Telecom certificate and declaration in Russia
Category: FAC certificate and declaration
Basic facts

Regulated by FAC — Federal Agency of Communication
Scope of regulation is any equipment and software installed or connected to CTN (Common Telecom Network) to transfer data, voice, broadcasting etc. or provide any services
22 product groups under certification procedure,
21 — under declaration procedure (radio telecom technologies like GSM, LTE, WiFi, BT, DECT etc. among them)
Federal register of FAC certificates and FAC declarations
Why everybody makes an effort to approve telecom equipment if it’s voluntary, no obligatory mark, no penalty for violation?
There are two simple reasons:
1) nobody buys consumer electronic if it’s not approved;
2) telecom operator never gets commercial
licence to provide any commercial services if its equipment and soft not approved by FAC
  
Some details of approval procedure
No direct recognition of any other overseas certificates, declarations, test reports and factory inspections
Our partner labs can reissue CB/CE reports in accordance with telecom requirements without retesting if they find all necessary information in your test reports and documentations
Declarant of declaration procedure should be local Russian company only
Date and # of contract between declarant and manufacturer should be pointed on declaration
Our company provides local declaration services for manufacturer who doesn’t have a local representative company
Only single model should be specified on FAC (telecom) declaration — no series, no family, no similar models in FAC declaration
There can be several similar models, series or family specified in FAC (telecom) certificate
You can download our FAC (telecom) presentation "Objects of telecom approvals in Russia"
to understand FAC regulation better.
Modular approval
Manufacturer can approve a telecom built-in module or an end-user device, it doesn't matter legally. It depends on manufacturer's choice only. But to approve an end-user device is better way. If manufacturer approves only a module, in this case he must provide some legal and design information for any officials, customers (for example importer, custom clearance etc.) that the end-user device includes the module which has been completely approved. Sometimes it may be difficult. We can offer a discount to register declarations if several models include identical modules.

FAC certificate or declaration or nothing
The following diagram shows how to choose criteria to approve a telecommunication equipment in FAC approval system in Russia.