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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SERVICE: Who is an applicant for EAC certification

Eurasian Conformity mark (EAC, Russian: Евразийское соответствие (ЕАС)) is a certification mark to indicate products that conform to all technical regulations of the Eurasian Customs Union.

In order to apply for EAC certification, the manufacturer should have an authorized representative in the territory of the Customs Union. The main document which empowers an applicant to represent a manufacturer in the territory of CU is called Applicant Contract. Please, revise the main point and aims of the applicant contract and advantages of managing certification by yourself.

According to the regulations of the Customs Union, only legal entity or individual entrepreneur registered in the territory of the Customs Union can apply for EAC certification.

In order to apply for EAC Declaration or Certificate for serial production, the manufacturer should provide an applicant contract between him and his applicant, i.e. authorized representative. If you are looking for a batch certification, the applicant can be only an Importer.

The applicant contract usually contain the following main points:

• Subject of the contract: the manufacturer empowers his applicant to perform all required actions to gain EAC certification meeting all requirements of technical regulations of the Customs Union

• Duties of the authorized representative: all duties and responsibilities that are carried out by the local representative, i.e. gaining EAC certification, responsibility for non-conformity of products, products implementation into circulation in the territory of the Customs Union

• Liability of the parties: the manufacturer and his applicant are responsible for revision of the conformity of the products implemented in the market and for solving all claims that may be received from the third parties. The manufacturer is responsible for marking products with EAC sign.

• Validity of the contract: the applicant contract comes into force from the date of its signing by the two parties and finishes the action as agreed by the two parties.

• Main information about the manufacturer and the applicant: names, legal address and telephone numbers

There are two versions of the applicant contact – one for Certificate of Conformity and the other one for Declaration of Conformity.

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