RusAccreditation to take part in the implementation of the roadmap for the development of children's goods industry for 2020-2024

The action plan ("roadmap"), approved by the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated July 11, 2020 No. 1813-r, was developed with the aim of developing the industry of goods for children, meeting the needs of children and families with children in high-quality and affordable goods, as well as growth in export of domestic goods for children. RusAccreditation will take part in the implementation of the roadmap events aimed at improving the safety and quality of goods for children, staffing of industrial growth in the industry of children's goods.

RusAccreditation, together with the Federal Customs Service of Russia, has been instructed to annually, starting from the 1st quarter of 2021, analyze the import of samples of children's goods into the Russian Federation for the purpose of conformity assessment to meet mandatory requirements.

From the 4th quarter of 2020 and further RusAccreditation and interested federal executive bodies with the participation of the Association of Enterprises of Children's Goods Industry (ACGI) will annually monitor the activities of accredited certification bodies and testing laboratories carrying out work in the field of mandatory attestation of toys, as well as products made for children and teenagers.

RusAccreditation will conduct an annual (starting from the 1st quarter of 2021) monitoring of the sufficiency of specialized industrial laboratory and testing facilities for the development of industries of children's goods intended for children and teenagers.

Together with the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, Rospotrebnadzor, with the participation of ACGI and other interested organizations, RusAccreditation will carry out work aimed at approving the federal educational standard of higher education "Specialist in the safety of goods and services for children" based on the professional standard.