Scope of Technical Regulations
As a rule, general technical regulations contain basic
requirements for a wide range of facilities and types of activity, including
safe operation of machinery and equipment, safe operation of buildings and
structures, fire safety, biological safety, electromagnetic compatibility,
environmental safety, and nuclear and radiation safety.
As to special (industry-specific) technical regulations,
the lawmakers do not yet have a definite concept of their form and scope. It
is still unclear whether the industry-specific technical regulations will
contain numerical data, tables, and formulas (as is typical for the technical
standards currently in force), or whether they will only contain references to
specific technical standards. The future will determine whether the members of
the Russian Parliament consider it advisable to amend the federal law, for
example, to change technical data on content of chromium in various grades of
stainless steel.
While it provides great freedom of discretion to the
developers of the industry-specific regulations, the Federal Law “Technical
Regulation” emphasizes that special technical regulations must not contradict
general regulations.
More information:
Making Regulations
