This document outlines the structure and objectives of state standardization and surveillance committees in Belarus. It discusses the relevant laws and regulations, as well as the roles and responsibilities of various state bodies that perform standardization, metrological surveillance, and enforcement. The key bodies mentioned are the State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus and its regional and municipal subcommittees. The objectives of governmental surveillance are outlined as preventing violations of technical requirements, conformity rules, and metrological norms. Coordination and interaction between surveillance bodies, as well as responsibilities and sanctions for noncompliance, are also summarized.

1. State Committee for Standardization ofState Committee for Standardization of
the Republic of Belarusthe Republic of Belarus
By A.Arputha Selvaraj APMP IIM Calcutta

2. Legal Acts
LawLaw
««On technical normalizationOn technical normalization
and standardizationand standardization»»
dateddated 55 JanuaryJanuary 20042004
LawLaw
««On assessment of the conformityOn assessment of the conformity
to the requirements of technical normativeto the requirements of technical normative
legal acts in the field of technicallegal acts in the field of technical
normalization and standardizationnormalization and standardization»»
dateddated 55 JanuaryJanuary 20042004

3. Legal Acts
Laws of the Republic of Belarus
«On assurance of measurements uniformity»
«On protection of customers rights»
«On quality and safety of food raw material and foodstuffs
for human life and health»
«On trade»
«Code of the Republic of Belarus on administrative
violations»

4. Legal Acts
Government Regulations
«On approval of the Provision on the order of
performance of the State surveillance over observance of
the requirements of technical regulations and Provision on
the order of performance of the State metrological
surveillance»
«Provision on the State committee for standardization of
the Republic of Belarus»
«On certain issues of the markets activity»
«On approval of the Rules of performing retail trade of
certain types of goods and catering»
«Provision on interaction of republican bodies of public
administration and law enforcement bodies in the field of
intellectual property protection»

5. Structure of State surveillance bodies
•
State committee for standardization of the Republic
of Belarus (Gosstandart)
• Regional : Municipal:
BelGIM (Minsk) Baranovichi CSMC
Brest CSMC Borissov CSMC
Vitebsk CSMC Bobruisk CSMC
Gomel CSMC Kalinkovichi CSMC
Grodno CSMC Lida CSMC
Moguliev CSMC Molodechno CSMC
Orsha CSMC
Polotsk CSMC
Pinsk CSMC
Slutsk CSMC
• Department for control and surveillance over construction
• Department for energy saving

6. 6
State surveillance for observance of technical
regulations, standards

7. System of control and surveilance bodies
Ministry for taxes
and tallages
Ministry for taxes
and tallages
Committee
of State Control
Committee
of State Control
Ministry of healthMinistry of health
Ministry
for emergency
situations
Ministry
for emergency
situations
Ministry of
agriculture and food
Ministry of
agriculture and food
State customs
committee
State customs
committee
Ministry of labour
and social protection
Ministry of labour
and social protection
GosstandartGosstandart

8. Objectives of governmentalObjectives of governmental
surveillancesurveillance
• Prevention of violations of the requirements of
technical regulations, standards, agreed
obligations and documental statements on the
products (services) quality
• Prevention of violations of the rules of the
mandatory conformity confirmation
• Prevention of violations of the metrological
norms

9. Governmental surveillance is planning taking into
account:
• Priority trends for governmental surveillance
specified by Gosstandart;
• Coordination republican plan, approved by
Coordination Board for control activity in the
Republic;
• unscheduled tasks, carried out by the
Government initiative on the initiative of law
machinery and controlling units on complaints
of customers.

10. - with societies for consumer’s rights protection
- with customs bodies;
- with bodies of the Ministry of Health;
- with bodies of the Ministry of agriculture and food;
- with taxation bodies;
- with bodies of the State surveillance committee;
- with labour inspection;
- With certification bodies;
and other law enforcement bodies.
Interaction of State surveillance bodies

11. • In carrying out of acceptance tests of new
type products;
• In issuing resolutions on readiness for
products manufacturing;
• In production assessment with the purposes
of license issuing;
State surveillance bodies take parts:

12. Ответственность за нарушенияОтветственность за нарушения
требований стандартовтребований стандартов
Responsibility ofResponsibility of
economy entitieseconomy entities
Administrative finesAdministrative fines
Operative sanctionsOperative sanctions
((selling prohibitionsselling prohibitions ,,
Prescriptions to withdrawPrescriptions to withdraw
products from sonsumersproducts from sonsumers ))
Sanctions civil lawSanctions civil law
Employee personalEmployee personal
responsibilityresponsibility
Criminal
Administrative
Disciplinary
Material

13. Notification of dangerous productsNotification of dangerous products
1.1. Automated systemAutomated system ««ASUASU--state surveillancestate surveillance»»
((acts in the republicacts in the republic ))
2.2. Telecommunication systemTelecommunication system ««DangerousDangerous
productsproducts» (» (within CIS-countrieswithin CIS-countries ))
3.3. Information exchange between surveillanceInformation exchange between surveillance
bodies on dangerous productsbodies on dangerous products

14. ЕВРАЗИЙСКИЙ СОВЕТ ПО СТАНДАРТИЗАЦИИ, МЕТРОЛОГИИ ИЕВРАЗИЙСКИЙ СОВЕТ ПО СТАНДАРТИЗАЦИИ, МЕТРОЛОГИИ И
СЕРТИФИКАЦИИСЕРТИФИКАЦИИ
(ЕАСС)(ЕАСС)
EURO-AZIAN COUNCIL FOR STANDARDIZATION, METROLOGI ANDEURO-AZIAN COUNCIL FOR STANDARDIZATION, METROLOGI AND
CERTIFICATIONCERTIFICATION
(EASC)(EASC)
PMGPMG 32 -32 -20062006
Rules for intergovernmental standardizationRules for intergovernmental standardization
Order of state surveillance bodies interactionOrder of state surveillance bodies interaction
for observance of technical regulationsfor observance of technical regulations
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COUNCIL FOR STANDARDIZATION, METROLOGY ANDINTERGOVERNMENTAL COUNCIL FOR STANDARDIZATION, METROLOGY AND
CERTIFICATIONCERTIFICATION

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Production Trade Services Development Storage
During the 9 months of 2007 there have been carried out 38693869 examinations of
the subjects of entrepreneurship activity and about 16 000 products names
were checked/
Allocation of examinations as per the main life cycles of products or rendered
services (in units):
15
Summary of the state standards surveillanceSummary of the state standards surveillance

16. Thanks for attention
email me : arputhaselvaraj@gmail.com