standards are

voluntary

YES

1) The Tech-

nical regulation

is mandatory

for manufactur-

ers of prepack-

ages, having

"е" conformity

mark.

2) The order of

the Ministry of

Economic De-

velopment of

Ukraine will be

mandatory for

manufacturers

of prepackages,

having no "е"

conformity

mark.

YES

If you replied positively to question 2:

2.А.1) Does the

national technical

regulation and/or

standard cover all

types of pre-

packages or are

there any re-

strictions regard-

ing product types

or categories?

YES

There are no re-

strictions re-

garding product

types or catego-

ries.

- NO

STB 8019 is

not applicable

to tobacco

products (in

terms of mark-

ing) as well as

to medicines

used in medical

practice

There is a re-

striction in the

definition of

YES

The established

procedure im-

plies the control

according to the

type of a prod-

uct. The in-

structions used

are listed be-

low:

-IT A-09 De-

termination of

the quantity of

prepackages

- YES YES This Regulation

is not applica-

ble to prepack-

ages sold in du-

ty-free shops.

YES

The require-

ments of GOST

8.579 apply to

all types of pre-

packages.

The following

draft national

standards are

prepared:

GOST R “State

system for en-

suring the uni-

formity of

YES 1) The tech-

nical regulation

applies to prod-

ucts prepack-

aged by mass or

volume with

nominal quanti-

ty (established

by the manu-

facturer before

packaging) of 5

g (ml) to 10 kg

(l).

2) Order of the

The standard con-

tains no re-

strictions (see the

definition of pre-

packages). Pre-

packages are

goods that are

prepackaged,

packed and

sealed in the ab-

sence of a buyer,

the quantity of

which is specified

in units of mass,

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

prepackages

(consumer

products only)

-IT B-09 Quan-

tity of a main

product in a

liquid medium

-IT C-09 Actual

quantity of fro-

zen products

-IT D-09 Defi-

nition of a

package

-IT E-09 Prohi-

bitions of “mis-

leading” pre-

packages

-IT F-09 Mark-

ing of prepack-

ages

measurements.

Prepackages.

Fundamental

metrological

requirements”;

GOST R “State

system for en-

suring the uni-

formity of

measurements.

Prepackages.

Test methods

for determining

conformity with

fundamental

metrological

requirements”

Ministry of

Economic De-

velopment of

Ukraine will

apply to pre-

packages cov-

ered by the re-

quirements of

DSTU OIML R

87.

volume or other

quantities, indi-

cated on packag-

es, and cannot be

changed without

opening or de-

forming of a

package.

2.А.2) Does the

national regula-

tion and/or stand-

ard establish any

requirements for

prepackages of

constant nominal

quantity, includ-

ing

YES - YES YES - YES YES YES YES

YES -

The require-

ments for pre-

packages with

the indication

of quantity in

units of length,

area and in

pieces will be

established by

the Order of the

Ministry of

Economic De-

velopment of

Ukraine.

YES

- Requirements

for prepackages

with the indica-

tion of quantity in

units of mass

YES - YES - - YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

- Requirements

for prepackages

with the indica-

tion of quantity in

units of volume

YES - YES - - YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

- Requirements

for prepackages

with the indica-

tion of the quanti-

ty in units of

length

YES - YES - - YES YES NO YES YES YES YES

- Requirements

for prepackages

with the indica-

tion of quantity in

units of area

YES - YES - - YES YES NO NO YES YES YES

- Requirements

for prepackages

with the indica-

tion of quantity in

pieces

NO

- YES - - YES YES NO NO YES YES NO

2.А.3) Are the

technical re-

quirements for

YES

The limits of

permitted nega-

- YES YES - NO NO NO YES NO YES

Only the tech-

nical require-

YES

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

the quantity of

prepackages of

constant nominal

quantity harmo-

nized with the re-

quirements of

Recommendation

OIML R87:2004?

tive deviations

of the net con-

tents from the

nominal quanti-

ty for packag-

ing units of

constant nomi-

nal contents of

a package,

specified in the

TR RA, corre-

spond to the

tolerable defi-

ciencies in the

actual content

for prepackages

given in Rec-

ommendation

OIML

R87:2004 (table

2)

ments for pre-

packages, de-

scribed in the

Order of the

Ministry of

Economic De-

velopment of

Ukraine. Har-

monized with

OIML R 87.

2.А.4) Are the

technical re-

quirements for the

quantity of pre-

packages of con-

stant nominal

quantity harmo-

nized with the re-

quirements of EU

Directives

(75/107/EEC,

76/211/EEC,

2007/45/EC) ?

YES

1. The technical

requirements

for the quantity

of prepackages

of constant

nominal quanti-

ty are harmo-

nized with the

requirements of

EU Directives:

75/107/EEC

and

76/211/EEC.

2. The revision

of the TR of

Armenia will

allow for the

harmonization

of the technical

requirements

for the quantity

of prepackages

of constant nominal quanti-

ty with Di-

rective

2007/45/EC.

- YES NO

The mentioned

directives were

not considered

in the Proce-

dure used in

Cuba. It has not

been verified

whether they

are harmonized

or not.

- NO NO YES YES NO YES

Only the Tech-

nical Regula-

tion (See 2).

NO

2.А.5) Does the

national technical

regulation and/or

standard establish

mandatory val-

ues for nominal

quantity for cer-

tain types of

products? If YES,

then for which?

NO - YES

Only for pre-

packages with the

indication of vol-

ume (Grape

wines, fortified

fruit wines, natu-

ral fruit wines,

natural fruit and

berry wines, vod-

ka, liqueurs and

spirits, cognac,

calvados, brandy,

whiskey, rum,

NO - NO NO YES

Only for pre-

packages sold by

volume

(in ml): wine,

sparkling wine,

liqueur wine, fla-

vored wine, al-

coholic beverag-

es

NO YES NO NO

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

tequila)

2.А.6) Are man-

datory values for

nominal quantity

for certain types

of products har-

monized with the

requirements of

Directive

2007/45/EC?

NO - YES NO

The mentioned

directives were

not considered

in the Proce-

dure used in

Cuba. It has not

been verified

whether they

are harmonized

or not.

- NO NO YES NO NO NO NO

2.А.7) Does the

national regula-

tion and/or stand-

ard establish any

requirements for

prepackages of

random nominal

quantity, includ-

ing

YES - YES NO - YES NO - YES YES NO

It is determined

by the maxi-

mum permitted

error of the

weighing in-

strument

(weights) used

to weigh goods.

YES

- Requirements

for prepackages

with the indica-

tion of quantity in

units of mass

YES - YES - - YES NO - YES YES NO YES

- Requirements

for prepackages

with the indica-

tion of quantity in

units of volume

YES - NO - - YES NO - YES YES NO YES

- Requirements

for prepackages

with the indica-

tion of quantity in

units of length

NO - YES - YES NO - YES YES NO YES

- Requirements

for prepackages

with the indica-

tion of quantity in

units of area

NO - YES - - YES NO - YES YES NO YES

- Requirements

for prepackages

with the indica-

tion of quantity in

pieces

NO - NO - - YES NO - YES YES NO NO

2.А.8) Does the

national technical

regulation and/or

standard establish

unified require-

ments for

MARKING the

quantity of pre-

packages?

YES - YES YES - YES YES YES YES YES YES

The technical

regulation con-

tains require-

ments for mark-

ing the quantity

of prepackages

YES

2.А.9) Are the

requirements for

MARKING the

quantity of pre-

packages harmo-

nized with the re-

NO

The revision of

the TR of Ar-

menia will al-

low for the

harmonization

- YES YES - NO NO NO YES NO YES

Marking the

quantity of pre-

packages,

which will be

subject to the

YES

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

quirements of

Recommendation

OIML R79:1989?

of the technical

requirements

for marking the

quantity of pre-

packages with

the require-

ments of Rec-

ommendation

OIML R79.

Order of the

Ministry of

Economic De-

velopment of

Ukraine, shall

meet the re-

quirements of

DSTU OIML R

79.

2.А.10) Does the

national technical

regulation and/or

standard establish

the requirements

for volumetric

vessels used for

manufacturing of

liquid prepackag-

es of constant

nominal quantity?

YES - YES NO - NO NO YES YES YES YES

Technical Reg-

ulation on bot-

tles used as

volumetric ves-

sels (No. 607 of

August 19,

2015) was ap-

proved by the

Decree of the

Cabinet of Min-

isters of

Ukraine. The

technical regu-

lation is har-

monized with

Directive

75/107/EEC.

NO

2.А.11) Are the

requirements for

volumetric ves-

sels harmonized

with the require-

ments of Recom-

mendation OIML

R138?

NO

The revision of

the TR of Ar-

menia will al-

low for the

harmonization

of the require-

ments for vol-

umetric vessels

with the re-

quirements of

Recommenda-

tion OIML

R138.

- YES YES

Recommenda-

tion OIML

R138: 2007

was adopted as

a Cuban stand-

ard

NC 919:2012.

- NO NO NO YES NO NO

The technical

regulation is

harmonized

with Directive

75/107/EEC.

NO

2.А.12) Does the

national technical

regulation and/or

standard establish

the requirements

that prohibit plac-

ing on the market

of "misleading"

prepackages (tak-

ing into account

OIML

R87:2004)?

NO

The TR of Ar-

menia estab-

lishes the re-

quirements that

prohibit placing

on the market

of "misleading"

prepackages but

its revision will

also allow to

take into ac-

count the re-

quirements of

OIML

R87:2004.

- NO

(Excluded from

STB 8019

when TR

2010/004/BY

was approved,

because they

were in conflict

with the TR, es-

tablishing

stricter re-

quirements)

YES - YES NO NO YES YES YES

This require-

ment is estab-

lished in the

Order of the

Ministry of

Economic De-

velopment of

Ukraine.

NO

2.А.13) Does the

national technical

regulation and/or

standard establish

the requirements

for the need to in-

YES

- YES

(In fact, they

are not met, be-

cause the

standard is not

mandatory)

NO - NO YES YES

In the Decree of

the Government

of the Republic

of Moldova on

approval of the

YES NO NO NO

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

dicate price per

unit (i.e. kg or li-

ter) when selling

prepackages with

constant nominal

quantity of a

product?

Detailed clear

requirements on

this issue were

stated in TR

2010/004/BY

Regulation on

the procedure

for specifying

prices for goods

offered for sale

to consumers

No. 966 of

18.10.2010.

2.А.14) Does the

national regula-

tion and/or stand-

ard have a provi-

sion for marking

the prepackages

with a special

mark?

YES

Marking with

e-mark, stipu-

lated by the TR

RA, is applied

to a package

and means that

the economic

entity that re-

leases products

provides the

metrological

control of the

quantity of pre-

packages and

ensures its con-

formity with

the require-

ments of TR.

- YES

Decree of the

Gosstandart of

the Republic of

Belarus № 17

"On the proce-

dure of applica-

tion of a mark

to prepackages

and its form"

NO - NO NO YES

Decree No. 907

of 04.11.2014

specifies that

before placing

on the market

the packer may

mark with the

e-mark the pre-

packages meet-

ing all the re-

quirements of

the Regulation

(dimensions of

the e-mark are

indicated in

Annex 3). By

applying e-

mark the packer

ensures that the

prepackages

meet the re-

quirements of

the Regulation

YES YES YES

NO

2.А.15) Does the

national technical

regulation and/or

standard establish

other require-

ments for pre-

packages? If

YES, then what

kind of require-

ments?

NO - NO NO - NO NO YES

The require-

ments of the

Directives of

the European

Union

(75/107/EEC,

76/211/EEC,

2007/45/EC).

NO NO NO NO

2.А.16) Does the

national technical

regulation and/or

standard establish

the obligation for

a producer/packer

to perform pro-

duction control of

prepackages be-

fore placing them

on the market and

to document the

corresponding re-

sults?

NO

1. The require-

ments of the TR

of Armenia

cover

the quantity of

prepackages re-

gardless of the

way they are

packed during

their packaging,

selling and im-

porting and are

not applicable

to their manu-

facturing.

2. In the pro-

cess of TR RA

revision it will

be considered

whether it’s

- NO

The require-

ments were es-

tablished in

ТR

2010/004/BY

NO - NO NO YES

The packer

must ensure

that prepackag-

es meet the re-

quirements giv-

en in the Regu-

lation. There is

a description

of other re-

quirements

YES NO YES

Such require-

ments are stated

in the Technical

Regulation.

NO

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

necessary to es-

tablish the re-

quirements for

packages and

requirements

during manu-

facturing.

2.А.17) Does the

national technical

regulation and/or

standard establish

the requirements

for measuring in-

struments used by

a manufactur-

er/packer during

the production

control of pre-

packages?

НЕТ

The TR of Ar-

menia estab-

lishes mandato-

ry requirements

for the verifica-

tion of measur-

ing instruments

used to deter-

mine the actual

or average con-

tents of prod-

ucts in a pack-

age. The meas-

urement error

in this case

shall not exceed

1/5 of the limit

of permitted

negative devia-

tions given in

the TR for

nominal quanti-

ties of pre-

packages.

- NO

The require-

ments were es-

tablished in

ТR

2010/004/BY.

YES

Law 198 and its

regulations

state that all

measuring in-

struments shall

be traceable to

international

reference

standards by

means of veri-

fication or cali-

bration

- NO YES YES

The quantity of

products con-

tained in a

package,

known as "ac-

tual contents",

is measured or

verified by

weight or vol-

ume under the

responsibility

of a packer.

Measurement

or verification

shall be carried

out with vali-

dated measur-

ing instruments

designed to per-

form these op-

erations.

NO YES YES

U ≤ 0,2 · T

(U - extended

uncertainty of

the result of

measuring the

actual contents

of products in a

package; T - al-

lowed deviation

for prepackag-

es).

NO

If you replied negatively to question 2:

4.1) Does your

country intend to

implement into

your national leg-

islation the re-

quirements (in

whole or in part)

of the OIML

Recommenda-

tions (R87, R79,

R138) and EU Di-

rectives on pre-

packages

(75/107/EEC,

76/211/EEC,

2007/45/EC) ?

- YES REQUIREME

NTS

IMPLEMENT

ED

Continuous

work is carried

out to promote

the develop-

ment of the

Technical Reg-

ulation (or oth-

er document) of

the Customs

Union on pre-

packages.

- - MAYBE YES YES

The developed

draft Regula-

tions submitted

for approval to

the Government

of the Republic

of Moldova are

versions of the

European Un-

ion Directives

on prepackages

(75/107/EEC,

76/211/EEC,

2007/45/EC)

MAYBE

I HOPE SO!

MAYBE - YES

4.2) Does your

country intend to

establish metro-

logical require-

ments for pre-

packages of ran-

dom nominal

mass (e.g. meet,

cheese)?

- YES YES

In the Tech-

nical Regula-

tion (or other

document) of

the Customs

Union concern-

ing prepackages

Were estab-

lished in

- - YES MAYBE - They are stated

in the standard,

the state super-

vision will

hardly address

this issue.

NO - MAYBE

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

ТR

2010/004/BY

4.3) Does your

country intend to

implement into

your national leg-

islation the re-

quirements and

criteria that pro-

hibit placing on

the market of

"misleading" pre-

packages (accord-

ing to OIML

R87:2004)?

- YES YES

In the Tech-

nical Regula-

tion (or other

document) of

the Customs

Union concern-

ing prepackages

Were estab-

lished in

ТR

2010/004/BY

- - NO MAYBE - They are stated

in the standard,

the state super-

vision will

hardly address

this issue.

MAYBE - MAYBE

4.4) Does your

country intend to

oblige sellers of

prepackages to

indicate on their

prices the corre-

sponding cost per

unit (i.e. kg or li-

ter) - (in a similar

manner to the re-

quirements of Di-

rective 98/6/EC)?

- MAYBE YES

In some super-

markets this re-

quirement is

currently met

(based on the

recommenda-

tions of the

Ministry of An-

ti-Monopoly

Regulation and

Trade)

In the Tech-

nical Regula-

tion (or other

document) of

the Customs

Union concern-

ing prepackages

Were estab-

lished in

ТR

2010/004/BY

- - NO YES In Moldova the

Decree of the

Government of

the Republic of

Moldova No.

966 of

18.10.2010 has

been already

put into force

concerning the

procedure for

indication of

prices for goods

intended for

sale to consum-

ers (in a similar

manner to the

requirements of

Directive

98/6/EC).

It would be

very desirable!

YES - NO

5) Is there any na-

tional normative

legal document

and/or standard

establishing the

obligation and

procedure of the

state supervi-

sion/control of

prepackages?

- Law of the Re-

public of Azer-

baijan "On en-

suring the uni-

formity of

measurements"

1) Law of the

Republic of

Belarus "On

ensuring the

uniformity of

measurements"

2) STB 8020-

2002 "System

for ensuring the

uniformity of

measurements

of the Republic

of Belarus. Pre-

packages. Gen-

eral requirements

for the control of

the quantity of

goods" – it’s

voluntary, but

used for state

metrological su-

pervision

Internal Instruc-

tion (DIM). The

Directorate for

Metrology of

the National

Bureau (Direc-

torate of the

National Me-

trology Service)

issues an annu-

al Instruction

(in 2017 it’s

DIM 2: 2017)

establishing the

exercise of con-

trol of prepack-

ages. The con-

trol is exercised

by local author-

ities according

to the territorial

production. In

- ST RK 2.156-

2009 "State

system for en-

suring the uni-

formity of

measurements

of the Republic

of Kazakhstan.

Procedure of

state metrologi-

cal control of

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages of any

kind during

their packaging,

selling and im-

porting.

Decree of the

Government of

the Kyrgyz Re-

public No. 350

of 31.05.2012

"On approval of

the Regulation

on the proce-

dure of state

metrological

supervision"

Under

development Federal Law

"On ensuring

the uniformity

of measure-

ments" of

26.06.2008

No.102 as

amended on

18.07.2011 (Ar-

ticle 3)

See question 1

NO The Technical

Regulation and

the Decree of

the Ministry of

Economic De-

velopment of

Ukraine contain

the Procedure

for standard

testing of a

batch of pre-

packages by

supervisory au-

thorities in the

premises of a

producer (im-

porter).

Standard O'z

DSt 8.022:2002

«State system

for ensuring the

uniformity of

measurements

of the Republic

of Uzbekistan.

General metro-

logical re-

quirements for

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages of any

kind and proce-

dure of state

metrological

control and su-

pervision of

their compli-

ance».

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

Cuba the con-

trol of pre-

packages co-

vers national

products only.

5.1) Who per-

forms the state

supervision

/control of pre-

packages?

- State Commit-

tee on Stand-

ardization, Me-

trology and Pa-

tents of the Re-

public of Azer-

baijan

Inspectorates for

state supervision

of conformity

with the re-

quirements of

technical regula-

tions and stand-

ards and state

metrological su-

pervision

(Minsk and re-

gional cities)

In connection

with the intro-

duction of De-

cree No. 376 of

16.10.2017 "On

measures to im-

prove control

(supervisory)

activities", the

routine checks

(state metrologi-

cal supervision)

of prepackages

are NOT per-

formed

The bodies for

metrological

supervision of

the National

Metrology Ser-

vice belonging

to the local au-

thorities (Terri-

torial Bureaus

for Standardiza-

tion) subordi-

nated to the Na-

tional Bureau

of Standardiza-

tion.

- RSU "Depart-

ment of the

Committee for

Technical Regu-

lation and Me-

trology"

(DCTRM)

(16 regions)

The State In-

spectorate for

Environmental

and Technical

Safety under the

Department of

Metrological

Supervision

National Agen-

cy for Consum-

er Rights Pro-

tection

Not performed - Bodies for

market and

metrological

supervision

Agency "Uz-

standart" (Re-

gional Admin-

istrations for

Standardization

and Metrology)

5.2) Who per-

forms measure-

ments of the

quantity of goods

for selected sam-

ples of prepack-

ages in the pro-

cess of state su-

pervision/control

of prepackages?

- State Commit-

tee on Stand-

ardization, Me-

trology and Pa-

tents of the Re-

public of Azer-

baijan

State inspectors

See 5.1

The metrologi-

cal laboratories

of the National

Metrology Ser-

vice that belong

to the Territori-

al Standardiza-

tion Bureau.

- State inspectors State inspectors

of the above-

mentioned State

Inspectorate

- Nobody - Specialists of

bodies for mar-

ket and metro-

logical supervi-

sion

Agency "Uz-

standart"

(in the Republican

and Regional Testing

and Certification

Centers)

5.3) Is accredita-

tion and/or notifi-

cation necessary

to perform meas-

urements of the

quantity of

goods? If YES,

then by whom?

- YES

State Commit-

tee on Stand-

ardization, Me-

trology and Pa-

tents of the Re-

public of Azer-

baijan

NO

Testing labora-

tories of the

state metrologi-

cal service per-

forming meas-

urements for

the purposes of

state metrologi-

cal supervision

are accredited

on a voluntary

basis (Belarus-

ian State Center

for Accredita-

tion)

NO

- NO NO - Nobody takes

measurements

of the quantity

of prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages

- NO Not specified

5.4) Are experi-

mental studies

paid for? If YES,

then by whom?

- NO YES

The business

entity inspected

during the state

NO - NO NO - NO - NO

The bodies for

market and

metrological

NO

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

metrological

supervision

pays the cost of

arbitration

measurements

of the quantity

of selected

samples of pre-

packages in the

testing labora-

tory of the state

metrological

service

supervision re-

ceive funding

from the state

budget to per-

form works re-

lated to their

activities.

5.5) Are there re-

quirements estab-

lished for measur-

ing instruments

used during state

supervi-

sion/control of

prepackages?

- YES YES

In accordance

with the Law

"On Ensuring

the Uniformity

of Measure-

ments" verified

measuring in-

struments en-

tered in the

State Register

are used in the

process of state

metrological

supervision of

prepackages

YES - YES YES - YES

In accordance

with the Law

"On ensuring the

uniformity of

measurements,"

any measure-

ments in the

process of state

metrological su-

pervision should

be performed

with verified

measuring in-

struments en-

tered in the State

Register of

Measuring in-

struments

- YES

See 2.А.17.

NO

6) What are the

problematic is-

sues of the control

of prepackages in

the country?

- There are no

national tech-

nical regula-

tions governing

the procedure

of state metro-

logical supervi-

sion of the

quantity of pre-

packages

1) Cancellation

of TR

2010/004/BY,

2) Voluntary

requirements of

STB 8019

3) No Tech-

nical Regula-

tion (or other

document) of

the Customs

Union concern-

ing prepackages

4. Suspension

of activities for

state metrologi-

cal supervision

of the quantity

of prepackages

1) Error below

the nominal

quantity of

products in

containers;

2) Misuse of

symbols for

units of meas-

urement of

measuring in-

struments;

3) Application

of measuring

instruments not

previously cali-

brated to con-

trol the contents

of prepackages

No technical

regulation

- 1) A legislative

framework for

the supervision

of prepackages

is insufficiently

formed.

2) No measur-

ing instruments,

allowing to su-

pervise pre-

packages with-

out opening the

package.

3) It is neces-

sary to perform

training for spe-

cialists, to hold

workshops on

the control of

prepackages.

To date the ap-

proved Regula-

tion has not yet

entered into

force.

1) To make the

requirements

for the quantity

of prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages mandatory.

2) To imple-

ment the state

metrological

supervision of

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages.

3) To create

conditions for

the develop-

ment of internal

metrological

supervision of

the quantity of

prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages, both for

producers and

sellers of pre-

packages.

If sellers of pre-

packages will

exercise input

- -

QUESTION AM AZ BY CU GE KZ KG MD RU TJ UA UZ

control of the

compliance of

the quantity of

packaged goods

in packages

with the estab-

lished require-

ments and will

refuse to sell

non-conforming

products, this

may affect the

manufacturers

of prepackaged

goods in pack-

ages.

4) The creation

of a voluntary

system of pre-

packages certi-

fication serves

as one of the so-

lutions to the

issue

Contact person

from a country,

who filled in the

form:

Kamo Movsis-

yan Azer Gurbanov Nadezhda

Liakhova

Elina González

Labrada

Victoria

Kazieva

S.V. Kovalenko

A.A. Kabulova

Aynura

Akhmedzhanov

a

Marina Gav-

rilovici Ruf Genkina

Jurahon

Rahimzoda

Sergey Tsi-

porenko

Gayrat Gaziev

National Insti-

tute of Metrolo-

gy

State Metrology

Service BelGIM

National Re-

search Institute

on Metrology

of Cuba

GEOSTM DCTRM

The State In-

spectorate for

Environmental

and Technical

Safety under the

Government of

the Kyrgyz

Republic

Ministry of

Economics VNIIMS Tajikstandard

SE

"Ukrmetrteststa

ndart"

SMSITI

As of September 2018

The identification

1. Coordinating organization: BelGIM, Belarus

2. COOMET project: 602/BY/13 (Project coordinator: Nadezhda Liakhova, Head of department of BelGIM, Belarus)

3. The Information Material has been approved at the 29th COOMET Committee meeting