Russia: Set basic principles of product ID marking system
Manufacturers and importers of certain types of products (e.g. clothing, perfumes, tobacco, etc.) will be required to ensure their products bear the necessary identification codes.
The principles of the product ID marking system were adopted on 28 April 2018 by a Governmental Direction. According to this Direction, manufacturers or importers will be required to pay for the generation of a unique code that is to be assigned to a particular product group they manufacture or import.
The Government is to create and maintain a Unified Catalogue of Products Marked with ID Codes in the Russian Federation.
Law: Direction No. 791-r of 28 April 2018 on the Adoption of the Model for the Functioning of Product Identification Marking System