Radio Electronics Marking

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2024: Digital Radio Electronics Marking Launch

The Russian authorities decided to extend the experiment on digital labeling of radio-electronic products to laptops, smartphones and mobile phones in force from December 1, 2023. The corresponding decree was approved by the government of the Russian Federation at the end of May 2024.

As explained in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, testing the system for laptops and smartphones will last from June 10, 2024 to April 30, 2025, and for printed circuit boards - from July 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. Earlier, starting from December 1, 2023, only sockets, light-sensitive conductors, lamps and lighting equipment were marked as part of the experiment.

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Expanding labeling to radio electronics is a natural step forward. Coding consumer electronics will protect Russians from buying counterfeit goods, as well as prevent manufacturers who only simulate the production of goods in the Russian Federation from public procurement, "commented Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Vasily Shpak.

According to him, such a measure will become an incentive for the development of domestic production of equipment. The official noted that the extension of the experiment to laptops and smartphones became expected after in 2023 the Eurasian Economic Commission decided to necessarily recognize the labeling codes of these products throughout the EAEU.

According to the legaltech company IQ Technology, fake smartphones in 2024 occupy 31% of the market in the Russian Federation, laptops - 30%, and the share of counterfeit smartwatches reaches 63%.

The Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT) assured that they are ready to expand the pilot project on labeling to new categories of electronics. In 2024, 70 companies are participants. The introduction of mandatory digital labeling will allow you to track the entire path of goods from the manufacturer to the end consumer and significantly reduce the share of counterfeit goods on the Russian market.^[1]

2023: Government launches digital radio electronics labelling

At the end of February 2023, it became known about the upcoming launch of an experiment on digital labeling of radio electronics in Russia. In parallel, the authorities intend to introduce waste collection for foreign electronics, the proceeds from which are planned to be directed not only to processing, but also to support Russian manufacturers of equipment and components.

He wrote about the new initiative Kommersant"" with reference to the draft government decree and the minutes of the meeting, which took place on February 2, 2023 at the head [[Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Industry and Trade)|]] Denis Manturov regarding the "sectoral collection in the electronic industry." It follows from the document that the experiment on the labeling of radio electronics will be launched on April 1, 2023 and will last until the end of August 2024.

The first experiments on the labeling of radio electronics will begin on April 1

At the first stage, the marking will affect sockets, light-sensitive conductors, lamps and lighting equipment. In the future, a "phased expansion" of the nomenclature is planned. The labeling operator will be the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT). The CRPT reported that the initiators of the experiment were specialized enterprises that are interested in combating counterfeit products. The Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia supported the initiative to launch an experiment on labeling radio electronics with special means of identification, RIA Novosti reports, citing a letter from the department.

Sources of Kommersant say that the experiment on the labeling of radio electronics was planned to be launched back in July 2022, but this did not happen due to disagreements between officials and companies around the nomenclature of labeled components. Market participants, one of the newspaper's interlocutors explains, fear difficulties due to the fact that some of the components that are planned to be labeled are used not only in lighting engineering, but also in industrial equipment, ventilation systems, video surveillance, etc.^[2]

2022: Roselectronics will become a participant in an experiment on the labeling of radio electronics

The Roselectronics holding of the Rostec State Corporation on June 17, 2022 announced that it was ready to become a participant in an experiment on the labeling of radioelectronic products, which is planned to be launched in Russia from July 1, 2022. The corresponding agreement was signed between the company and the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT), the operator of the Honest Sign marking system.

The document was signed by Mikhail Dubin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CRPT, and Sergey Sakhnenko, General Director of the United Instrument-Making Corporation (the management company of the Roselectronics holding).

We are glad that even before the start of the experiment, we have acquired a reliable partner, together with which we will be able to standardize possible approaches to controlling the turnover of a number of types of electronic products. The scale of Roselectronics allows us to cover as much as possible all types of electronic products, which are supposed to be labeled by June 2022, "said Mikhail Dubin, chairman of the board of directors of the CRPT.

In the course of cooperation, the parties plan to jointly determine the most suitable technologies for introducing labeling of radioelectronic products, establish information exchange, test the possibilities of applying identification tools to certain types of radioelectronic products and the composition of the information contained in them, as well as determine the optimal methods of labeling. Interaction with manufacturers, importers of certain types of radioelectronic products, wholesale and retail trade organizations will be worked out.

The experience of the CRPT shows that the introduction of the labeling system allows you to create an open competitive environment for the development of various sectors of the economy. Having significant competencies in the development and production of radio electronics, we are ready to provide the necessary methodological assistance in conducting the experiment and take part in the formation of approaches to controlling the turnover of radio electronic products, "said Sergey Sakhnenko, General Director of the United Instrument-Making Corporation (managing company of the Roselectronics holding).