General terminology

Certificate of Accreditation - A document confirming the organization's competence as a certification body or testing laboratory for the stated purpose of accreditation.

State Standard (GOST) - A regulatory document that describes the rules of production, technical requirements and standards for products or services, as well as the execution of certain operations.

GOST R ISO 9001 is a standard that establishes the requirements for an organization's quality management system. The requirements of the standard are of a general nature and can be applied by any organization, regardless of the type, size, products or services provided.

GOST R ISO 14001 is a standard that establishes the requirements for an environmental management system. This standard allows an organization to develop and implement an environmental policy and objectives and helps improve resource efficiency, reduce losses and costs.

GOST R ISO OHSAS 18001 is a standard that establishes the requirements for an industrial safety and occupational safety management system. Applying this standard helps ensure that an organization can manage risks to personnel who may be exposed to them.

GOST R ISO 22000 is a standard that establishes the requirements for a management system in the food industry. This standard helps an organization minimize risks in manufacturing to ensure food safety.

The Declaration of Conformity (DS) is a document that confirms that the products are safe and comply with the requirements of the technical regulations.

Voluntary Certificate of Conformity - a document confirming the compliance of products with the requirements of GOST, TU and other regulatory documents. In this case, the applicant decides independently for compliance with which standards to certify.

CE Declaration of Conformity - a document which is an official declaration from the manufacturer that the product complies with all the requirements of the European Directive.

Conclusion on alcohol content (conclusion on alcohol content in products) - a document in the form of an official conclusion on the results of product tests for one indicator, namely the content of alcohol additives in the composition of the ingredient.

Conclusion on ozone-depleting substances (ozone): a document confirming that the product contains only ozone-depleting substances permitted by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

The conclusion of the RFC is a document that confirms compliance with the technical characteristics established in the regulatory acts of radioelectronic and high-frequency devices.

Mark of circulation on the market - a designation necessary to inform consumers about the conformity of the products in circulation with the requirements of the technical regulations.

Instructions for use (Operating Manual, OM) - a document containing a description of the product and the rules for its use. Includes a description of the product parts, assembly sequence, installation, use and maintenance recommendations.


The test is the execution of one or more technical operations necessary to establish one or more product indicators according to the established procedure, sanctioned by GOST, SanPiN or other test methods.

Test laboratory: an organization accredited in the manner prescribed by law and which provides services to test products. In the Russian Federation, the organization that controls the activities of testing laboratories is the Federal Accreditation Service (Rosakkreditatsiya).

OKP code - stands for the all-Russian product classifier and is a systematized grouping of products by codes, the system is hierarchical.

Code TN VED - stands for Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity, created for use in foreign economic activities, is a systematized grouping of products by codes, the construction of the system is hierarchical from general to particular.

Brief Safety Case (SRC) is a document showing risk analysis, information from all technical documentation on mandatory measures for safe operation. This document must accompany machines and / or equipment in all phases of the life cycle. BER is declarative.

A license is a document

which gives the right to carry out a certain type of business (the types of business covered by the license are specified in federal law), while the organization is obliged to comply with the licensing requirements and conditions.

A license can be obtained by any legal person or individual entrepreneur who meets the requirements.

Test method: established rules for conducting tests. Most often, the test methods are designed in the form of GOST.

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