As a part of the experiment, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance) approved the options for integrating the manufacturer with two systems. The marking codes are associated with the ID (GUID) of the production VAD (veterinary accompanying documents), and then, when the goods move in the supply chain, the transfer of goods ownership is recorded in the GM SIS (Goods Marking State Information System) on the basis of the Unified Transfer Document. The electronic veterinary certification system Mercury controls the process of production and circulation of livestock materials and products, prevents the turnover of fake and counterfeit products, thus ensuring the biological safety of food. Marking of dairy products completes this system, increasing the level of traceability from the manufacturer to the counter.

The manufacturer’s APCS (Automatic Process Control System) and the CRPT’s (Centre for Advanced Technology Development) Order Management System will be integrated to obtain marking codes and validate their application; the APCS shall be integrated with accounting systems (for generating the UTD (Universal Transfer Document)) or the EDF (electronic document flow) operator (also for generating the UTD) to record the goods movement.

If the SKU does not meet the requirements of veterinary legislation, the production and movement of such products are shown only in the GM SIS; Mercury does not have data for this SKU.

The purpose of the experiment is to test the entire chain from production to the cash register.
The experiment includes the following basic steps:
1) Applying the marking code on the finished product;
2) Transferring data about the successful application to the GM SIS;
3) Introduction;
4) Movement of the goods along the product chain;
5) Withdrawal of the goods from circulation through the cash registers.

There are no requirements for the number of SKUs to participate in the experiment, but it is recommended to use several different packaging form factors, as well as one or more production lines.

After the transition period, the barcode can be removed from the package.

For the duration of the experiment, the marking codes are issued free of charge. At the end of the experiment, the funds will be debited upon delivery of the MC (marking code) application report. Participants bear the costs of risk for losses resulting from the goods write-offs/ defects, regardless of whether their goods are marked or not. This risk does not involve the service of providing marking codes by the operator. The marking code remains recognisable even when up to 50% of its area is unreadable. Damage to a larger area of the marking code may indicate damage to the product packaging, making it non-compliant with the safety technology regulations. Accordingly, the marking code application is not covered by the operator’s service and incorrect application cannot be attributed to the risks of the latter.

The dairy product identification means includes a marking code comprising four data groups and is identified by the attributes (application identifiers, AI) specified in the GS1 DataMatrix standard.

The GS1 Data Matrix FNC1 symbol (ASCII 232) will be present at the beginning of the marking code line.
1) The first group is identified by the application identifier AI=’01′, consists of 14 digits, and contains the product code;
2) The second group is identified by the application identifier AI=’21′, consists of 13 characters (digits, lowercase and uppercase Latin letters,
as well as special symbols, contains the unique dairy packaging serial number, and ends with the separating symbol FNC1 (ASCII 29);
3) The third group is optional and, depending on the shelf life of dairy products, contains:
— For products with a shelf life exceeding 72 hours, the group is identified by the application identifier AI=’17′ and consists of 6 digits in the YYMMDD format, containing the expiration date of the product;
— For products with a shelf life under 72 hours, the group is identified by the application identifier AI=’7003′ and consists of 10 digits in the YYMMDDHHMM format, containing the expiration date and time of the product, accurate to the hour, and ends with the separating symbol FNC1 (ASCII 29);
4) The fourth group is identified by the application identifier AI=’93′, consists of 4 characters (digits, lowercase and uppercase Latin letters, and special characters) and contains the verification code.

The composition of the marking code may slightly change in the course of the experiment. At the moment, the structure of the marking code includes an optional field containing the expiration date of the product with an accuracy of up to hours in the case of perishable products (under 72 hours) and up to a day in the case of non-perishable products. Based on the results of the experiment, the structure of the code may become binding, if its applicability has been confirmed by various application methods.

Methods of applying and reading of marking codes at the production site can be determined based on the results of inspection of production sites by equipment integrators and/or representatives of the Operator. Individual packaging form factors can be submitted for laboratory testing to determine, how to apply the required quality marking code to a specific form factor, as well as to validate the quality of the application when reading.

To apply the code on the label, you need an available area up to 15×15 mm. In order to apply the code on the caps of PET bottles, its surface will be prepared (for a printer: smoothing, for laser burning: spreading).

Printer, applicators (in case of labelling), and artificial vision. For printing in series — the artificial vision only. The detailed information about the equipment, its types of placement, and its integration into the line will be available after a survey of production sites.

Both codes of consumer or group packaging and codes of aggregates (boxes, pallets) can be transferred to the UTD. The codes are transferred in the electronic UTD structure in the corresponding fields. The procedure for transferring marking codes and the structure of the document was approved by Decree No. MMV-7-15/820@ of the Russian Federal Tax Service dated 19 December 2018.

Delivery is accepted on the basis of a UTD signed by both parties containing information about the accepted marking codes or larger units. Adjustments within the acceptance process are recorded using the corrective UTD (Universal Transfer Document)/UAD (Universal Correction Document).

It is allowed to issue, apply, and introduce to circulation the code of group packaging (the format is the same as the unit code; it is used to simplify the simultaneous disposal of several identical units, for example, yoghurt 4-packs). To identify a larger unit, an aggregation operation may be performed that preserves a link between the marking codes included in the group, transport, and other packaging group. The code standard is GS1. For example, aggregation allows for specifying marking codes for consumer and group packaging to be included in the codes of boxes, pallets, etc., which simplifies the acceptance procedure and storage.

The accounting can be performed on a per unit basis, where the pallet code (SSCC) contains the marking codes for consumer and/or group packaging.

The unified Track and Trace Digital System will allow businesses to increase their production capacity, improve logistics schemes, increase market share and ultimately increase revenue:

• Reducing the illegal circulation of goods will help legal manufacturers increase their share and volume of production by 5–50% depending on the goods group.
• Businesses can switch their production to Industry 4.0, working under the Just-in-Time principle. By receiving product data online, they will be able to optimise production planning, reduce stock surplus and increase goods turnover.
• Businesses will be able make significant savings on logistics. During the implementation of full traceability, the manufacturer or logistics company can receive the latest statistics on sales geography, performance and seasonality, which makes it possible to modify logistics systems and optimise shipments and inventory.
• Businesses can establish in-depth accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Many entrepreneurs do not have their own data on balances and goods codes in warehouse and stores. It is impossible to calculate profits and plan purchases without proper accounting. Therefore, automation helps entrepreneurs get their businesses in order.
• Businesses will switch to e-document flow. EDF radically reduces the volume of paper documents that are still actively exchanged by Russian companies. It also cuts business costs and improves labour productivity.

In December 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a government resolution to establish a National Track and Trace Digital System of Goods by 2024 based at the Centre for Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT).

The Track and Trace Digital System utilises digital code technology based on the DataMatrix standard (which stores information about each product unit, its serial number and additional information), as well as cryptographic protection technology that makes it impossible to fake issued codes.

When a product unit is released, a unique digital code is applied to the package or the product at the manufacturing site.

In order to ensure the traceability of marked goods, the government stipulated the use of electronic document management for exchanging legally relevant information in the form of an electronic transfer document for monitoring the transfer of titles to codes at the time of the transfer of titles to goods accordingly.

In order to monitor the disposal of marked goods, it was decided to universally implement a system for exchanging information on the disposal of products and their codes through a fiscal data operator.

This approach ensures the complete traceability of goods, from production line to checkout — thus eliminating the possibility of introducing unmarked or illegal goods into circulation.

The use of digital technology also provides an opportunity to expand public monitoring mechanisms for the end user via a mobile app.

1) 14-digit GTIN goods code.
2) 13-character individual serial number for bottled water.
3) An optional unit, which can contain additional information such as minimum retail price or expiration date.
4) 4-character verification code, which is used to verify the originality of the marking code.

Possible methods of applying and reading marking codes at manufacturing sites can be determined based on the results of inspections of said sites by equipment integrators and/or representatives of the Operator. Individual package form factors can be submitted for laboratory testing to determine how to apply the required quality marking code to a specific form factor, as well as to validate the quality of the application when reading.

A small, empty field up to 15×15 mm in size is required to apply the code to a label or cover.

Label printer, applicators (where labelling is required), computer vision when applying marking at the manufacturing site. Only computer vision is required when printing marking codes on a label at a printing house. Detailed information about the equipment, forms of placement and integration into lines will be available after an inspection of the manufacturing site.

When using stock accounting programmes, economic agents can integrate them with their user account in the track and trace system independently or with the help of an integrator to ensure ease of use when working with the track and trace system. For medium and large enterprises, integration with stock accounting and automated storage systems is recommended to significantly simplify interaction with TT GIS.

After the introduction of mandatory marking, unmarked goods will be unable to cross the customs border of the Russian Federation. Marking codes must be applied to imported goods at the manufacturing site or at the customs warehouse.

• An enhanced qualified electronic signature (EQES), which can be obtained from a certification centre accredited by the Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media.
• A 2D barcode scanner to read Data Matrix codes.
• An online checkout for retail sales (you may need to update the firmware).
• Configured document exchange using the electronic document management operator to accept goods at the warehouse.
• When operating the stock accounting programme, the economic agent may integrate it with the user account in the track and trace system.

The cost of the track and trace service for marked goods (generation and provision of a code/storage of information on the transfer of a marking code between legal entities per unit of goods) was approved by Russian Government Resolution No. 577 of 8 May 2019 and amounts to 50 kopecks excluding VAT. It is fixed for 15 years.

Marking codes are issued free of charge for the duration of the experiment. Upon the experiment’s conclusion, funds will be deducted upon delivery of the MC application report, beginning from the start date of the marking.

Market participants bear the cost of risk for losses resulting from goods write-offs/defects regardless of whether their goods are marked or not. This risk does not involve the service for providing marking codes by the operator. Marking codes remain identifiable even when up to 50% of their area is damaged. Greater damage may indicate damage to the product packaging, making it non-compliant with safety technology regulations. As the physical printing and application of marking codes are not included in the services provided by the operator, incorrect application or damage to codes cannot be attributed to the risks of the operator.

The track and trace project consists of several stages:
1. The preparatory stage: searching for optimal technologies for the application of marking codes, setting up the TT GIS system, outreach to industry enterprises to inform them of the goals and objectives of the implementation of the system to the greatest possible extent.
2. The Experiment: testing the marking technologies in real life and at real enterprises, testing and adjusting the TT GIS system, informing the industry about the results of the Experiment and preparing for high-volume deployment.
3. High-volume deployment: all manufacturing enterprises, distribution networks and retail chains implement the track and trace technology.

• Testing of the product marking technology with consideration for the specifics of a particular manufacturing site. Work is carried out by assigned system integrators and is free of charge for the manufacturer. Outcome: a report on the possibility of applying marking to products of a particular manufacturer; recommended equipment specifications with consideration for the specifics of the manufacturing site; an understanding of the impact of the introduction of marking on the manufacturer or importer’s production cycle (changes in the process of packaging products, aggregation into shipping package and further goods distribution); an understanding of the required changes in business processes and technologies of the wholesale component and retail sales; the opportunity to reach early agreement on the cost of subsequent full-scale implementation of the track and trace system.
• Testing the operation of the TT GIS system under the specific conditions of a particular manufacturing site. Outcome: consideration for the specifics of a particular distribution network and manufacturing site, with the subsequent adaptation of TT GIS for the marking of water; early assessment of the required changes in the information systems of the distribution network and manufacturing site and the ability to make preparations in advance; dedicated staff briefings on the system and its specifics.
• Analysis of business processes altered by the introduction of marking. Outcome: early assessment of the volume of required changes in the business processes of the manufacturing, logistics, sales, and affiliate network (if relevant) and the ability to prepare for changes in advance.
• An open discussion with participants of the Experiment in Mandatory Marking and Turnover Rules and the possibility to influence its development, including at the federal executive level. Outcome: Mandatory Marking Rules that take comments from manufacturing sites into account.

The purpose of the experiment is to successfully test the entire flow of marked goods from manufacturing sites or import to disposal at checkouts.

The experiment involves passing the main stages:
1) Ordering a code in the TT GIS and applying it to finished products.
2) Transfer of information on the successful application of codes to the TT GIS.
3) Aggregation of products in shipping packages and the aggregation of codes of a single-unit product in the aggregation code.
4) Introduction of marked products into circulation and the generation of reports.
5) Flow of goods along the commodity distribution chain according to the Electronic Universal Transfer Document (eUTD) with the transfer of codes between legal entities.
6) Withdrawal from the circulation of goods through checkouts or eUTD, without the right of resale.

There are no restrictions on the size of the company and no requirements for the number of SKUs to join the experiment, but it is recommended to use several different package form factors and one or more production lines.

• Federal Law of April 12, 2010 No. 61-FZ “On circulation of medicines”;
• Federal Law of December 28, 2017 No. 425-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On the circulation of medicines”;
• Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No.1018 dd. August 28, 2018 “On amendments to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No.62 dd. January 24, 2017”;
• Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No.1556 dd. December 14, 2018 “On approval of the regulation on the track and trace system of medicines for medical use”;
• Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No.1557 dd. December 14, 2018 “On the peculiarities of implementation of the track and trace system of medicines for medical use”;
• Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No.1558 dd. December 14, 2018 “On approval of the rules for publishing publicly available information contained in the track and trace system of medicines for medical use on the Internet (including in the form of open data).

In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Law dd. April 12, 2010 (rev. dd. June 04, 2018) mandatory marking was introduced on January 01, 2020. According to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No.1557 dd. December 14, 2018 “On the peculiarities of implementation of the track and trace system of medicines for medical use”, mandatory registration of circulation participants in the user account of MDLP IS for medicines from the list of high-cost nosologies began from July 01, 2019, marking of 7VZN medicines became mandatory from October 01, 2019.

Relations in the field of the use of electronic signatures are regulated by the Federal Law dd. April 06, 2011 No. 63-FZ (rev. June 23, 2016) “On electronic signature” and the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dd. June 25, 2012 No. 634 “On types of electronic signature, the use of which is permitted when applying for public and municipal services”.

1. Choose a certifying center (a list of accredited certifying centers is available on the website of the Minkomsvyaz of the Russian Federation
2. Issue a request to obtain QES;
3. Pay the bill after confirmation of the request;
4. Collect and provide a set of documents to certifying center;
5. Obtain a certificate of qualified electronic signature;
6. Cryptographic software may be required to work with QES (composition may vary depending on the application of QES);
7. QES is issued with electronic keys. Key models must be certified by FSTEC (the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control) and/or FSB (the Federal Security Service). 

The EQES certificate used for logging in contains the data of an individual, which is contrary to the requirements for execution of EQES for registration in MDLP FGIS.It is recommended to obtain the EQES issued to the name of the head of the organization with indication of the position, which is registered in the EGRYL (Unified State Register of Legal Entities).
The rest of the data in EQES, including INN, must correspond to the data of the organization itself. The requirements for EQES can be found at link.
EQES can be obtained in any accredited certifying center in your city, the list can be found on the website of the Minkomsvyaz at link.
After obtaining the EQES, it is recommended to repeat the attempt to register in the user account.

To update the certificate, click the Access recovery for manager button on the https://mdlp.crpt.ru page and select the operation type Add new EQES certificate for manager. If the old certificate is missing, you can use the link “Access Recovery” on the https://mdlp.crpt.ru page and choose the operation type “Add new manager”.

Please note that this functionality is only available to the head of the organization, which is specified in the EGRYL registry.

It is necessary to get a new EQES under the name of new head of the organization (requirements to the EQES can be found at link.), by using the link “Access Recovery” on the page - https://mdlp.crpt.ru and choose the operation type “Add new manager”.

Please note that the operation is available only if the data about the new head is already present in the EGRYL (Unified State Register of Legal Entities). Data can be checked on the FTS website.

The code is generated by the following parties to pharmaceutical products circulation:
— Russian pharmaceutical product manufacturers that are implementing the «PP prepackaging/packaging into the secondary and/or tertiary packaging» stage;
— Representatives of foreign legal entities that hold marketing authorisations for pharmaceutical products in the Russian Federation;
— Holders of marketing authorisations for pharmaceutical products manufactured outside the Russian Federation.

For secondary (consumer) packaging
In order to generate a digital marking code to be applied to secondary (consumer) packaging, the party to pharmaceutical product circulation shall create the first and second data groups:
1. Application ID (01) + GTIN.
2. Application ID (21) + individual serial number of the secondary (consumer) packaging (where the option for serial number self-creation is selected)

The operator of the system for monitoring circulation of pharmaceutical products for human use shall ensure that the third and fourth data groups (verification code and e-signature) are created and sent to the party to pharmaceutical products circulation.

Important information
The individual serial number for the secondary (consumer) packaging consists of 13 symbols in a sequence of digits or alphanumerical characters.
The generated individual serial number must be unique for each GTIN for the entire duration of the service life of the system for monitoring the circulation of pharmaceutical products for human use.
The contents of the information added to the package in a human-readable format is defined in Article 46 of Federal Law No. 61-FZ «On Pharmaceutical Products Circulation» of 12 April 2010.

For group (shipping) packaging
The marking code is applied to group (shipping) packaging as a Code 128 barcode in compliance with GOST ISO/IEC 15417-2013, which contains the following data structure:
— Application ID (00);
— Extension symbol;
—Registration No. of the issuer of the group code obtained from GS1 RUS;
— The individual serial trade unit No. created by the group code issuer by means of random assignment sequence;
— check sum.

The data included in the group code may be duplicated as a readable printed text.
The marking code is created by the party to pharmaceutical products circulation on their own.

Sandbox is a test version of the main system in which you can register to test business processes, train employees, and debug your software in order not to enter incorrect data into the operational system and debug systems. The Sandbox test environment can be found link. Registration data are not automatically transferred from the sandbox to production environment.
The process of registration on the test environment is the same as registration on the production (operational) environment.

To register on the Sandbox test environment, Integrators shall send a request to the technical support service support@crpt.ru.
Letter with request shall have the following subject: “Request for granting access to the Sandbox test environment”.
Request shall contain the following data:

• INN
• Name of organization 
• Type of participant: Integrator;
• Type of access: for resident of the Russian Federation / for non-resident of the Russian Federation (specify one value);
• Last name, first name ,patronymic name (if any) of the contact person ;
• Contact number;
• Email;
• Environment: Sandbox test environment .

To access the test emission registrar, it is necessary to register on the integration environment. To do so, send the request to the following e-mail address - farma@crpt.ru. Letter with request shall have the following subject: “Request for granting access to the integration environment Pharma”.
Request shall contain the following data:

• INN (or analog);
• OGRN/OGRNIP (it is not required for non-residents of the Russian Federation);
• Name of organization ;
• Registration number in the Sandbox of MDLP FGIS (it shall be specified if there is user account in the Sandbox of MDLP FGIS);
• Type of participant: Integrator or medicine manufacturer (specify one value);
• Type of access: for resident of the Russian Federation / for non-resident of the Russian Federation (specify one value);
• Last name, first name, the contact person (including patronymic name, if any)
• Contact number;
• Email;
• Environment: integration environment «Pharma»;
• If there is no access to the Sandbox of MDLP FGIS, you can attach the test certificate of EQES (in .pfx format) (only for integrators — residents of the Russian Federation).

The disposal registrar is configured on the production environment of MDLP FGIS. The setting of DR on the Sandbox test environment has not been implemented and there are no plans for implementation in the near future.

For the purposes of code printing, manufacturers need serialisation and aggregation equipment (if not previously purchased), and an emission monitor — equipment that issues a crypto-tail. The CRPT operator shall, at their own expense, provide emission monitors to all pharmaceutical manufacturers.

If the company is already a participant in the experiment, there’s no need to change the marking equipment. Crypto-protection may be embedded in the existing business processes, minimum changes are required. No significant costs are implied.

CRPT can now print digital codes on any type of cardboard based on specific features for ink selection, etc. Contact out CRPT information centre, and we will inform you of the equipment setup methods based on your cardboard quality.

The average price of the equipment for small pharmaceutical manufacturers may vary from RUB 3.1 million to RUB 6 million, for high-speed production lines used by Big Pharma — from RUB 7.5 million to RUB 14 million.
The TrekMark company was founded in order to provide Russian manufacturers with high-quality hardware and software. Due to the localisation of Russian-based manufacturing, prices for TrekMark equipment are 30% lower than those of their foreign counterparts, and the lead time has been optimized.

An Industry Development Fund launched a credit programme in April 2018, in order to grant loans for purchasing pharmaceutical product track&trace equipment. It offers preferential loan terms — you can borrow from RUB 5 million to RUB 50 million with a 1% annual interest rate for up to 2 years. Repayment of the principle will begin only in year two. IDF has already approved a loan for the St. Petersburg pharmaceutical company Polysan,
Ozon Pharm and Ozon (both from Samara Region — RUB 50 million), Pharmacor Production (St. Petersburg, RUB 50 million), AVVA RUS (Kirov Region, RUB 50 million), Medisorb (Perm-based low-end pharmaceutical products manufacturer, RUB 34.5 million), etc.

From almost all manufacturers present in the Russian market. Currently, this involves over 15 serialisation equipment manufacturers, over 10 printer (printing system) manufacturers and over 20 scanner manufacturers.

Pharmacies System implementation does not require any additional retooling: for Data Matrix code recognition, all-in-one scanners are used that are available in each pharmacy, there’s no need to replace them. According to Federal Law No. 54-FZ, business owners must start implementing an online cash register. Modern cash registers support reading digital codes, there’s no need to replace them. Pharmacies will only need to replace fiscal memory devices in online cash registers on a scheduled basis. Hospitals: CRPT shall, at their own expense, equip all medical institutions with retirement registrars (they are similar to cash registers in medical institutions that register the retirement of pharmaceutical products) CRPT plans to invest RUB 10 bln in this initiative. Approximately 260,000 devices will be required for this purpose.

If your warehousing scanner supports reading Data Matrix, you won’t have to replace it.

Importing companies are responsible for marking goods until they are submitted to customs procedures. The goods delivered for actual customs control clearance must be delivered with identification tools and marking codes in the form of a Data Matrix barcode. The existing business workflow for the pharmaceutical industry only requires the direct application of a code to the recycled (retail) package, which may only be performed by a company that specialises in this type of work.

The implementation of an appropriate methodology across the company helps accelerate and automate logistics workflow, which leads to the optimisation of a manufacturer’s costs related to these workflows. Businesses will be able to save significantly on logistics: the implementation of full goods traceability, the manufacturer or logistics company obtaining the most current statistics for the sale geography, the performance and seasonality will enable the modification of logistics systems and the optimisation of shipments and inventory. By various estimates, optimising the shipment structure, forecasting demand and distributing the marketing effort will help companies save at least 10–12% of costs for these items.

Of course, some restrictions will be applicable to retiring expired products, except for cases where such products are returned to the supplier or are disposed.

Yes, sGTIN and SSCC data may be contained in a single message of the following types:
— notifications of finished products release (template 313);
— notifications of PP shipment to the owner (template 381);
— notification of PP shipment to the Russian Federation (template 331);
— notifications of PP import to the Russian Federation (template 332);
— notifications of customs clearance results (template 335);
— notifications of PP acceptance to the importer’s warehouse (template 341);
— notifications of PP shipment from the consignor’s warehouse (template 415);
— notifications of PP acceptance at the consignee’s warehouse (template 416);
— notifications of PP transfer between various trading addresses (template 431);
— notifications of PP shipment to an unregistered trading address (template 441);
— notifications of PP transfer for disposal (template 541) and of PP disposal (template 542);
— notifications of withdrawing PP from circulation due to various reasons (template 552);
— notifications of recall by the consignor of PP transferred to the consignee (template 251);
— notifications of consignee’s refusal to accept PP (template 252);
— notifications of confirmation (acceptance) of data (template 701).

Notification of PP shipment, which is received by the consignee/PP owner (message 603), is composed based on the source document sent by the manufacturer under the contract (message 381) and will contain the set of SSCC/sGTIN codes identical to the one specified in the source message.
All notifications sent to the consignee by the system for monitoring circulation of pharmaceutical products for human use contain exactly the data from the consignor’s source messages which have been processed successfully.

The system for monitoring the circulation of pharmaceutical products for human use will promptly send the notifications. This usually only takes a few minutes.

Acceptance reports based on the 701 message template may be sent in increments or for a single part of the received product batch based on acceptance results.

If the SSCC codes confirm that the products are still owned by the consignor, then you can enter the following information at your discretion into the system for monitoring circulation of pharmaceutical products for human use:
— notifications of recall by the consignor of PP transferred to the consignee (template 251);
— notifications of consignee’s refusal to accept PP (template 252).
The procedure for entering information is approved by the parties on their own according to the internal rules and procedures and the terms of delivery agreements.

In this case, the consignee may submit «consignee’s refusal of PP acceptance» based on template 252, which refers to the codes included in message 603, but that are actually unavailable.
The Personal Account only contains the information about PP confirmed as accepted by the consignee (in message 701).

Only a direct transfer from the contract platform to the owner is permitted (template 381).

This type of report is used by the consignor in order to recall PP that were not accepted by the consignee; the purpose of this recall is to return the erroneously transferred codes to the consignor’s PA balance.

The procedure for returning defective PP is approved by a party on their own according to the internal rules and procedures and the terms of delivery agreements.

The procedure for withdrawing goods from circulation in the event that they are lost during shipment is governed by the terms of supply agreements that define, among other things, the procedure for transfer of ownership and responsibility for transportation of goods.

The trading addresses of participants registered in the system for monitoring the circulation of pharmaceutical products for human use are entered into this system as part of the licenses for manufacturing pharmaceutical products or licenses for carrying out pharmaceutical or medical business activities.
If the address specified in the license is entered in FIAS format and correct, then you must add it to the Profile > Trading Addresses section of the participant’s Personal Account.
If the address specified in the license is entered without the FIAS code or can’t be found in the address system, then the participant will be requested to specify the FIAS code. In this case, they will be required to enter the FIAS code that most fully conforms to the code specified in the license, with the maximum possible level of detail. The level of detail for the FIAS code may be lower than for the address specified in the license (e.g. the addresses in the license include building number, and in FIAS only the street). The minimum required level of detail for the FIAS code specified by the participant is the location.

Trading addresses are registered in the system for monitoring the circulation of pharmaceutical products for human use based on a combination of the company ID and trading address as specified in the license. This means that there’s no need to submit information about transferring pharmaceutical products between these pharmacies because the system for monitoring circulation of pharmaceutical products for human use considers this transfer to be performed within a single trading address.

Companies that perform the functions of logistics and consignment storage, as well as shipping companies, are not considered to be parties to the circulation in the course of the current sale. When the goods are transferred for consignment storage to another organisation, the company shall enter this operation into the Marking Information System as an internal transfer operation between the addresses because the ownership for this goods was not transferred and so the system still considers it to remain within the responsibility area of the respective owner.

If the pharmacy is not a registered user of the system for monitoring circulation of pharmaceutical products for human use, it can carry on working as before. As per the system’s functionality, registered participants in the experiment shall notify of PP sale to an economic agent that is not registered in the system (this is considered to be a separate type of goods withdrawal from circulation).

Yes, they may.

IS MOPT is the Track & trace Information system for marking and monitor the tobacco products circulation.

The problem of illegal product circulation is particularly acute for Russia: the share of illegal circulation in light manufacturing is about 35%, in the perfume market — 20%, and in the medicine market — up to 10%.

According to research by Kantar TNS analytical agency, the share of the illegal cigarette market in Russia increased to 7.7% in Q1 2018, as compared to 4.6% the previous year.

In December 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the resolution of the Government for the creation of the National track & trace digital system by 2024 based at the Center for Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT).

The Track & trace system being created by the Centre, known as Chestny ZNAK, makes it possible to effectively combat counterfeit and contraband goods and protects legal businesses and brands of bona fide manufacturers and consumers.
Digital marking will allow businesses to increase their production capacity, improve logistic schemes, increase market share and ultimately increase revenue:

• by reducing the share of contraband and counterfeit goods, legal manufacturers will increase the share and volume of production by 5–50%, depending on the product group;
• businesses can switch their production to Industry 4.0, working based on the Just-in-Time principle. By receiving data on products online, they will be able to plan production to the optimal level, reduce stock surplus, and increase turnover of goods;
• businesses will be able to save significantly on logistics: during the implementation of full traceability, the manufacturer or logistics company can receive the latest statistics on sales geography, performance and seasonality, which will make it possible to modify logistics systems and optimize shipments and inventory;
• businesses will adjust their accounting processes. These days, many entrepreneurs do not have their own data on balances and goods codes in warehouse and stores. Without the correct accounting, it is impossible to calculate profits and plan purchases; therefore, automation would help entrepreneurs to get their business in order;
• businesses will switch to the e-document flow. EDF will radically reduce the volume of paper documents that are still actively exchanged by Russian companies and cut business costs, as well as improve labor productivity.

In accordance with Resolution No.1433 of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 27 November 2017, «On Conducting a Track & trace Experiment for Tobacco Products using Identification Tools and Monitoring the Circulation of Tobacco Products», an ongoing experiment was launched on 15 January 2018 within the Russian Federation, and is coordinated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia.

As of March 2019, the digital marking will be mandatory for the tobacco industry. Amendments were made to Federal Law FZ-15 that approve the deadline of 1 March 2019 as the start of the mandatory marking and were signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 30 July 2018. It had previously been supposed that the marking would be implemented as early as 1 July 2018.

On March 1, 2019, the registration of stores and manufacturers in the Chestny ZNAK National track & trace digital system became mandatory.

• to get registered in the track & trace system, please complete the application form.

• when cigarettes are sold at market outlets, the DataMatrix code of each pack or carton will be scanned. During the sale of goods, the cash register transfers information to the FDO that the receipt contains marked products. 
• the supply of marked cigarettes to the distributor directly from the manufacturer will be accompanied by an electronic universal transfer document (UTD) with product codes using e-document flow systems.

Starting July 1, 2020, the circulation of unmarked products will be ceased.

• the supply of marked cigarettes to retail points of sale and sub-distributors will be accompanied by universal transfer documents (UTD) with product codes using e-document flow systems. 

— send information to the monitoring system about retail sales of tobacco products;
— send information to the monitoring system about receiving tobacco products from suppliers;
— sell only marked tobacco products?
Companies and individual entrepreneurs concerned with retail sale of tobacco products are to submit the following information to the Track & trace Information system for monitor:

• starting from 1 July 2019, information on retail sale of marked tobacco products (cigarettes) produced in the Russian Federation or imported to the Russian Federation.
• starting from 1 July 2020, information on receipt of tobacco products from suppliers and other operations with tobacco products, including decommissioning, as established by the legislation.

Entrepreneurs who use cash registers without transferring data to an FDO will need to enter the data on the codes of the sold packs into the personal account in the monitoring system once every three days.

Before the transition to the mandatory marking, pilot projects are conducted for each group of goods. They are necessary for representatives of the industry to be able to prepare for working with marked products in a calm manner, together with the project’s operator. This includes adapting equipment for printing codes, upgrading cash register software, etc.

These pilot projects must commence at least a year before the mandatory marking begins, allowing the relevant industry to prepare for implementation and minimize costs.

At the pilot project stage, all participants will gain access to the system, including the generation of digital marking codes and traceability of their circulation, free of charge.

The experiment participants are tobacco companies in Russia, which manufacture about 95% of all tobacco products in the country, (Japan Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Donskoy Tabak, Korea Tomorrow & Global Corporation, Union Tobacco Factory), the distributors through which over 88% of tobacco products are sold (Megapolis Trading Company, SNS Group), and retail organisations (X5 Retail Group, Metro C&C, Lenta, Magnit, Dixy, etc).

Changes for market players will be minimal.

Manufacturers need to adjust the process of applying a Data Matrix digital code on packs and a linear code on cartons. The digital code applied to each product item will be scanned by members of the sales chain. Information on their movements will be transferred to the Chestny ZNAK Track & trace system.

Distributors will deliver the data to the track & trace system in electronic format via e-document flow operators, by using a Universal Transfer Document (UTD) comprising a waybill and an invoice. This document has been developed by the Federal Tax Service of Russia and is recommended for use. Those who are not yet using the EDF system must begin to do so.

When the goods are sold, after arriving at the retail sales points, information on the sale must be submitted to the Chestny ZNAK track & trace system. For this purpose, the code on the pack needs to be scanned at the cash register, and it will be automatically transmitted to Chestny ZNAK through the fiscal data operator to whom the cash till is connected. Since the code contains the product GTIN, it is enough to just scan the Data Matrix itself. As the system already contains data on the maximum retail price, the cashier would not need to input this information at the point of sale.

As of 1 July 2019, all points of sale will be equipped with online cash register in accordance with the requirements of Federal Law 54-FZ, and it will not be necessary to install additional software and hardware such as the Unified State Automated Information System. Costs on the adaptation of the marking processes will be minimal for retailers.

To utilize the system, the following technical equipment is required:

For manufacturers:

• equipment and software for serialization and aggregation (unless previously purchased);
• recorders of the emission of marking codes (provided to operators of the project by the Center for Research in Perspective Technologies free of charge);
• connection to the e-document flow operator (if EDF was not previously used).

For distributors and wholesalers:

• connection to an e-document flow operator (EDF) and a digital signature (unless issued earlier).

For a retail point of sale:

• a 2D scanner (unless purchased before) and software update for the already installed online cash register.

For manufacturers:

• if the necessary equipment and software are not available, manufacturers will have to invest a lump sum of 6 to 15 million rubles in order to purchase the production line and adapt it depending on the selected ERP system
• the emission recorder is provided by CRPT free of charge
• for bulk sales, it is necessary to use EDF to send source documents the average market tariff for processing one document in EDF is RUB 5.4. Average annual expenses on EDF services will be about RUB 21 mln for major manufacturers and RUB 0.7 mln for minor ones

• the EDF expenses for wholesalers with a turnover of 50 mln packs per year will be about RUB 270,000 per year
• the EDF expenses for distributors with a turnover of 9 bln packs per year will be about RUB 49 mln per year
• the EDF expenses for wholesalers with a turnover of 3 bln packs per year will be about RUB 15 mln per year
• the EDF expenses for wholesalers with a turnover of 1 bln packs per year will be about RUB 5 mln per year
• the incoming traffic of electronic documents is not charged

For retail points of sale:

• if the seller does not have a 2D scanner, a lump-sum investment of RUB 4,000 will be needed to purchase one.
• for small-scale retailers, it may be necessary to install the updated cash register software to work with the marked products. Cash register software support — RUB 7,500/year. This information can be specified at service centers of cash register equipment vendors.

It is worth mentioning that the costs spent on EDF are recovered as a result of reduced turnover of paper documents and, consequently, savings on printing, sending and storing paper documents. The average cost of a paper document is RUB 20, which is 4 times higher than the cost of an electronic document.

We invite solution developers and integrators to participate in the project and wish to make our system as open, convenient and useful for the market as possible. Send your proposals to support@crpt.ru

8 800 222 1523 (for calls from Russia)
+7 499 350 85 59 (for calls from other countries)
support@crpt.ru

According to Federal Law No. 54-FZ On the Use of Cash Register Equipment (Article 4.7, Clause 5), the Government of the Russian Federation can establish a «product code» as an additional mandatory cash receipt attribute to identify goods.

In accordance with Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 174 dated 21 February 2019, the ’product code’ attribute in the cash register receipt for goods subject to mandatory marking with identification tools must contain the identification code provided for in Federal Law No. 381-FZ dated 28 December 2009, On the Fundamentals of State Regulation of Trade Activity in the Russian Federation.

Liability for non-compliance with this requirement is established by Part 4 of Article 14.5 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (for violation of the procedure and conditions for the use of cash register equipment) in the form of a warning or an administrative fine for officials in the amount of one and a half thousand to three thousand roubles; liability of legal entities is provided for in the form of a warning or an administrative fine in the amount of five thousand to ten thousand roubles.

What is the liability for those who sell unmarked products after 1 July 2020?

According to Government Decree No. 224 dated 28 February 2019, the rules for the marking and circulation of tobacco products have been approved.
According to the rules, starting 1 July 2019, liability for the sale of unmarked cigarettes produced after 1 July 2019 is provided for in accordance with Article 15.12 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation:

• for individuals: from two thousand to four thousand roubles, plus confiscation of the objects of the administrative offense;
• for legal entities: from fifty thousand to three hundred thousand roubles, plus confiscation of objects related to the administrative offense;
• for public officers: from five thousand to ten thousand roubles, plus confiscation of the objects of the administrative offense.

The liability for the manufacture of unmarked products is described in Article 15.12 of the Code of Administrative Offense of the Russian Federation.

Production of alcohol or tobacco products without marking and/or applying information as provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as violating the established procedure for appropriate marking and/or application of information shall entail an administrative fine: for officials — from ten thousand to fifteen thousand roubles, plus confiscation of the objects of the administrative offense; for legal entities — from one hundred thousand to one hundred fifty thousand roubles, plus confiscation of the objects of the administrative offense.

To take part in the experiment, please register on the system operator's website at chestnyznak.ru/en/business/projects/light_industry/

Garments, including workwear, made from natural or composite leather, hand or machine knitted smocks, blouses and blousons for women or for girls, coats, short coats, capes, raincoats, jackets (including ski jackets), windcheaters, weatherproof jackets and similar items for men/women or for boys/girls, bed, table, toilet and kitchen linen are to be marked based on Resolution of the Russian Government No. 792-r as per the OKPD-2 codes 14.11.10, 14.14.13, 14.13.21, 14.13.31, 13.92.13 and 13.92.14, and the TC FEA EAEU codes 4203 10 000, 6106, 6201, 6202 and 6302.

If you terminate your status as an IE, you lose the right to handle such goods and, among other things, use the Economic Agent Personal Account of the track & trace system. All existing goods shall be transferred to the personal property of the individual and shall be considered withdrawn from commercial circulation.

Goods for which true and reliable information was not entered into the Track & trace Information system for marking are considered unmarked (goods without digital marking).
If you discover that the information does not correspond to the actual characteristics of the goods in the Track & trace Information system for marking, the CIMs applied to the goods are to be decommissioned as damaged and the goods in question are to be remarked.
You should describe the product again on the website of the information system for accounting and storage of true data on the product (UNISCAN GS1 / RUS), obtain the GTIN and send the relevant information to the Track & trace Information system for marking.

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 787 dated 11 August 2016 «On the implementation of the Pilot Project for digital marking goods with control (identification) marks for the Category ’Clothing Items, accessories, and other products made from natural furs’ and declaring null and void Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 24 March 2016 No. 235» sets out that the digital marking of fur products has been obligatory since 12 August 2016.
The term «Pilot Project» means that digital marking is obligatory only for one category of goods, namely, fur products.

The Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation verifies the absence of arrears in taxes and fees and arrears of penalties and fines in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on taxes and fees incurred as a result of business activities as of the date of filing of the CIM application.

If you detect an error in the information submitted to the digital marking IS, send an official letter to the address of the CRPT signed by an authorised person, with a request to change the information in the digital marking IS with a detailed description of the error and copies of the books of prime entry attached to confirm it.

1. The economic agent violates the terms of the contract with the Issuer.
2. No contract was signed with the Issuer.

No, notification is not required.

Once your application to register in the track & trace system for control (identification) marks for the Category «Clothing items, accessories, and other products made from natural furs» is approved, in Profile — Roles you will need to select the roles that correspond to your legal entity or individual entrepreneur:

• manufacturer;

• importer;

• wholesale vendor;

• retail.

You can only log in to the Personal Account using an enhanced qualified digital signature issued in one of the certification centres accredited by the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of Russia.

You are to mark clothing items made from natural furs (mink, nutria, arctic fox, fox, rabbit, hare, raccoon, sheepskin, and other types of fur) under Category 4303 of the Unified Commodity Nomenclature for Foreign Economic Activities of the Eurasian Economic Union (group 43).
This Category comprises all clothing items made from:
a) natural fur;
b) other materials with a lining of natural fur;
c) other materials with natural fur attached on the outside (except when the fur is used as a finishing material).

The fur is considered a finishing material when it is used only for collar and lapels (provided that the collar and lapels are not so big that they turn into a cape or bolero), cuffs or fringe of pockets, skirts, coats, etc.

This Category does not cover:
a) products named in the first part of heading 4202;
b) gloves and mittens made of leather and natural fur (heading 4203) (those completely made of natural fur are included in this heading);
c) articles in group 64;
d) hats and their elements in group 65;
e) products in group 95 (for example, toys, games, and sports equipment).


* In accordance with the explanations to the Unified Commodity Nomenclature of the Foreign Economic Activity of the Customs Union (TN VED TS) Volume 2, Section VIII.

You are to mark your goods in the following cases:

• if the goods are held by legal entities and individual entrepreneurs (in ownership or for commission fee from individuals) as of 1 April 2016;

• when the manufacturer offers the goods for sale;

• when goods are imported to the Russian Federation;

• when the goods are received under a commission agreement from an individual;

• sale of goods;

• goods are handed over to commission agents or agents;

• purchase of goods;

• goods are received under a commission or agent agreement;

• an agent or commission agent returns unsold goods;

• goods are destroyed (decommissioned);

• there is an error in the information recorded on the control (identification) mark (CIM);

• the CIM that marked the goods was lost.

They are marked with control (identification) marks (CIM).

A CIM is an accounting form with anti-counterfeiting elements (tools) (protected printing products) containing a built-in RFID tag for marking goods.
The types of control (identification) marks are as follows:
a. sew-in;
b. glue-on;
c. add-on.

The sizes of control (identification) marks are as follows:
25×160 mm
53×80 mm
The colour of the control (identification) mark depends on the method for putting the product into circulation. If the goods were produced in the Russian Federation, then the control (identification) mark is green.
If the goods were imported into the customs territory of the Russian Federation, then the control (identification) mark is red.

Control (identification) marks may be red or green. Red CIMs are for goods imported into the customs territory of the Russian Federation, while green ones are used to identify goods produced in the territory of the Russian Federation.

To order control (identification) marks, submit an application to the track & trace information system, enter into an agreement with the issuer (the CIM manufacturer), and pay for its services.

The issuer of control (identification) marks is Goznak JSC (www.goznak.ru).

The price of one CIM depends on its type: it is RUB 15 for a sew-in or glue-on CIM, and RUB 22 for an add-on one. The price includes VAT.

The Issuer will manufacture the CIM within five business days after receiving payment in full.

Yes, you can do this with a power of attorney.

CIMs can be delivered to the customer’s address or, on request, to multifunctional centres. Delivery to the administrative centres of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation is free of charge.

Yes, if they are delivered to a place other than the administrative centres of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The performance of CIMs can be checked using special RFID equipment.

RFID equipment must meet the following requirements:

• operation within frequency ranges that comply with the requirements of ISO 18000-63 (860–960 MHz for UHF RFID);
• support of the EPCglobal UHF Class 1 Gen 2/ISO/IEC 18000-63:2013 data communication protocol and other versions of the standard compatible with the indicated version.

CIMs may be sewn in, glued on or hung on the item.
Methods and guidelines for applying CIMs:
a) sew-in — a textile-based CIM that is to be machine-sewn directly into the structural seam of the product, keeping the graphical info on it fully visible. In this case, apply the CIM during the manufacturing process by sewing this mark into an interior seam of the product using the special sewing margin;
b) glue-on — a peel-and-stick CIM that is to be glued onto a sewn-in marking label. In this case, apply the CIM on products that have a sewn-in marking label provided by the manufacturer and containing enough free space to place the CIM on it without deforming it. To apply the CIM, remove the protective layer from the sticky side of the mark and glue the mark to the free area on the marking label;
c) add-on — a plastic CIM attached to the product with a single-use sealing element, to be attached inseparably to a buttonhole or a fastener on the front of the product or, in their absence, on a sewn-in hanger loop or the sewn-in tab of the hanger loop in the form of a metal chain or a plate made of metal or other material. To apply the CIM, insert the flexible element of the CIM seal into the buttonhole or fastener on the front of the item or the sewn-in loop or the sewn-in tab of the hanger loop and into the locking element of the seal to prevent the possibility of opening it without breaking it.

A qualified key certificate of a digital signature must be issued by a certification authority accredited by the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of Russia (www.minsvyaz.ru). The track & trace information system for the marking of fur products does not impose any other requirements on the key certificate of a digital signature as part of the pilot project.

The manufacturer is obliged to mark the goods before such goods are offered for sale, including their display in the point of sale, the demonstration of samples or provision of information on them in the point of sale.

When marking goods, manufacturers shall send the following information to the information system:
a) tax identification number;
b) 10-digit code of the goods from the unified Product Classifier for Foreign Trade of the Eurasian Economic Union;
c) identifier of the control (identification) mark;
d) Global Identification Number of the trade unit (GTIN);
e) type ID of the RFID tag of the control (identification) mark (TID);
f) serial global ID of the trade unit (SGTIN).

Importers shall mark goods before they enter the territory of the Russian Federation, with the exception of information about the declaration number, GTIN and SGTIN.
In this case, importers shall write the SGTIN to the control (identification) mark and transmit information about the customs declaration number, GTIN and SGTIN to the information system prior to offering such goods for sale.

Goods imported into the Russian Federation from EAEU countries should be marked before they are imported into the territory of the Russian Federation in terms of transmitting information to the information system (it is not necessary to replace the control (identification) marks applied by the supplier).

Importers shall transmit the following information to the information system when marking goods:
a) tax identification number;
b) 10-digit code of the goods from the unified Product Classifier for Foreign Trade of the Eurasian Economic Union;
c) registration number of the declaration for the goods;
d) identifier of the control (identification) mark;
e) Global Identification Number of the trade unit (GTIN);
f) type ID of the RFID tag of the control (identification) mark (TID);
g) serial global ID of the trade unit (SGTIN);
h) fur type.

The following information should be transmitted to the information system:
a) identifier of the control (identification) mark and/or TID and/or SGTIN;
b) taxpayer identification number of the legal entity or individual entrepreneur purchasing the goods in the framework of cross-border trade;
c) code of the country of import;
d) value of the goods according to the primary documents.

In the framework of wholesale trade or commission and agency agreements, the party that transfers the goods shall provide the following information to the information system:
a) identifier of the control (identification) mark and/or TID, and/or SGTIN;
b) type of circulation of the goods (sale, commission/agency agreement, etc.);
c) taxpayer identification number (seller);
d) taxpayer identification number (buyer);
e) number and date of the primary documents confirming the circulation of goods;
e) value of the goods according to the primary documents (in the case of sale).
At the same time, the party receiving the goods should confirm the information provided by the transferring party in the information system.

Participants should mark the goods within 3 days from the date of their shipment.

The following information should be transmitted to the information system by commission agents:
a) identifier of the control (identification) mark and/or TID and/or SGTIN;
b) identification number of the taxpayer performing the commission trade who ordered the control (identification) mark.

The commission agent shall transmit the information to the information system within an independently selected period of time, but prior to offering the goods for sale.

Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs engaged in the retail sale of goods from the list should submit the following information to the information system about control (identification) marks of goods that have been sold or destroyed (lost) in electronic form in respect of each unit of goods sold:
a) identifier of the control (identification) mark and/or TID and/or SGTIN;
b) the method of removal of goods from circulation (sale, destruction);
c) identification number of the taxpayer that removed the goods from circulation;
d) the date of removal of goods from circulation;
e) details of the act (in the event of the destruction (loss) of goods);
f) value of the goods according to the primary documents (in the case of sales).

If the goods were returned within the period established by legislation for the return (exchange) of goods of good quality and the integrity of the control (identification) mark is preserved, such goods shall not be remarked, and the following information shall be transmitted to the information system electronically:
a) taxpayer identification number,
b) identifier of the control (identification) mark and/or TID and/or SGTIN;
c) details of documents confirming the return of goods.

If the control (identification) mark has been damaged or destroyed and/or the goods are returned (exchanged) within a period that exceeds the statutory period for the return (exchange) of goods of good quality, the seller shall mark such goods with control (identification) marks and provide the information system with the following mandatory information about the use of control (identification) marks for each unit of goods prior to offering such goods for sale:
a) taxpayer identification number;
b) identifier of the control (identification) mark (the original one, if identifiable);
c) identifier of the control (identification) mark (new) and TID (new), and/or SGTIN (new);
d) details of documents confirming the return of the goods.

No.

The owner of the goods shall inform the information system about the damage to control (identification) marks and remark the goods in accordance with the Guidelines.

In the case of the production of goods by contract, marking must be carried out by the first legal entity or individual entrepreneur taking the goods (finished goods) onto its books. Such goods are subject to marking prior to offering them for sale.

When transferring goods on commission, information about such transfer shall be transmitted to the information system. In the case of retail sale, the commission agent shall inform the information system within 3 working days about the removal of goods from circulation, by analogy with regular retail sales.

The following information shall be submitted to the information system:
a) identifier of the control (identification) mark and/or TID and/or SGTIN; b)
type of circulation of goods (agency agreement);
c) taxpayer identification number (transferring party);
d) taxpayer identification number (recipient);
e) number and date of primary documents confirming the circulation of goods.

The following information shall be submitted to the information system:
a) identifier of the control (identification) mark and/or TID and/or SGTIN;
b) type of circulation of goods (commission agreement);
c) taxpayer identification number (transferring party);
d) taxpayer identification number (recipient);
e) number and date of primary documents confirming the circulation of goods.

Such a return is a removal of goods from circulation.
The following information shall be submitted to the information system:
a) identifier of the control (identification) mark and/or TID and/or SGTIN;
b) method of removal of goods from circulation (returning goods accepted for commission);
c) identification number of the taxpayer that has removed goods from circulation;
d) date of removal of goods from circulation;
e) details of the primary document confirming the return of goods.

Such a sale is a removal of goods from circulation. The following information shall be submitted to the information system:
a) identifier of the control (identification) mark and/or TID and/or SGTIN;
b) method of removal of goods from circulation (sale);
c) identification number of the taxpayer who has withdrawn goods from circulation;
d) date of removal of goods from circulation;
e) value of the goods according to the primary documents.

In this case, the goods are not marked.

Goods are not marked when transferred to a service centre.

Goods are not marked when transferred for safekeeping (in terms of information transfer to the information system).

Marking is not carried out for the safekeeping of goods (and for other services not related to the sale of goods) owned by individuals and purchased by them for personal use.

It is impossible to make corrections after the transfer of information to the information system, even if an error is detected in the information recorded on control identification marks. The control identification marks must be replaced with new ones as in the case of damage (loss).

The price of the purchase/sale of goods for transactions between other participants in the circulation is not publicly available. This information will not be available to the buyer.

In accordance with Clause 17 of the Regulations, if CIMs are damaged (lost, destroyed), participants in the circulation of goods shall write them off on the basis of the corresponding act of damage (loss, destruction) of control (identification) marks and submit the details provided for in Appendix No. 4 to the Regulations to the track & trace information system no later than the working day following the date the act of damage (loss, destruction) of control (identification) marks was drawn up.
Then, within 20 working days prior to offering such goods for sale, including their display in the point of sale, the demonstration of samples or provision of information on them in the point of sale, the participants must remark the goods and submit the details provided for in Appendix No. 3 to the Regulations to the track & trace information system.
To do this, you must decommission the CIMs and remark these goods using the functionality in the appropriate sections of the Personal Account.
Goods shall be remarked using CIMs intended for marking goods produced in the Russian Federation or imported into the Russian Federation, if such goods were registered and put into circulation after the Agreement on the pilot project for the marking of goods in 2015–2016 using control (identification) marks had come into force. The proper commodity item is «Clothing items, accessories, and other products made from natural fur.»

If a company is not a member of the Association of Automatic Identification UNISCAN/GS1 Russia, it should join the association and receive access to its personal account as follows:

• Fill in the membership application (in an electronic form) at http://app.gs1ru.org/;
• After that, sign the application with the encrypted e-signature (EES). The signed application will be processed by GS1 RUS and you will receive an invoice for the admission fee;
• Pay the admission fee as stated in the invoice.

In order to become an economic agent of the Track & trace system for marking fur products, one needs to do the following:

1. To enter a Personal Account, one needs the necessary software installed on the computer, e-signature verification key certificates, and specific settings. Press the Check Access button and the system will automatically check the possibility of connecting your computer and display instructions for further setup.

For a legal entity, one should use the encrypted e-signature of the company’s chief executive during the initial access to the Personal Account.
For further work in the Personal Account one can add other employees of the company by following the Instructions.

2. Install the software and e-signature verification key certificates, if required.

3. Now you can start working in your Personal Account. To do so, click «Enter my Personal Account».

• If you have no digital signature, you can obtain one through one of the certification centres.

If a company is not a member of the Association of Automatic Identification UNISCAN/GS1 Russia, it should join the association and receive access to its personal account as follows:

• Fill in the membership application (in an electronic form) at http://app.gs1ru.org/;
• After that, sign the application with the encrypted e-signature (EES). The signed application will be processed by GS1 RUS and you will receive an invoice for the admission fee;
• Pay the admission fee as stated in the invoice.

After the operator of the Chestny ZNAK track & trace digital system approves the CIM application, Goznak Joint-Stock Company (the Issuer) shall issue the control (identification) marks (CIMs).

1. Sign a contract with the Issuer on https://markirovka.goznak.ru/.

2. Apply for CIMs in your Personal Account:

• Personal Account — Menu — CIM Orders — Add — enter any order number in the Order Number field — Save.
• Enter the number and date of the contract with the Issuer in the fields Number of the Contract with the Issuer and Date of the Contract with the Issuer.
• Select the way your will receive your CIMs in the field Receiving My CIMs: Pick-Up (in Perm, Russia) or Delivery by Issuer.

If you choose Delivery by Issuer, please fill in the Delivery Address field.

• Then press +Add.
• In the order, select the «method of release of goods»: Production in the Russian Federation or Import to the Russian Federation.
• Select the «method of putting the goods into circulation» — «Goods put into circulation after 12 August 2016».
• Select the category for your CIMs (sewn-in, glue-on, or add-on) and the needed amount.
• If you want customised CIMs, please tick the box «Customised» and select the required GTINs in the corresponding field.

Please be careful when filling in the fields in the application for the preparation and issue of CIMs. You won’t be allowed to make changes to it later.
If you make a mistake, you will need to send a new application for the preparation and issue of CIMs.

The processing period for the track & trace system operator is five business days.

The Operator CRPT will forward the application to the Issuer if the legal entity or individual entrepreneur meets the following requirements:

• the applicant is registered in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities or the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs as an acting legal entity or individual entrepreneur;
• there is no entry with respect to the applicant (legal entity) in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities about the inaccuracy of information entered in accordance with Paragraph 5 and/or 6 of Article 11 of the Federal Law «On the State Registration of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs»;
• the applicant does not have any arrears in taxes and fees or arrears in penalties and fines in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on taxes and fees;
• the applicant does not have a valid and unenforced decision to prosecute for violation of the Rules for digital marking of goods;
• the applicant provided information that complies in form and content with the requirements specified by the Rules for digital marking of goods.

3. Pay the Issuer for the CIMs

The Issuer will send you a bill by e-mail or otherwise, as specified by the contract.

The cost of a CIM, VAT included, is regulated by Clause 1.3 of the Agreement with Goznak https://markirovka.goznak.ru and is RUB 15 for a sew-in or glue-on CIM, and RUB 22 for an add-on one.

The Issuer shall manufacture the CIM within five business days after receiving the payment in full.

The Issuer may refuse to issue control (identification) mark to economic agents in cases when the agent violates the terms of the contract with the Issuer or in the absence of such contract.

4. Receive your CIMs

You can see the status of your CIMs in the Status tab of your Personal Account: CIM Orders in the Track & trace Information system for marking:

Delivering your CIMs:
• pick-up — free;
• delivery to the specified address — extra fees apply.

5. Check your CIMs

Check the number of CIMs and their correct functioning using special RFID equipment.
Return all bad CIMs to the Issuer (or otherwise, as defined in the contract with the Issuer).

6. Confirm that you received the CIMs

Within three business days after you receive your CIMs, confirm it in your Personal Account: CIMs Received in the Track & trace Information system for marking.

Putting goods into circulation (by shipping or selling them) is allowed only once they are marked and information is sent to the Track & trace Information system for marking.

1. Marking goods with non-customised CIMs (CIMs ordered without customisation):

• record the serial global identification number of your traded units on the CIMs using RFID equipment and:

• create an XML file;

• upload the created XML file into the following section: Personal Account — Marking Info — Upload from XML;

• press Sign & Send;

• apply the CIMs to the corresponding goods. 

• go to: Personal Account — Marking Info — +Customised Marking;

• select the date of customisation and marking — press Save;

• press +Add and select the desired action: Marking new goods / Marking goods accepted on commission;

• select the corresponding CIMs and press Select;

• press Sign & Send;

• apply the CIMs to the corresponding goods.

To read and write information on CIMs, as well as to check the performance of CIMs upon receipt, you need equipment that supports the EPC Global Class 1 Gen2/ISO 18000-6C standard and operates on the standard EPC Gen2 frequency.
Currently, free software for reading and writing information on a CIM, as well as checking the performance of a CIM, is supported by two types of equipment:

• Bookos 2.0FE fixed reader;
• ATID AT-870 portable reader.

1. Order your CIMs.

2. Apply the CIMs to your goods:

Apply non-customised red control (identification) marks on the goods:

— using a foreign manufacturer or supplier;

— in a customs warehouse, before they are placed under the customs procedures of output for domestic consumption or re-import.

3. If you have non-customised CIMs, enter the information into Personal Account:

• go to Import of Goods in your Personal Account;

• press Add — Yes to create a new document;

• in the document that opens, press +Add;

• fill in the field CIM Number;

• select the FEACN code from the list in the field FEACN;

• select the fur type from the list in the field Fur Type, if you selected «4303109080 other clothing items <*>» in the FEACN field;

• fill in the Description field in free form so that your goods can be identified in the Goods Declaration;

• press Save and Sign & Send.

4. Complete all the standard customs procedures and enter the corresponding CIM numbers in field 31 of the Goods Declaration.

5. Mark your goods and report this in the Track & trace Information system for marking before the goods are put on sale.

The shipment of the marked goods to the final customer can be traced in the Track & trace Information system for marking, so you need to report this information when shipping your goods.

When shipping goods to wholesale or retail vendors, enter this information in Menu / Dealing with marked products / Sale in the Track & trace system for marking.

The shipment of the marked goods to the final customer can be traced in the Track & trace Information system for marking, so you need to report this information when selling your goods.

When selling goods to a customer, enter this information in Menu / Dealing with marked products / Retail sale in the Track & trace system for marking.

If you have goods with a lost or damaged CIM, you need to mark them again.

1. Document decommissioning of the CIM based on an act on damage, loss, or destruction.

2. Within one business day, report the details of decommissioning of the CIM in Personal Account: Tracking of CIMs in the Track & trace system for marking.

3. Within seventeen business days, mark the item with a new CIM.

4. Enter the marking details in Personal Account: Tracking of CIMs in the Track & trace system for marking.

To take part in the experiment, please register on the system operator's website at chestnyznak.ru/en/business/projects/perfumes/

All types of perfumes and toilet waters are to be marked based on Resolution of the Russian Government No. 792-r dated 28 April 2018 as per the OKPD-2 code 20,42,11, the TC FEA EAEU code 3303 00, the OKPD-2 codes 22.11.10-22.11.15, and 20.42.11.

Only tires with codes conforming to the Russian National Classifier of Economic Activities and the EAEU Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activities should be marked:
OKPD2:
22.11.11 — New pneumatic tires and tire casings for motor cars;
22.11.12.110 — Tire casings for motorcycles, cycle-cars, scooters, motorised bicycles and motor-wheelers;
22.11.13.110 — New pneumatic tires and tire casings for buses, trolley buses and heavy-duty vehicles;
22.11.14 — New pneumatic tires and tire casings for agricultural machinery; other new pneumatic tires and tire casings;
22.11.15.120 — Solid or semi-pneumatic rubber tires;

EAEU Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activities:
4011 10 000 3 — New pneumatic rubber tires and tire casings for motor cars (including light vans and sports cars) with the bore diameter of maximum 16 inches;
4011 10 000 9 — Other new pneumatic rubber tires and tire casings for motor cars (including light vans and sports cars);
4011 20 100 0 — New pneumatic rubber tires and tire casings for buses or motor vehicles for transportation of cargoes with the load index of up to 121;
4011 20 900 0 — New pneumatic rubber tires and tire casings for buses or motor vehicles for transportation of cargoes with the load index of over 121;
4011 40 000 0 — New pneumatic rubber tires and tire casings for motor cycles;
4011 70 000 0 — New pneumatic rubber tires and tire casings for agricultural or forestry vehicles and machinery;
4011 80 000 0 — New pneumatic rubber tires and tire casings for transport vehicles and machinery used in building, mining or industry;
4011 90 000 0 — Other new pneumatic rubber tires and tire casings.

No, based on the experiment results it was decided to exclude several sub-groups from the marking projects. No marking is required for new bicycle tires and tire casings, new aviation tires and tire casings, as well as rubber tubes, flaps and interchangeable protectors.

Restored and used tires should not be marked. The trade rules for restored and used tires remain unchanged.

Resolution of the Russian Government No. 577 of 08/05/2019 approved a fee of 50 kopecks (net of VAT) for provision of marking codes required to generate identification tags and monitor the movement of goods subject to mandatory marking by identification tags. The fee includes generation of a marking code and its delivery to the economic agent via its personal account or through the integration of the marking system with the economic agent’s accounting system (1C Enterprise, SAP and other ERP systems). There is no minimum batch.

A marking code is an alphanumeric sequence converted into a two-dimensional DataMatrix barcode, for example:



Every marking code includes four groups of data: commodity code, individual serial number, verification key, and verification code. Below is the structure of the marking code:

Example of a marking code.
0104607428679090216eJIjoWH54DdU 91ffd0 92sz6kSPirApfMBftvLboE1dlWC/58hExQUqv7BBkZmk4=
The first two symbols «01» are the application identifier;
The next fourteen symbols «04607428679090» are the commodity code, GTIN;
The next two symbols «21» are the application identifier;
The following thirteen symbols «6eJIjoWH54DdU» are the unique serial number;
The next symbol « » is a Group separator, non-printable machine-readable character with the ASCII code 29;
The next two symbols «91» are the application identifier;
The next four symbols «ffd0» are the verification key;
The following symbol « » is a Group separator;
The next two symbols «92» are the application identifier;
The next forty four symbols «sz6kSPirApfMBftvLboE1dlWC/58hExQUqv7BBkZmk4=» are the verification code.

Yes, the electronic document flow tools are mandatory for providing information to the system about the acceptance and transfer of marked products.
The system ensures the traceability of products. Traceability is ensured by a number of tools, including those for tracking ownership transfer—provision of information to the system about the change of owner using a UTD in an electronic form.

Tires that come complete with another product do not need to be marked.

A tire mounted on a wheel disk is considered an element of another product (assembled wheel) and, respectively, does not need to be marked.
Disposal of a tire separately and its inclusion into another product must be recognised in the system as disposal not related to the further sale.

When describing products in the catalogue, economic agents specify the type of tires by the method of their pressurisation: tubeless or tubed. In this case, the marking code is to be printed and attached to the tire, regardless whether it is tubed or not.

Used tires do not need to be marked.

The main types of tire marking are their labeling with a two-dimensional DataMatrix barcode. Currently, no specific place on the tire for labeling is defined, however, the common industry practice is putting the marking on the protector or tire side.

Apart from the label (but not alone), identification means may also be applied to or embedded in tires as an RFID tag.

Examples of tire marking:

Unlike most other commodity groups, tires come without packaging, so the label is applied directly to the product. Because of the different chemical compositions used in tire manufacturing, the type of label adhesive that ensures a high level of adhesion to the tire is individually tailored to the products of each manufacturer.

You may contact your partner suppliers to specify the preferred marking method or receive the contact details of the printing house or the supplier of labels or find a company with the necessary business profile in the list of CRPT partners in the respective section.

Depending on the role of economic agents (manufacturer, importer, wholesale or retail distributor), various marking solutions are used; for large manufacturers and importers, these may include an industrial thermal transfer printer and labels with special adhesive composition ensuring the integrity of identification tags at all stages of tire movement along the commodity chain.

Wholesalers and retailers do not need to regularly mark large volumes, they mark only remaining tires or re-mark products with lost or damaged labels. Depending on the volumes and conditions of storage and/or transportation of tires, the above companies may do well with low-cost, portable or stationary label printers, or even regular office printers.

You may request a list of labeling equipment from your partner suppliers or find a company with the appropriate business profile in the list of CRPT partners in the respective section.

To sell marked tires retail, the store cash desks must be equipped with scanners reading DataMatrix barcodes and transferring the information about product withdrawal through the fiscal data operator servicing that point of sale.

Marking codes can be ordered by an importer or manufacturer by placing information in the marking system about the commodity codes (GTIN codes in GS1) to be ordered, specifying their quantity and serial numbers, which are entered in the system by economic agents or are generated automatically. The system supplements this information with a cryptographic protection code and returns the complete generated marking code to the economic agent’s personal account or accounting system in a CSV or PDF format.
Each marking code is unique for each commodity unit.

Codes are requested, generated and delivered in an electronic form through the web-interface of the economic agent’s personal account at https://markirovka.crpt.ru or using its accounting system (1С, SAP, Oracle, and other ERP systems) where it is integrated with the marking system.

According to the draft Resolution of the Russian Government, the year and week of manufacture must be indicated (if appropriate).

The basic registration is done with the electronic signature of the chief executive officer, i.e. a person who is authorised to act without a power of attorney (e.g., a general director).
After the registration with the system, additional authorised users (the company’s officers who also must have an EES to work in the system) can be added.

To take part in the experiment, please register on the system operator's website at chestnyznak.ru/en/business/projects/photo_cameras_and_flashbulbs/

All photo cameras (except for movie cameras), flash lamps and flashbulbs are to be registered based on Resolution of the Russian Government No. 792-r dated 28 April 2018 as per the OKPD-2 codes 26.70.12, 26.70.14, 26.70.17 and 26.70.19, and code 9006 under the Trade Classification of Foreign Economic Activities of the Eurasian Economic Union (TC FEA EAEU).

The unified Digital Track & Trace System will allow businesses to improve productivity, streamline their logistical processes, gain a greater market share and ultimately maximize earnings:

• According to a study conducted by the National Research University Higher School of Economics in August 2020, as the share of illegal circulation shrinks, legal manufacturers stand to increase their market shares and output by 5 to 50% depending on the product group.
• Businesses will be enabled to reinvent their production according to Industry 4.0 principles and Just-in-Time principles. By tracking warehouse stocks, product movements and shipments online, businesses will be able to optimise their production planning, reduce stock surpluses and improve turnaround times.
• Businesses can implement in-depth accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Many entrepreneurs do not currently receive independent data on their stock balances or goods codes at warehouses and stores. SKU tracking will pave the way for optimising costs and raising efficiency.
• Businesses will switch to e-document management (EDM). EDM radically reduces the volume of paper documents, which are still widely being exchanged by Russian companies. It also cuts business costs and improves productivity.

In December 2017, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, endorsed the government’s vision of a national digital track & trace system for goods to be in place by 2024. The project is being implemented as a public/private partnership without reliance on the federal budget. The government has appointed the Center of Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT) to operate the system.

The Digital Track & Trace System employs a digital code technology based on the DataMatrix standard, which stores information about each product unit, and on cryptographic protection technology that makes it impossible to falsify a code. A unique code is applied on each product unit at production or importation (for some product groups).

Electronic Document Management ensures that each marked product unit remains traceable at all times.

In order to monitor the disposal of marked goods from circulation, a system is in place to share information that conveys any instance of the disposal of a product and its code via the fiscal data operators.

This approach ensures a complete traceability of goods, from the production line to checkout, thus eliminating the possibility of introduction of unmarked goods into a circulation cycle.
The use of digital technology also provides an opportunity to expand public monitoring mechanisms through the use of the Chestny Znak mobile app. With this app, a consumer gets to check product’s legitimacy and specifications and may direct any complaint to the regulatory or supervisory authority.

The feasible methods of applying and reading the marking codes at production will be determined based on the results of production site surveys carried out by systems integrators in conjunction with representatives of the Operators and manufacturers. In the more challenging cases, individual package form factors may have to be submitted for extra laboratory testing to determine how to apply marking codes of the required quality to a specific form factor, as well as to validate the quality of application during reading.

The feasible methods of applying and reading the marking codes at production will be determined based on the results of production site surveys carried out by systems integrators in conjunction with representatives of the Operators and manufacturers. In the more challenging cases, individual package form factors may have to be submitted for extra laboratory testing to determine how to apply marking codes of the required quality to a specific form factor, as well as to validate the quality of application during reading.

A small surface sized approximately 13 mm by 13 mm is sufficient for the application of the code to the label or the cap. The exact size and place of application can only be determined through experimental work at the enterprise.

A label printer, applicators (where labelling is required) and machine vision where the digital marks are applied at the manufacturing site. Only machine vision is required when marking codes are printed on a label by a printer. More details about the equipment, its deployment locations and process integration will arise from the findings of the production site survey.

Small businesses and microbusinesses may be able to do this via their user accounts. But if this option is inconvenient, an update or upgrade of their existing stock accounting system will be necessary to integrate it with the track & trace system account. Large and medium-sized businesses are strongly recommended to implement integration with their stock accounting and warehouse automation systems as this would greatly simplify interoperation with the GIS/TT.

After the introduction of mandatory marking, unmarked goods will be barred from crossing the customs border into the Russian Federation. Do marking codes have to be applied to imported goods at the manufacturing site or at the customs warehouse?

• An Enhanced Qualified Electronic Signature, which can be obtained from a certification centre accredited with the Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media;
• A 2D barcode scanner to read Data Matrix codes;
• An online cash register for retail sales (you may need to update the firmware);
• Document exchange will have to be configured with the aid of the electronic document management operator to be able to accept goods into the warehouse;
• When operating the stock accounting programme, the economic agent may integrate it with their user account in the track & trace system.

The cost of the track & trace service for marked goods (generation and provision of a code/storage of information on marking code transfers between legal entities per product unit) was approved by Executive Order of the Russian Government No. 577 of 8 May 2019 and amounts to a flat RUB 0.50 per product unit, excluding VAT, over a period of 15 years.

The marking codes are issued free of charge for the duration of the experiment. After the experiment, as of the official start date for digital marking, the amount will be charged every time the details of a product’s entry into civil circulation are submitted.

Market participants bear the cost of the risk of loss resulting from goods write-offs/defects regardless of whether the goods are marked or not. The risk is unrelated to the operator’s service of providing marking codes. Marking codes retain their traceability even when up to 50% of their surface is damaged. Greater damage may indicate damage to the product packaging, rendering it non-compliant with health and safety regulations. As the physical printing and application of the marking codes are not included in the services provided by the operator, incorrect application or mutilation of a code cannot be attributed to the risks of the operator.

The track & trace project consists of these stages:

1. The preparatory stage, where the best technology is selected for applying the marking codes, the TT GIS system gets set up and we reach out to the broadest possible audience of industry players to raise their awareness of the goals and objectives of the system;
2. The experiment, which involves testing the marking technologies in industrial settings, testing and fine-tuning the TT GIS system, informing the industry about the results of the Experiment and preparing for the mass roll-out;
3. Roll-out on a massive scale, where all manufacturers, distributors and retail chains implement the track & trace technology.

The purpose of the experiment is to successfully test the entire flow of marked goods from manufacturing sites or import to their disposal at checkouts.

The experiment consists of the following key steps:

1. Order the code from TT GIS and apply it on the finished product;
2. Report the successful application of the code to TT GIS;
3. Aggregate the products into shipping packages and aggregate product unit codes into an aggregation code;
4. Put the marked products into circulation and generate a report;
5. The products progress down the distribution chain as per the Electronic Universal Transfer Document (eUTD) involving the transfer of codes between legal entities;
6. The products exit from circulation through cash register equipment or via eUTDs without resale rights.

• They get to test the product marking technology in their specific manufacturing environment. The work is done by third-party system integrators at no cost to the manufacturer. Outputs: a report on the possibility of applying marking to the products of a particular manufacturer; recommended equipment specifications with an eye on the particular characteristics of the manufacturing site; an understanding of the impact of the introduction of digital marking on the manufacturer’s or importer’s production cycle (changes in the packaging process, aggregation of products into shipping packages and subsequent product distribution); an understanding of the required changes in the business processes and technologies of the wholesale component and retail; the opportunity to reach an early consensus on the cost of the subsequent full-scale roll-out of the track & trace system;
• Analysis of business processes altered by the introduction of marking. Outputs: early assessment of the volume of required changes in the business processes of manufacturing, logistics, sales and affiliate network (if applicable) and the opportunity to prepare for the changes in good time;
• An open discussion with the experiment’s participants on the ground rules of marking and circulation and the possibility to influence the shaping of the rules, even at the federal executive level. Outputs: ground rules for marking that take the needs of the manufacturing sites into account.

There are no limits on company size or the number of SKUs required to join the experiment; however, it is advisable to use several different package form factors and one or more production lines.

The unified Digital Track & Trace System will allow businesses to improve productivity, streamline their logistical processes, gain a greater market share and ultimately maximize earnings:

• According to a study conducted by the National Research University Higher School of Economics in August 2020, as the share of illegal circulation shrinks, legal manufacturers stand to increase their market shares and output by 5 to 50% depending on the product group.


• Businesses will be enabled to reinvent their production according to Industry 4.0 principles and Just-in-Time principles. By tracking warehouse stocks, product movements and shipments online, businesses will be able to optimise their production planning, reduce stock surpluses and improve turnaround times.


• Businesses can implement in-depth accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Many entrepreneurs do not currently receive independent data on their stock balances or goods codes at warehouses and stores. SKU tracking will pave the way for optimising costs and raising efficiency.


• Businesses will switch to e-document management (EDM). EDM radically reduces the volume of paper documents, which are still widely being exchanged by Russian companies. It also cuts business costs and improves productivity.

In December 2017, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, endorsed the government’s vision of a national digital track & trace system for goods to be in place by 2024. The project is being implemented as a public/private partnership without reliance on the federal budget. The government has appointed the Center of Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT) to operate the system.

The Digital Track & Trace System employs a digital code technology based on the DataMatrix standard, which stores information about each product unit, and on cryptographic protection technology that makes it impossible to falsify a code. A unique code is applied on each product unit at production or importation (for some product groups).

Electronic Document Management ensures that each marked product unit remains traceable at all times.

In order to monitor the disposal of marked goods from circulation, a system is in place to share information that conveys any instance of the disposal of a product and its code via the fiscal data operators.

This approach ensures a complete traceability of goods, from the production line to checkout, thus eliminating the possibility of introduction of unmarked goods into a circulation cycle.
The use of digital technology also provides an opportunity to expand public monitoring mechanisms through the use of the Chestny Znak mobile app. With this app, a consumer gets to check product’s legitimacy and specifications and may direct any complaint to the regulatory or supervisory authority.

1. The 14-digit GTIN product code;
2. An individual serial number of 13 characters;
3. A verification Code of 4 characters, which is used to verify the authenticity of the marking code.

The feasible methods of applying and reading the marking codes at production will be determined based on the results of production site surveys carried out by systems integrators in conjunction with representatives of the Operators and manufacturers. In the more challenging cases, individual package form factors may have to be submitted for extra laboratory testing to determine how to apply marking codes of the required quality to a specific form factor, as well as to validate the quality of application during reading.

A small surface sized approximately 13 mm by 13 mm is sufficient for the application of the code to the label or the cap. The exact size and place of application can only be determined through experimental work at the enterprise.

A label printer, applicators (where labelling is required) and machine vision where the digital marks are applied at the manufacturing site. Only machine vision is required when marking codes are printed on a label by a printer. More details about the equipment, its deployment locations and process integration will arise from the findings of the production site survey.

Small businesses and microbusinesses may be able to do this via their user accounts. But if this option is inconvenient, an update or upgrade of their existing stock accounting system will be necessary to integrate it with the track & trace system account. Large and medium-sized businesses are strongly recommended to implement integration with their stock accounting and warehouse automation systems as this would greatly simplify interoperation with the GIS/TT.

After the introduction of mandatory marking, unmarked goods will be barred from crossing the customs border into the Russian Federation. Do marking codes have to be applied to imported goods at the manufacturing site or at the customs warehouse?

• An Enhanced Qualified Electronic Signature, which can be obtained from a certification centre accredited with the Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media;
• A 2D barcode scanner to read Data Matrix codes;
• An online cash register for retail sales (you may need to update the firmware);
• Document exchange will have to be configured with the aid of the electronic document management operator to be able to accept goods into the warehouse;
• When operating the stock accounting programme, the economic agent may integrate it with their user account in the track & trace system.

The cost of the track & trace service for marked goods (generation and provision of a code/storage of information on marking code transfers between legal entities per product unit) was approved by Executive Order of the Russian Government No. 577 of 8 May 2019 and amounts to a flat RUB 0.50 per product unit, excluding VAT, over a period of 15 years.

The marking codes are issued free of charge for the duration of the experiment. After the experiment, as of the official start date for digital marking, the amount will be charged every time the details of a product’s entry into civil circulation are submitted.

Market participants bear the cost of the risk of loss resulting from goods write-offs/defects regardless of whether the goods are marked or not. The risk is unrelated to the operator’s service of providing marking codes. Marking codes retain their traceability even when up to 50% of their surface is damaged. Greater damage may indicate damage to the product packaging, rendering it non-compliant with health and safety regulations. As the physical printing and application of the marking codes are not included in the services provided by the operator, incorrect application or mutilation of a code cannot be attributed to the risks of the operator.

1. The preparatory stage, where the best technology is selected for applying the marking codes, the TT GIS system gets set up and we reach out to the broadest possible audience of industry players to raise their awareness of the goals and objectives of the system;
2. The experiment, which involves testing the marking technologies in industrial settings, testing and fine-tuning the TT GIS system, informing the industry about the results of the Experiment and preparing for the mass roll-out;
3. Roll-out on a massive scale, where all manufacturers, distributors and retail chains implement the track & trace technology.

The purpose of the experiment is to successfully test the entire flow of marked goods from manufacturing sites or import to their disposal at checkouts.

The experiment consists of the following key steps:

1. Order the code from TT GIS and apply it on the finished product;
2. Report the successful application of the code to TT GIS;
3. Aggregate the products into shipping packages and aggregate product unit codes into an aggregation code;
4. Put the marked products into circulation and generate a report;
5. The products progress down the distribution chain as per the Electronic Universal Transfer Document (eUTD) involving the transfer of codes between legal entities;
6. The products exit from circulation through cash register equipment or via eUTDs without resale rights.

• They get to test the product marking technology in their specific manufacturing environment. The work is done by third-party system integrators at no cost to the manufacturer. Outputs: a report on the possibility of applying marking to the products of a particular manufacturer; recommended equipment specifications with an eye on the particular characteristics of the manufacturing site; an understanding of the impact of the introduction of digital marking on the manufacturer’s or importer’s production cycle (changes in the packaging process, aggregation of products into shipping packages and subsequent product distribution); an understanding of the required changes in the business processes and technologies of the wholesale component and retail; the opportunity to reach an early consensus on the cost of the subsequent full-scale roll-out of the track & trace system;
• Analysis of business processes altered by the introduction of marking. Outputs: early assessment of the volume of required changes in the business processes of manufacturing, logistics, sales and affiliate network (if applicable) and the opportunity to prepare for the changes in good time;
• An open discussion with the experiment’s participants on the ground rules of marking and circulation and the possibility to influence the shaping of the rules, even at the federal executive level. Outputs: ground rules for marking that take the needs of the manufacturing sites into account.

There are no limits on company size or the number of SKUs required to join the experiment; however, it is advisable to use several different package form factors and one or more production lines.

A unified digital marking system (track & trace) will allow the business to boost productivity, improve logistics processes, and increase market share and, eventually, revenue:

According to a study by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (April 2021), in 2020, 0.67 billion packages of antiseptics and disinfectants were sold in Russia, while the share of illegal (unobserved) turnover of such products amounted to 51%, an increase compared to 2018-19 (ten%);

— The business will be able to switch production to the Industry 4.0 and just-in-time principles. By tracking warehouse stocks, product movements and shipments online, businesses will be able to optimise their production planning, reduce stock surpluses, and improve turnaround times;
— The business will be able to ensure deep accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Today, many entrepreneurs do not have their own data on stock on hand and goods codes in warehouses and shops. Inventory accounting will optimise costs and increase efficiency;
— The business will switch to electronic document management. EDM will help radically reduce the volume of paper documents that Russian companies are still actively exchanging with one another, cut expenses, and increase labour productivity.

A unified digital marking system (track & trace) will allow the business to boost productivity, improve logistics processes, and increase market share and, eventually, revenue:

According to a study by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (April 2021), in 2020, 0.67 billion packages of antiseptics and disinfectants were sold in Russia, while the share of illegal (unobserved) turnover of such products amounted to 51%, an increase compared to 2018-19 (ten%);

— The business will be able to switch production to the Industry 4.0 and just-in-time principles. By tracking warehouse stocks, product movements and shipments online, businesses will be able to optimise their production planning, reduce stock surpluses, and improve turnaround times;
— The business will be able to ensure deep accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Today, many entrepreneurs do not have their own data on stock on hand and goods codes in warehouses and shops. Inventory accounting will optimise costs and increase efficiency;
— The business will switch to electronic document management. EDM will help radically reduce the volume of paper documents that Russian companies are still actively exchanging with one another, cut expenses, and increase labour productivity.

A unified digital marking system (track & trace) will allow the business to boost productivity, improve logistics processes, and increase market share and, eventually, revenue:

According to a study by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (April 2021), in 2020, 0.67 billion packages of antiseptics and disinfectants were sold in Russia, while the share of illegal (unobserved) turnover of such products amounted to 51%, an increase compared to 2018-19 (ten%);

— The business will be able to switch production to the Industry 4.0 and just-in-time principles. By tracking warehouse stocks, product movements and shipments online, businesses will be able to optimise their production planning, reduce stock surpluses, and improve turnaround times;
— The business will be able to ensure deep accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Today, many entrepreneurs do not have their own data on stock on hand and goods codes in warehouses and shops. Inventory accounting will optimise costs and increase efficiency;
— The business will switch to electronic document management. EDM will help radically reduce the volume of paper documents that Russian companies are still actively exchanging with one another, cut expenses, and increase labour productivity.

December 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the government’s decision to create a national track & trace system by the year 2024. The project is being implemented as a public/private partnership without reliance on the federal budget. The government has appointed the Centre of Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT) to operate the system.

The track & trace system is based on digital code technology using the Data Matrix standard, which stores data on each inventory item, as well as cryptographic protection, which makes it impossible to falsify the code. A unique code is applied to each inventory item during production or import (for specific groups of goods).

To ensure the traceability of the marked goods, electronic document management is used.

To monitor the disposal of marked goods, a system has been implemented to exchange information on the fact of the disposal of goods and, along with it, the goods code through fiscal data operators.

This approach ensures full traceability of goods from the production line (import) to the cash register and eliminates the possibility of introducing unmarked goods into circulation.
The use of the digital technology also makes it possible to expand social control mechanisms through the use of the Chestny ZNAK mobile application. It allows buyers to check the legality and specifications of goods and send complaints to regulatory authorities.

December 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the government’s decision to create a national track & trace system by the year 2024. The project is being implemented as a public/private partnership without reliance on the federal budget. The government has appointed the Centre of Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT) to operate the system.

The track & trace system is based on digital code technology using the Data Matrix standard, which stores data on each inventory item, as well as cryptographic protection, which makes it impossible to falsify the code. A unique code is applied to each inventory item during production or import (for specific groups of goods).

To ensure the traceability of the marked goods, electronic document management is used.

To monitor the disposal of marked goods, a system has been implemented to exchange information on the fact of the disposal of goods and, along with it, the goods code through fiscal data operators.

This approach ensures full traceability of goods from the production line (import) to the cash register and eliminates the possibility of introducing unmarked goods into circulation.
The use of the digital technology also makes it possible to expand social control mechanisms through the use of the Chestny ZNAK mobile application. It allows buyers to check the legality and specifications of goods and send complaints to regulatory authorities.

December 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the government’s decision to create a national track & trace system by the year 2024. The project is being implemented as a public/private partnership without reliance on the federal budget. The government has appointed the Centre of Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT) to operate the system.

The track & trace system is based on digital code technology using the Data Matrix standard, which stores data on each inventory item, as well as cryptographic protection, which makes it impossible to falsify the code. A unique code is applied to each inventory item during production or import (for specific groups of goods).

To ensure the traceability of the marked goods, electronic document management is used.

To monitor the disposal of marked goods, a system has been implemented to exchange information on the fact of the disposal of goods and, along with it, the goods code through fiscal data operators.

This approach ensures full traceability of goods from the production line (import) to the cash register and eliminates the possibility of introducing unmarked goods into circulation.
The use of the digital technology also makes it possible to expand social control mechanisms through the use of the Chestny ZNAK mobile application. It allows buyers to check the legality and specifications of goods and send complaints to regulatory authorities.

1) GTIN goods code of 14 digits;
2) Individual serial number of 13 characters;
3) Verification code, which ensures verification of the originality of the marking code.

1) GTIN goods code of 14 digits;
2) Individual serial number of 13 characters;
3) Verification code, which ensures verification of the originality of the marking code.

1) GTIN goods code of 14 digits;
2) Individual serial number of 13 characters;
3) Verification code, which ensures verification of the originality of the marking code.

of a survey of production sites by system integrators together with representatives of the Operator and manufacturers.

In difficult cases, individual package form factors can be submitted for additional laboratory studies to determine how to apply a marking code of required quality to a specific form factor and to validate the quality of the application when reading.

of a survey of production sites by system integrators together with representatives of the Operator and manufacturers.

In difficult cases, individual package form factors can be submitted for additional laboratory studies to determine how to apply a marking code of required quality to a specific form factor and to validate the quality of the application when reading.

of a survey of production sites by system integrators together with representatives of the Operator and manufacturers.

In difficult cases, individual package form factors can be submitted for additional laboratory studies to determine how to apply a marking code of required quality to a specific form factor and to validate the quality of the application when reading.

A small area of approximately 13×13 mm is required for applying the code on a label or lid. The exact application size and place can be determined after carrying out experimental work at the enterprise.

A small area of approximately 13×13 mm is required for applying the code on a label or lid. The exact application size and place can be determined after carrying out experimental work at the enterprise.

A small area of approximately 13×13 mm is required for applying the code on a label or lid. The exact application size and place can be determined after carrying out experimental work at the enterprise.

Label printer, applicators (in the case of labelling), machine vision — if marking in production. If printing marking codes on a label in a printing shop — machine vision only. In more detail, the composition of the equipment, its location, and integration into the line can be determined based on the results of a survey of the production site.

Label printer, applicators (in the case of labelling), machine vision — if marking in production. If printing marking codes on a label in a printing shop — machine vision only. In more detail, the composition of the equipment, its location, and integration into the line can be determined based on the results of a survey of the production site.

Label printer, applicators (in the case of labelling), machine vision — if marking in production. If printing marking codes on a label in a printing shop — machine vision only. In more detail, the composition of the equipment, its location, and integration into the line can be determined based on the results of a survey of the production site.

For small and micro enterprises, the User Account is available. If this option is inconvenient, then the existing inventory accounting system will need to be finalised/upgraded for integration with the User Account of the track & trace system. For medium and large enterprises, integration with inventory accounting and automated warehouse systems is recommended without fail in order to significantly simplify interaction with the track & trace system.

For small and micro enterprises, the User Account is available. If this option is inconvenient, then the existing inventory accounting system will need to be finalised/upgraded for integration with the User Account of the track & trace system. For medium and large enterprises, integration with inventory accounting and automated warehouse systems is recommended without fail in order to significantly simplify interaction with the track & trace system.

For small and micro enterprises, the User Account is available. If this option is inconvenient, then the existing inventory accounting system will need to be finalised/upgraded for integration with the User Account of the track & trace system. For medium and large enterprises, integration with inventory accounting and automated warehouse systems is recommended without fail in order to significantly simplify interaction with the track & trace system.

After the introduction of mandatory marking, unmarked goods will not be able to pass through customs of the Russian Federation. The application of the marking code on the imported goods must be carried out in production or in the customs warehouse.

After the introduction of mandatory marking, unmarked goods will not be able to pass through customs of the Russian Federation. The application of the marking code on the imported goods must be carried out in production or in the customs warehouse.

After the introduction of mandatory marking, unmarked goods will not be able to pass through customs of the Russian Federation. The application of the marking code on the imported goods must be carried out in production or in the customs warehouse.

— Enhanced qualified electronic signature (issued in one of the certification centres accredited by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media);
— 2D barcode scanner for reading the Data Matrix code;
— Online checkout for retail sales (firmware update may be required);
— Document exchange configured using an electronic document management operator for the acceptance of goods to the warehouse;
— When working in the inventory accounting program, the turnover participant can integrate it with the User Account of the track & trace system.

— Enhanced qualified electronic signature (issued in one of the certification centres accredited by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media);
— 2D barcode scanner for reading the Data Matrix code;
— Online checkout for retail sales (firmware update may be required);
— Document exchange configured using an electronic document management operator for the acceptance of goods to the warehouse;
— When working in the inventory accounting program, the turnover participant can integrate it with the User Account of the track & trace system.

— Enhanced qualified electronic signature (issued in one of the certification centres accredited by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media);
— 2D barcode scanner for reading the Data Matrix code;
— Online checkout for retail sales (firmware update may be required);
— Document exchange configured using an electronic document management operator for the acceptance of goods to the warehouse;
— When working in the inventory accounting program, the turnover participant can integrate it with the User Account of the track & trace system.

The cost of the service for the traceability of marked goods (generation and provision of a marking code/storage of information on the transfer of a marking code between legal entities for one inventory item), approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No 577 dated 8 May 2019, shall be 50 kopecks excluding VAT fixed for 15 years.

The cost of the service for the traceability of marked goods (generation and provision of a marking code/storage of information on the transfer of a marking code between legal entities for one inventory item), approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No 577 dated 8 May 2019, shall be 50 kopecks excluding VAT fixed for 15 years.

The cost of the service for the traceability of marked goods (generation and provision of a marking code/storage of information on the transfer of a marking code between legal entities for one inventory item), approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No 577 dated 8 May 2019, shall be 50 kopecks excluding VAT fixed for 15 years.

For the duration of the experiment, the emission of marking codes is free. Upon completion of the experiment, from the date of the start of mandatory digital marking, the debiting of funds will occur until the submission of information about the introduction of goods into civil circulation.

For the duration of the experiment, the emission of marking codes is free. Upon completion of the experiment, from the date of the start of mandatory digital marking, the debiting of funds will occur until the submission of information about the introduction of goods into civil circulation.

For the duration of the experiment, the emission of marking codes is free. Upon completion of the experiment, from the date of the start of mandatory digital marking, the debiting of funds will occur until the submission of information about the introduction of goods into civil circulation.

The costs of a market member for losses from the write-off of goods/rejects are their own risk, regardless of whether their goods have been marked or not. This risk is not related to the service of providing marking codes by the Operator. Recognition of the marking code is retained if up to 30% of its area is damaged. Greater damage may indicate damage to the product packaging, rendering it non-compliant with the health and safety regulations. Since physical printing and application of the marking code are not included in the services provided by the Operator, incorrect application or damage to the code cannot be attributed to the risks of the Operator.

The costs of a market member for losses from the write-off of goods/rejects are their own risk, regardless of whether their goods have been marked or not. This risk is not related to the service of providing marking codes by the Operator. Recognition of the marking code is retained if up to 30% of its area is damaged. Greater damage may indicate damage to the product packaging, rendering it non-compliant with the health and safety regulations. Since physical printing and application of the marking code are not included in the services provided by the Operator, incorrect application or damage to the code cannot be attributed to the risks of the Operator.

The costs of a market member for losses from the write-off of goods/rejects are their own risk, regardless of whether their goods have been marked or not. This risk is not related to the service of providing marking codes by the Operator. Recognition of the marking code is retained if up to 30% of its area is damaged. Greater damage may indicate damage to the product packaging, rendering it non-compliant with the health and safety regulations. Since physical printing and application of the marking code are not included in the services provided by the Operator, incorrect application or damage to the code cannot be attributed to the risks of the Operator.

The track & trace system implementation project comprises several stages:

1. Preparatory stage: searching for optimal technologies for the application of marking codes, setting up the track & trace system, outreaching to industry enterprises to inform them of the goals and objectives of the implementation of the system to the greatest possible extent;
2. Experiment: testing the marking technologies in real life and at real enterprises, testing and adjusting the track & trace system, informing the industry about the results of the Experiment, and preparing for high-volume deployment;
3. High-volume deployment: all manufacturing enterprises, distribution networks, and retail chains implement the track & trace technology.

The track & trace system implementation project comprises several stages:

1. Preparatory stage: searching for optimal technologies for the application of marking codes, setting up the track & trace system, outreaching to industry enterprises to inform them of the goals and objectives of the implementation of the system to the greatest possible extent;
2. Experiment: testing the marking technologies in real life and at real enterprises, testing and adjusting the track & trace system, informing the industry about the results of the Experiment, and preparing for high-volume deployment;
3. High-volume deployment: all manufacturing enterprises, distribution networks, and retail chains implement the track & trace technology.

The track & trace system implementation project comprises several stages:

1. Preparatory stage: searching for optimal technologies for the application of marking codes, setting up the track & trace system, outreaching to industry enterprises to inform them of the goals and objectives of the implementation of the system to the greatest possible extent;
2. Experiment: testing the marking technologies in real life and at real enterprises, testing and adjusting the track & trace system, informing the industry about the results of the Experiment, and preparing for high-volume deployment;
3. High-volume deployment: all manufacturing enterprises, distribution networks, and retail chains implement the track & trace technology.

The purpose of the experiment is to successfully test the entire flow of marked goods from manufacturing sites or import to disposal at checkouts.

The experiment consists of the following key steps:

1) Ordering a code from the track & and trace system and applying it on the finished product;
2) Transfer of information on the successful application of codes to the track & trace system;
3) Aggregation of products in shipping packages and aggregation of inventory item codes in the aggregation code;
4) Introduction of marked products into circulation and the generation of reports;
5) Flow of goods along the commodity distribution chain according to the electronic Universal Transfer Document (eUTD) with the transfer of codes between legal entities;
6) Withdrawal from the circulation of goods through checkouts or eUTD, without the right of resale.

The purpose of the experiment is to successfully test the entire flow of marked goods from manufacturing sites or import to disposal at checkouts.

The experiment consists of the following key steps:

1) Ordering a code from the track & and trace system and applying it on the finished product;
2) Transfer of information on the successful application of codes to the track & trace system;
3) Aggregation of products in shipping packages and aggregation of inventory item codes in the aggregation code;
4) Introduction of marked products into circulation and the generation of reports;
5) Flow of goods along the commodity distribution chain according to the electronic Universal Transfer Document (eUTD) with the transfer of codes between legal entities;
6) Withdrawal from the circulation of goods through checkouts or eUTD, without the right of resale.

The purpose of the experiment is to successfully test the entire flow of marked goods from manufacturing sites or import to disposal at checkouts.

The experiment consists of the following key steps:

1) Ordering a code from the track & and trace system and applying it on the finished product;
2) Transfer of information on the successful application of codes to the track & trace system;
3) Aggregation of products in shipping packages and aggregation of inventory item codes in the aggregation code;
4) Introduction of marked products into circulation and the generation of reports;
5) Flow of goods along the commodity distribution chain according to the electronic Universal Transfer Document (eUTD) with the transfer of codes between legal entities;
6) Withdrawal from the circulation of goods through checkouts or eUTD, without the right of resale.

— Testing the digital marking technology with consideration for the specifics of a particular manufacturing site. Outputs: a report on the possibility of applying marking to the products of a particular manufacturer; recommended equipment specifications with an eye on the particular characteristics of the manufacturing site; an understanding of the impact of the introduction of digital marking on the manufacturer’s or importer’s production cycle (changes in the packaging process, aggregation of products into shipping packages and subsequent product distribution); an understanding of the required changes in the business processes and technologies of the wholesale component and retail; the opportunity to evaluate the cost of the subsequent full-scale roll-out of the track & trace system at an early stage;

— Analysis of business processes altered by the introduction of marking. Outputs: early assessment of the volume of required changes in the business processes of manufacturing, logistics, sales and affiliate network (if applicable) and the opportunity to prepare for the changes in good time;

— An open discussion with the experiment’s participants on the mandatory rules for marking and circulation and the possibility to influence the shaping of the rules, even at the federal executive level. Outputs: mandatory rules for marking that take comments from manufacturing sites into account.

— Testing the digital marking technology with consideration for the specifics of a particular manufacturing site. Outputs: a report on the possibility of applying marking to the products of a particular manufacturer; recommended equipment specifications with an eye on the particular characteristics of the manufacturing site; an understanding of the impact of the introduction of digital marking on the manufacturer’s or importer’s production cycle (changes in the packaging process, aggregation of products into shipping packages and subsequent product distribution); an understanding of the required changes in the business processes and technologies of the wholesale component and retail; the opportunity to evaluate the cost of the subsequent full-scale roll-out of the track & trace system at an early stage;

— Analysis of business processes altered by the introduction of marking. Outputs: early assessment of the volume of required changes in the business processes of manufacturing, logistics, sales and affiliate network (if applicable) and the opportunity to prepare for the changes in good time;

— An open discussion with the experiment’s participants on the mandatory rules for marking and circulation and the possibility to influence the shaping of the rules, even at the federal executive level. Outputs: mandatory rules for marking that take comments from manufacturing sites into account.

— Testing the digital marking technology with consideration for the specifics of a particular manufacturing site. Outputs: a report on the possibility of applying marking to the products of a particular manufacturer; recommended equipment specifications with an eye on the particular characteristics of the manufacturing site; an understanding of the impact of the introduction of digital marking on the manufacturer’s or importer’s production cycle (changes in the packaging process, aggregation of products into shipping packages and subsequent product distribution); an understanding of the required changes in the business processes and technologies of the wholesale component and retail; the opportunity to evaluate the cost of the subsequent full-scale roll-out of the track & trace system at an early stage;

— Analysis of business processes altered by the introduction of marking. Outputs: early assessment of the volume of required changes in the business processes of manufacturing, logistics, sales and affiliate network (if applicable) and the opportunity to prepare for the changes in good time;

— An open discussion with the experiment’s participants on the mandatory rules for marking and circulation and the possibility to influence the shaping of the rules, even at the federal executive level. Outputs: mandatory rules for marking that take comments from manufacturing sites into account.

There are no limits on company size or the number of SKUs required to join the experiment; however, it is advisable to use multiple different package form factors and production lines.

There are no limits on company size or the number of SKUs required to join the experiment; however, it is advisable to use multiple different package form factors and production lines.

There are no limits on company size or the number of SKUs required to join the experiment; however, it is advisable to use multiple different package form factors and production lines.

Two main types can be distinguished: paper and synthetic.

Paper is exposed to various environment conditions. It is not recommended for use in humid environments.

Synthetic material is tearproof and, often, resistant to tensile, as well as moisture, temperature conditions, mechanical stress, and in some cases, chemicals.

Two main types can be distinguished: paper and synthetic.

Paper is exposed to various environment conditions. It is not recommended for use in humid environments.

Synthetic material is tearproof and, often, resistant to tensile, as well as moisture, temperature conditions, mechanical stress, and in some cases, chemicals.

Two main types can be distinguished: paper and synthetic.

Paper is exposed to various environment conditions. It is not recommended for use in humid environments.

Synthetic material is tearproof and, often, resistant to tensile, as well as moisture, temperature conditions, mechanical stress, and in some cases, chemicals.

In thermal transfer printing, information is applied using an ink ribbon (ribbon) by heating a ribbon on which a pigment is applied, which is transferred to the material, similar to a carbon paper, while thermal inkjet printing is based on the property of ink to increase in volume when heated and then get sprayed

In thermal transfer printing, information is applied using an ink ribbon (ribbon) by heating a ribbon on which a pigment is applied, which is transferred to the material, similar to a carbon paper, while thermal inkjet printing is based on the property of ink to increase in volume when heated and then get sprayed

In thermal transfer printing, information is applied using an ink ribbon (ribbon) by heating a ribbon on which a pigment is applied, which is transferred to the material, similar to a carbon paper, while thermal inkjet printing is based on the property of ink to increase in volume when heated and then get sprayed

The most common cores are 1" or 1/2" in diameter. There are also printer models that use a special sleeve with a specific cutout for fastening.

The most common cores are 1" or 1/2" in diameter. There are also printer models that use a special sleeve with a specific cutout for fastening.

The most common cores are 1" or 1/2" in diameter. There are also printer models that use a special sleeve with a specific cutout for fastening.

Cartridges can be divided into two main types: chipped or non-chipped.

Chipped cartridges can be protected by a special chip that controls the use of original consumables. Some printers with cartridge storage systems allow the use of suitable cartridges without the control of the supplying trademark — without a chip.

Cartridges can be divided into two main types: chipped or non-chipped.

Chipped cartridges can be protected by a special chip that controls the use of original consumables. Some printers with cartridge storage systems allow the use of suitable cartridges without the control of the supplying trademark — without a chip.

Cartridges can be divided into two main types: chipped or non-chipped.

Chipped cartridges can be protected by a special chip that controls the use of original consumables. Some printers with cartridge storage systems allow the use of suitable cartridges without the control of the supplying trademark — without a chip.

There are three ribbon materials (wax, resin, and wax-resin). They must correspond to the material from which the marked material is made.

WAX (wax for paper), WAX-RESIN (wax-resin for paper and synthetics), and RESIN (resin for synthetics).

There are three ribbon materials (wax, resin, and wax-resin). They must correspond to the material from which the marked material is made.

WAX (wax for paper), WAX-RESIN (wax-resin for paper and synthetics), and RESIN (resin for synthetics).

There are three ribbon materials (wax, resin, and wax-resin). They must correspond to the material from which the marked material is made.

WAX (wax for paper), WAX-RESIN (wax-resin for paper and synthetics), and RESIN (resin for synthetics).

Three types of adhesive are used for marking:

Natural rubber (the viscosity of the substance does not allow the adhesive to drain from the object, which increases the strength of the connection.)

Synthetic rubber (usually, permanently acting fast-sticking compounds.)

Acrylic (the most common adhesive used for sticking labels on a dry and even surface at temperatures not lower than +5°С.)

They can also occur as special compounds with specific parameters for specific purposes (high resistance, tolerance to extreme temperatures, ease of removal, high viscosity for bonding to complex or contaminated surfaces).

Three types of adhesive are used for marking:

Natural rubber (the viscosity of the substance does not allow the adhesive to drain from the object, which increases the strength of the connection.)

Synthetic rubber (usually, permanently acting fast-sticking compounds.)

Acrylic (the most common adhesive used for sticking labels on a dry and even surface at temperatures not lower than +5°С.)

They can also occur as special compounds with specific parameters for specific purposes (high resistance, tolerance to extreme temperatures, ease of removal, high viscosity for bonding to complex or contaminated surfaces).

Three types of adhesive are used for marking:

Natural rubber (the viscosity of the substance does not allow the adhesive to drain from the object, which increases the strength of the connection.)

Synthetic rubber (usually, permanently acting fast-sticking compounds.)

Acrylic (the most common adhesive used for sticking labels on a dry and even surface at temperatures not lower than +5°С.)

They can also occur as special compounds with specific parameters for specific purposes (high resistance, tolerance to extreme temperatures, ease of removal, high viscosity for bonding to complex or contaminated surfaces).

All ink dries quickly. To achieve a certain viscosity of not more than 10 mPa, an ink thinner is used. However, it is may be consumed faster due to the temperature and the printer mode. It prevents the ink from thickening and has strong adhesive properties.

All ink dries quickly. To achieve a certain viscosity of not more than 10 mPa, an ink thinner is used. However, it is may be consumed faster due to the temperature and the printer mode. It prevents the ink from thickening and has strong adhesive properties.

All ink dries quickly. To achieve a certain viscosity of not more than 10 mPa, an ink thinner is used. However, it is may be consumed faster due to the temperature and the printer mode. It prevents the ink from thickening and has strong adhesive properties.

Water-based — The earliest-developed ink for inkjet printing.

Solvent-based — A physical and chemical system for inkjet printing, consisting of pigment, polymer, film former, solvent, and special additives.

Alcohol-based — Contains isopropyl alcohol as a solvent.

Ultraviolet — The most sustainable type, dried under the ultraviolet lights.

Water-based — The earliest-developed ink for inkjet printing.

Solvent-based — A physical and chemical system for inkjet printing, consisting of pigment, polymer, film former, solvent, and special additives.

Alcohol-based — Contains isopropyl alcohol as a solvent.

Ultraviolet — The most sustainable type, dried under the ultraviolet lights.

Water-based — The earliest-developed ink for inkjet printing.

Solvent-based — A physical and chemical system for inkjet printing, consisting of pigment, polymer, film former, solvent, and special additives.

Alcohol-based — Contains isopropyl alcohol as a solvent.

Ultraviolet — The most sustainable type, dried under the ultraviolet lights.

A part of a printer that prints. In thermal transfer printers, it wears out like brake pads — from contact with the material — and requires regular replacement. Almost all printheads require cleaning (maintenance), which not only ensures high-quality printing, but also extends their life.

A part of a printer that prints. In thermal transfer printers, it wears out like brake pads — from contact with the material — and requires regular replacement. Almost all printheads require cleaning (maintenance), which not only ensures high-quality printing, but also extends their life.

A part of a printer that prints. In thermal transfer printers, it wears out like brake pads — from contact with the material — and requires regular replacement. Almost all printheads require cleaning (maintenance), which not only ensures high-quality printing, but also extends their life.

The printer generates a stream of fine ink droplets and selects some of those droplets to print characters on the product.

The printer generates a stream of fine ink droplets and selects some of those droplets to print characters on the product.

The printer generates a stream of fine ink droplets and selects some of those droplets to print characters on the product.

A unified digital marking system (track & trace) will allow the business to boost productivity, improve logistics processes, and increase market share and, eventually, revenue:

According to a study by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (April 2021), in 2020, 0.67 billion packages of antiseptics and disinfectants were sold in Russia, while the share of illegal (unobserved) turnover of such products amounted to 51%, an increase compared to 2018-19 (ten%);

— The business will be able to switch production to the Industry 4.0 and just-in-time principles. By tracking warehouse stocks, product movements and shipments online, businesses will be able to optimise their production planning, reduce stock surpluses, and improve turnaround times;
— The business will be able to ensure deep accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Today, many entrepreneurs do not have their own data on stock on hand and goods codes in warehouses and shops. Inventory accounting will optimise costs and increase efficiency;
— The business will switch to electronic document management. EDM will help radically reduce the volume of paper documents that Russian companies are still actively exchanging with one another, cut expenses, and increase labour productivity.

A unified digital marking system (track & trace) will allow the business to boost productivity, improve logistics processes, and increase market share and, eventually, revenue:

According to a study by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (April 2021), in 2020, 0.67 billion packages of antiseptics and disinfectants were sold in Russia, while the share of illegal (unobserved) turnover of such products amounted to 51%, an increase compared to 2018-19 (ten%);

— The business will be able to switch production to the Industry 4.0 and just-in-time principles. By tracking warehouse stocks, product movements and shipments online, businesses will be able to optimise their production planning, reduce stock surpluses, and improve turnaround times;
— The business will be able to ensure deep accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Today, many entrepreneurs do not have their own data on stock on hand and goods codes in warehouses and shops. Inventory accounting will optimise costs and increase efficiency;
— The business will switch to electronic document management. EDM will help radically reduce the volume of paper documents that Russian companies are still actively exchanging with one another, cut expenses, and increase labour productivity.

A unified digital marking system (track & trace) will allow the business to boost productivity, improve logistics processes, and increase market share and, eventually, revenue:

According to a study by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (April 2021), in 2020, 0.67 billion packages of antiseptics and disinfectants were sold in Russia, while the share of illegal (unobserved) turnover of such products amounted to 51%, an increase compared to 2018-19 (ten%);

— The business will be able to switch production to the Industry 4.0 and just-in-time principles. By tracking warehouse stocks, product movements and shipments online, businesses will be able to optimise their production planning, reduce stock surpluses, and improve turnaround times;
— The business will be able to ensure deep accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Today, many entrepreneurs do not have their own data on stock on hand and goods codes in warehouses and shops. Inventory accounting will optimise costs and increase efficiency;
— The business will switch to electronic document management. EDM will help radically reduce the volume of paper documents that Russian companies are still actively exchanging with one another, cut expenses, and increase labour productivity.

December 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the government’s decision to create a national track & trace system by the year 2024. The project is being implemented as a public/private partnership without reliance on the federal budget. The government has appointed the Centre of Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT) to operate the system.

The track & trace system is based on digital code technology using the Data Matrix standard, which stores data on each inventory item, as well as cryptographic protection, which makes it impossible to falsify the code. A unique code is applied to each inventory item during production or import (for specific groups of goods).

To ensure the traceability of the marked goods, electronic document management is used.

To monitor the disposal of marked goods, a system has been implemented to exchange information on the fact of the disposal of goods and, along with it, the goods code through fiscal data operators.

This approach ensures full traceability of goods from the production line (import) to the cash register and eliminates the possibility of introducing unmarked goods into circulation.
The use of the digital technology also makes it possible to expand social control mechanisms through the use of the Chestny ZNAK mobile application. It allows buyers to check the legality and specifications of goods and send complaints to regulatory authorities.

December 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the government’s decision to create a national track & trace system by the year 2024. The project is being implemented as a public/private partnership without reliance on the federal budget. The government has appointed the Centre of Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT) to operate the system.

The track & trace system is based on digital code technology using the Data Matrix standard, which stores data on each inventory item, as well as cryptographic protection, which makes it impossible to falsify the code. A unique code is applied to each inventory item during production or import (for specific groups of goods).

To ensure the traceability of the marked goods, electronic document management is used.

To monitor the disposal of marked goods, a system has been implemented to exchange information on the fact of the disposal of goods and, along with it, the goods code through fiscal data operators.

This approach ensures full traceability of goods from the production line (import) to the cash register and eliminates the possibility of introducing unmarked goods into circulation.
The use of the digital technology also makes it possible to expand social control mechanisms through the use of the Chestny ZNAK mobile application. It allows buyers to check the legality and specifications of goods and send complaints to regulatory authorities.

December 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the government’s decision to create a national track & trace system by the year 2024. The project is being implemented as a public/private partnership without reliance on the federal budget. The government has appointed the Centre of Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT) to operate the system.

The track & trace system is based on digital code technology using the Data Matrix standard, which stores data on each inventory item, as well as cryptographic protection, which makes it impossible to falsify the code. A unique code is applied to each inventory item during production or import (for specific groups of goods).

To ensure the traceability of the marked goods, electronic document management is used.

To monitor the disposal of marked goods, a system has been implemented to exchange information on the fact of the disposal of goods and, along with it, the goods code through fiscal data operators.

This approach ensures full traceability of goods from the production line (import) to the cash register and eliminates the possibility of introducing unmarked goods into circulation.
The use of the digital technology also makes it possible to expand social control mechanisms through the use of the Chestny ZNAK mobile application. It allows buyers to check the legality and specifications of goods and send complaints to regulatory authorities.

1) GTIN goods code of 14 digits;
2) Individual serial number of 13 characters;
3) Verification code, which ensures verification of the originality of the marking code.

of a survey of production sites by system integrators together with representatives of the Operator and manufacturers.

In difficult cases, individual package form factors can be submitted for additional laboratory studies to determine how to apply a marking code of required quality to a specific form factor and to validate the quality of the application when reading.

A small area of approximately 13×13 mm is required for applying the code on a label or lid. The exact application size and place can be determined after carrying out experimental work at the enterprise.

Label printer, applicators (in the case of labelling), machine vision — if marking in production. If printing marking codes on a label in a printing shop — machine vision only. In more detail, the composition of the equipment, its location, and integration into the line can be determined based on the results of a survey of the production site.

Label printer, applicators (in the case of labelling), machine vision — if marking in production. If printing marking codes on a label in a printing shop — machine vision only. In more detail, the composition of the equipment, its location, and integration into the line can be determined based on the results of a survey of the production site.

Label printer, applicators (in the case of labelling), machine vision — if marking in production. If printing marking codes on a label in a printing shop — machine vision only. In more detail, the composition of the equipment, its location, and integration into the line can be determined based on the results of a survey of the production site.

For small and micro enterprises, the User Account is available. If this option is inconvenient, then the existing inventory accounting system will need to be finalised/upgraded for integration with the User Account of the track & trace system. For medium and large enterprises, integration with inventory accounting and automated warehouse systems is recommended without fail in order to significantly simplify interaction with the track & trace system.

After the introduction of mandatory marking, unmarked goods will not be able to pass through customs of the Russian Federation. The application of the marking code on the imported goods must be carried out in production or in the customs warehouse.

— Enhanced qualified electronic signature (issued in one of the certification centres accredited by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media);
— 2D barcode scanner for reading the Data Matrix code;
— Online checkout for retail sales (firmware update may be required);
— Document exchange configured using an electronic document management operator for the acceptance of goods to the warehouse;
— When working in the inventory accounting program, the turnover participant can integrate it with the User Account of the track & trace system.

— Enhanced qualified electronic signature (issued in one of the certification centres accredited by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media);
— 2D barcode scanner for reading the Data Matrix code;
— Online checkout for retail sales (firmware update may be required);
— Document exchange configured using an electronic document management operator for the acceptance of goods to the warehouse;
— When working in the inventory accounting program, the turnover participant can integrate it with the User Account of the track & trace system.

— Enhanced qualified electronic signature (issued in one of the certification centres accredited by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media);
— 2D barcode scanner for reading the Data Matrix code;
— Online checkout for retail sales (firmware update may be required);
— Document exchange configured using an electronic document management operator for the acceptance of goods to the warehouse;
— When working in the inventory accounting program, the turnover participant can integrate it with the User Account of the track & trace system.

The cost of the service for the traceability of marked goods (generation and provision of a marking code/storage of information on the transfer of a marking code between legal entities for one inventory item), approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No 577 dated 8 May 2019, shall be 50 kopecks excluding VAT fixed for 15 years.

For the duration of the experiment, the emission of marking codes is free. Upon completion of the experiment, from the date of the start of mandatory digital marking, the debiting of funds will occur until the submission of information about the introduction of goods into civil circulation.

For the duration of the experiment, the emission of marking codes is free. Upon completion of the experiment, from the date of the start of mandatory digital marking, the debiting of funds will occur until the submission of information about the introduction of goods into civil circulation.

For the duration of the experiment, the emission of marking codes is free. Upon completion of the experiment, from the date of the start of mandatory digital marking, the debiting of funds will occur until the submission of information about the introduction of goods into civil circulation.

The costs of a market member for losses from the write-off of goods/rejects are their own risk, regardless of whether their goods have been marked or not. This risk is not related to the service of providing marking codes by the Operator. Recognition of the marking code is retained if up to 30% of its area is damaged. Greater damage may indicate damage to the product packaging, rendering it non-compliant with the health and safety regulations. Since physical printing and application of the marking code are not included in the services provided by the Operator, incorrect application or damage to the code cannot be attributed to the risks of the Operator.

The track & trace system implementation project comprises several stages:

1. Preparatory stage: searching for optimal technologies for the application of marking codes, setting up the track & trace system, outreaching to industry enterprises to inform them of the goals and objectives of the implementation of the system to the greatest possible extent;
2. Experiment: testing the marking technologies in real life and at real enterprises, testing and adjusting the track & trace system, informing the industry about the results of the Experiment, and preparing for high-volume deployment;
3. High-volume deployment: all manufacturing enterprises, distribution networks, and retail chains implement the track & trace technology.

The purpose of the experiment is to successfully test the entire flow of marked goods from manufacturing sites or import to disposal at checkouts.

The experiment consists of the following key steps:

1) Ordering a code from the track & and trace system and applying it on the finished product;
2) Transfer of information on the successful application of codes to the track & trace system;
3) Aggregation of products in shipping packages and aggregation of inventory item codes in the aggregation code;
4) Introduction of marked products into circulation and the generation of reports;
5) Flow of goods along the commodity distribution chain according to the electronic Universal Transfer Document (eUTD) with the transfer of codes between legal entities;
6) Withdrawal from the circulation of goods through checkouts or eUTD, without the right of resale.

— Testing the digital marking technology with consideration for the specifics of a particular manufacturing site. Outputs: a report on the possibility of applying marking to the products of a particular manufacturer; recommended equipment specifications with an eye on the particular characteristics of the manufacturing site; an understanding of the impact of the introduction of digital marking on the manufacturer’s or importer’s production cycle (changes in the packaging process, aggregation of products into shipping packages and subsequent product distribution); an understanding of the required changes in the business processes and technologies of the wholesale component and retail; the opportunity to evaluate the cost of the subsequent full-scale roll-out of the track & trace system at an early stage;

— Analysis of business processes altered by the introduction of marking. Outputs: early assessment of the volume of required changes in the business processes of manufacturing, logistics, sales and affiliate network (if applicable) and the opportunity to prepare for the changes in good time;

— An open discussion with the experiment’s participants on the mandatory rules for marking and circulation and the possibility to influence the shaping of the rules, even at the federal executive level. Outputs: mandatory rules for marking that take comments from manufacturing sites into account.

There are no limits on company size or the number of SKUs required to join the experiment; however, it is advisable to use multiple different package form factors and production lines.

Two main types can be distinguished: paper and synthetic.

Paper is exposed to various environment conditions. It is not recommended for use in humid environments.

Synthetic material is tearproof and, often, resistant to tensile, as well as moisture, temperature conditions, mechanical stress, and in some cases, chemicals.

Two main types can be distinguished: paper and synthetic.

Paper is exposed to various environment conditions. It is not recommended for use in humid environments.

Synthetic material is tearproof and, often, resistant to tensile, as well as moisture, temperature conditions, mechanical stress, and in some cases, chemicals.

Two main types can be distinguished: paper and synthetic.

Paper is exposed to various environment conditions. It is not recommended for use in humid environments.

Synthetic material is tearproof and, often, resistant to tensile, as well as moisture, temperature conditions, mechanical stress, and in some cases, chemicals.

In thermal transfer printing, information is applied using an ink ribbon (ribbon) by heating a ribbon on which a pigment is applied, which is transferred to the material, similar to a carbon paper, while thermal inkjet printing is based on the property of ink to increase in volume when heated and then get sprayed

In thermal transfer printing, information is applied using an ink ribbon (ribbon) by heating a ribbon on which a pigment is applied, which is transferred to the material, similar to a carbon paper, while thermal inkjet printing is based on the property of ink to increase in volume when heated and then get sprayed

In thermal transfer printing, information is applied using an ink ribbon (ribbon) by heating a ribbon on which a pigment is applied, which is transferred to the material, similar to a carbon paper, while thermal inkjet printing is based on the property of ink to increase in volume when heated and then get sprayed

The most common cores are 1" or 1/2" in diameter. There are also printer models that use a special sleeve with a specific cutout for fastening.

The most common cores are 1" or 1/2" in diameter. There are also printer models that use a special sleeve with a specific cutout for fastening.

The most common cores are 1" or 1/2" in diameter. There are also printer models that use a special sleeve with a specific cutout for fastening.

Cartridges can be divided into two main types: chipped or non-chipped.

Chipped cartridges can be protected by a special chip that controls the use of original consumables. Some printers with cartridge storage systems allow the use of suitable cartridges without the control of the supplying trademark — without a chip.

There are three ribbon materials (wax, resin, and wax-resin). They must correspond to the material from which the marked material is made.

WAX (wax for paper), WAX-RESIN (wax-resin for paper and synthetics), and RESIN (resin for synthetics).

Three types of adhesive are used for marking:

Natural rubber (the viscosity of the substance does not allow the adhesive to drain from the object, which increases the strength of the connection.)

Synthetic rubber (usually, permanently acting fast-sticking compounds.)

Acrylic (the most common adhesive used for sticking labels on a dry and even surface at temperatures not lower than +5°С.)

They can also occur as special compounds with specific parameters for specific purposes (high resistance, tolerance to extreme temperatures, ease of removal, high viscosity for bonding to complex or contaminated surfaces).

All ink dries quickly. To achieve a certain viscosity of not more than 10 mPa, an ink thinner is used. However, it is may be consumed faster due to the temperature and the printer mode. It prevents the ink from thickening and has strong adhesive properties.

Water-based — The earliest-developed ink for inkjet printing.

Solvent-based — A physical and chemical system for inkjet printing, consisting of pigment, polymer, film former, solvent, and special additives.

Alcohol-based — Contains isopropyl alcohol as a solvent.

Ultraviolet — The most sustainable type, dried under the ultraviolet lights.

Water-based — The earliest-developed ink for inkjet printing.

Solvent-based — A physical and chemical system for inkjet printing, consisting of pigment, polymer, film former, solvent, and special additives.

Alcohol-based — Contains isopropyl alcohol as a solvent.

Ultraviolet — The most sustainable type, dried under the ultraviolet lights.

Water-based — The earliest-developed ink for inkjet printing.

Solvent-based — A physical and chemical system for inkjet printing, consisting of pigment, polymer, film former, solvent, and special additives.

Alcohol-based — Contains isopropyl alcohol as a solvent.

Ultraviolet — The most sustainable type, dried under the ultraviolet lights.

A part of a printer that prints. In thermal transfer printers, it wears out like brake pads — from contact with the material — and requires regular replacement. Almost all printheads require cleaning (maintenance), which not only ensures high-quality printing, but also extends their life.

The printer generates a stream of fine ink droplets and selects some of those droplets to print characters on the product.

The printer generates a stream of fine ink droplets and selects some of those droplets to print characters on the product.

The printer generates a stream of fine ink droplets and selects some of those droplets to print characters on the product.

A unified digital marking system (track & trace) will allow the business to boost productivity, improve logistics processes, and increase market share and, eventually, revenue:

According to a study by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (April 2021), in 2020, 0.67 billion packages of antiseptics and disinfectants were sold in Russia, while the share of illegal (unobserved) turnover of such products amounted to 51%, an increase compared to 2018-19 (ten%);

— The business will be able to switch production to the Industry 4.0 and just-in-time principles. By tracking warehouse stocks, product movements and shipments online, businesses will be able to optimise their production planning, reduce stock surpluses, and improve turnaround times;
— The business will be able to ensure deep accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Today, many entrepreneurs do not have their own data on stock on hand and goods codes in warehouses and shops. Inventory accounting will optimise costs and increase efficiency;
— The business will switch to electronic document management. EDM will help radically reduce the volume of paper documents that Russian companies are still actively exchanging with one another, cut expenses, and increase labour productivity.

December 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the government’s decision to create a national track & trace system by the year 2024. The project is being implemented as a public/private partnership without reliance on the federal budget. The government has appointed the Centre of Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT) to operate the system.

The track & trace system is based on digital code technology using the Data Matrix standard, which stores data on each inventory item, as well as cryptographic protection, which makes it impossible to falsify the code. A unique code is applied to each inventory item during production or import (for specific groups of goods).

To ensure the traceability of the marked goods, electronic document management is used.

To monitor the disposal of marked goods, a system has been implemented to exchange information on the fact of the disposal of goods and, along with it, the goods code through fiscal data operators.

This approach ensures full traceability of goods from the production line (import) to the cash register and eliminates the possibility of introducing unmarked goods into circulation.
The use of the digital technology also makes it possible to expand social control mechanisms through the use of the Chestny ZNAK mobile application. It allows buyers to check the legality and specifications of goods and send complaints to regulatory authorities.

1) GTIN goods code of 14 digits;
2) Individual serial number of 13 characters;
3) Verification code, which ensures verification of the originality of the marking code.

of a survey of production sites by system integrators together with representatives of the Operator and manufacturers.

In difficult cases, individual package form factors can be submitted for additional laboratory studies to determine how to apply a marking code of required quality to a specific form factor and to validate the quality of the application when reading.

A small area of approximately 13×13 mm is required for applying the code on a label or lid. The exact application size and place can be determined after carrying out experimental work at the enterprise.

Label printer, applicators (in the case of labelling), machine vision — if marking in production. If printing marking codes on a label in a printing shop — machine vision only. In more detail, the composition of the equipment, its location, and integration into the line can be determined based on the results of a survey of the production site.

For small and micro enterprises, the User Account is available. If this option is inconvenient, then the existing inventory accounting system will need to be finalised/upgraded for integration with the User Account of the track & trace system. For medium and large enterprises, integration with inventory accounting and automated warehouse systems is recommended without fail in order to significantly simplify interaction with the track & trace system.

After the introduction of mandatory marking, unmarked goods will not be able to pass through customs of the Russian Federation. The application of the marking code on the imported goods must be carried out in production or in the customs warehouse.

— Enhanced qualified electronic signature (issued in one of the certification centres accredited by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media);
— 2D barcode scanner for reading the Data Matrix code;
— Online checkout for retail sales (firmware update may be required);
— Document exchange configured using an electronic document management operator for the acceptance of goods to the warehouse;
— When working in the inventory accounting program, the turnover participant can integrate it with the User Account of the track & trace system.

The cost of the service for the traceability of marked goods (generation and provision of a marking code/storage of information on the transfer of a marking code between legal entities for one inventory item), approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No 577 dated 8 May 2019, shall be 50 kopecks excluding VAT fixed for 15 years.

For the duration of the experiment, the emission of marking codes is free. Upon completion of the experiment, from the date of the start of mandatory digital marking, the debiting of funds will occur until the submission of information about the introduction of goods into civil circulation.

The costs of a market member for losses from the write-off of goods/rejects are their own risk, regardless of whether their goods have been marked or not. This risk is not related to the service of providing marking codes by the Operator. Recognition of the marking code is retained if up to 30% of its area is damaged. Greater damage may indicate damage to the product packaging, rendering it non-compliant with the health and safety regulations. Since physical printing and application of the marking code are not included in the services provided by the Operator, incorrect application or damage to the code cannot be attributed to the risks of the Operator.

The track & trace system implementation project comprises several stages:

1. Preparatory stage: searching for optimal technologies for the application of marking codes, setting up the track & trace system, outreaching to industry enterprises to inform them of the goals and objectives of the implementation of the system to the greatest possible extent;
2. Experiment: testing the marking technologies in real life and at real enterprises, testing and adjusting the track & trace system, informing the industry about the results of the Experiment, and preparing for high-volume deployment;
3. High-volume deployment: all manufacturing enterprises, distribution networks, and retail chains implement the track & trace technology.

The purpose of the experiment is to successfully test the entire flow of marked goods from manufacturing sites or import to disposal at checkouts.

The experiment consists of the following key steps:

1) Ordering a code from the track & and trace system and applying it on the finished product;
2) Transfer of information on the successful application of codes to the track & trace system;
3) Aggregation of products in shipping packages and aggregation of inventory item codes in the aggregation code;
4) Introduction of marked products into circulation and the generation of reports;
5) Flow of goods along the commodity distribution chain according to the electronic Universal Transfer Document (eUTD) with the transfer of codes between legal entities;
6) Withdrawal from the circulation of goods through checkouts or eUTD, without the right of resale.

— Testing the digital marking technology with consideration for the specifics of a particular manufacturing site. Outputs: a report on the possibility of applying marking to the products of a particular manufacturer; recommended equipment specifications with an eye on the particular characteristics of the manufacturing site; an understanding of the impact of the introduction of digital marking on the manufacturer’s or importer’s production cycle (changes in the packaging process, aggregation of products into shipping packages and subsequent product distribution); an understanding of the required changes in the business processes and technologies of the wholesale component and retail; the opportunity to evaluate the cost of the subsequent full-scale roll-out of the track & trace system at an early stage;

— Analysis of business processes altered by the introduction of marking. Outputs: early assessment of the volume of required changes in the business processes of manufacturing, logistics, sales and affiliate network (if applicable) and the opportunity to prepare for the changes in good time;

— An open discussion with the experiment’s participants on the mandatory rules for marking and circulation and the possibility to influence the shaping of the rules, even at the federal executive level. Outputs: mandatory rules for marking that take comments from manufacturing sites into account.

There are no limits on company size or the number of SKUs required to join the experiment; however, it is advisable to use multiple different package form factors and production lines.

Two main types can be distinguished: paper and synthetic.

Paper is exposed to various environment conditions. It is not recommended for use in humid environments.

Synthetic material is tearproof and, often, resistant to tensile, as well as moisture, temperature conditions, mechanical stress, and in some cases, chemicals.

In thermal transfer printing, information is applied using an ink ribbon (ribbon) by heating a ribbon on which a pigment is applied, which is transferred to the material, similar to a carbon paper, while thermal inkjet printing is based on the property of ink to increase in volume when heated and then get sprayed

The most common cores are 1" or 1/2" in diameter. There are also printer models that use a special sleeve with a specific cutout for fastening.

Cartridges can be divided into two main types: chipped or non-chipped.

Chipped cartridges can be protected by a special chip that controls the use of original consumables. Some printers with cartridge storage systems allow the use of suitable cartridges without the control of the supplying trademark — without a chip.

There are three ribbon materials (wax, resin, and wax-resin). They must correspond to the material from which the marked material is made.

WAX (wax for paper), WAX-RESIN (wax-resin for paper and synthetics), and RESIN (resin for synthetics).

Three types of adhesive are used for marking:

Natural rubber (the viscosity of the substance does not allow the adhesive to drain from the object, which increases the strength of the connection.)

Synthetic rubber (usually, permanently acting fast-sticking compounds.)

Acrylic (the most common adhesive used for sticking labels on a dry and even surface at temperatures not lower than +5°С.)

They can also occur as special compounds with specific parameters for specific purposes (high resistance, tolerance to extreme temperatures, ease of removal, high viscosity for bonding to complex or contaminated surfaces).

All ink dries quickly. To achieve a certain viscosity of not more than 10 mPa, an ink thinner is used. However, it is may be consumed faster due to the temperature and the printer mode. It prevents the ink from thickening and has strong adhesive properties.

Water-based — The earliest-developed ink for inkjet printing.

Solvent-based — A physical and chemical system for inkjet printing, consisting of pigment, polymer, film former, solvent, and special additives.

Alcohol-based — Contains isopropyl alcohol as a solvent.

Ultraviolet — The most sustainable type, dried under the ultraviolet lights.

A part of a printer that prints. In thermal transfer printers, it wears out like brake pads — from contact with the material — and requires regular replacement. Almost all printheads require cleaning (maintenance), which not only ensures high-quality printing, but also extends their life.

The printer generates a stream of fine ink droplets and selects some of those droplets to print characters on the product.

A unified digital marking system (track & trace) will allow the business to boost productivity, improve logistics processes, and increase market share and, eventually, revenue:

According to a study by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (April 2021), in 2020, 0.67 billion packages of antiseptics and disinfectants were sold in Russia, while the share of illegal (unobserved) turnover of such products amounted to 51%, an increase compared to 2018-19 (ten%);

— The business will be able to switch production to the Industry 4.0 and just-in-time principles. By tracking warehouse stocks, product movements and shipments online, businesses will be able to optimise their production planning, reduce stock surpluses, and improve turnaround times;
— The business will be able to ensure deep accounting at all stages of the production and logistics cycle. Today, many entrepreneurs do not have their own data on stock on hand and goods codes in warehouses and shops. Inventory accounting will optimise costs and increase efficiency;
— The business will switch to electronic document management. EDM will help radically reduce the volume of paper documents that Russian companies are still actively exchanging with one another, cut expenses, and increase labour productivity.

December 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the government’s decision to create a national track & trace system by the year 2024. The project is being implemented as a public/private partnership without reliance on the federal budget. The government has appointed the Centre of Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT) to operate the system.

The track & trace system is based on digital code technology using the Data Matrix standard, which stores data on each inventory item, as well as cryptographic protection, which makes it impossible to falsify the code. A unique code is applied to each inventory item during production or import (for specific groups of goods).

To ensure the traceability of the marked goods, electronic document management is used.

To monitor the disposal of marked goods, a system has been implemented to exchange information on the fact of the disposal of goods and, along with it, the goods code through fiscal data operators.

This approach ensures full traceability of goods from the production line (import) to the cash register and eliminates the possibility of introducing unmarked goods into circulation.
The use of the digital technology also makes it possible to expand social control mechanisms through the use of the Chestny ZNAK mobile application. It allows buyers to check the legality and specifications of goods and send complaints to regulatory authorities.

1) GTIN goods code of 14 digits;
2) Individual serial number of 13 characters;
3) Verification code, which ensures verification of the originality of the marking code.

of a survey of production sites by system integrators together with representatives of the Operator and manufacturers.

In difficult cases, individual package form factors can be submitted for additional laboratory studies to determine how to apply a marking code of required quality to a specific form factor and to validate the quality of the application when reading.

A small area of approximately 13×13 mm is required for applying the code on a label or lid. The exact application size and place can be determined after carrying out experimental work at the enterprise.

Label printer, applicators (in the case of labelling), machine vision — if marking in production. If printing marking codes on a label in a printing shop — machine vision only. In more detail, the composition of the equipment, its location, and integration into the line can be determined based on the results of a survey of the production site.

For small and micro enterprises, the User Account is available. If this option is inconvenient, then the existing inventory accounting system will need to be finalised/upgraded for integration with the User Account of the track & trace system. For medium and large enterprises, integration with inventory accounting and automated warehouse systems is recommended without fail in order to significantly simplify interaction with the track & trace system.

After the introduction of mandatory marking, unmarked goods will not be able to pass through customs of the Russian Federation. The application of the marking code on the imported goods must be carried out in production or in the customs warehouse.

— Enhanced qualified electronic signature (issued in one of the certification centres accredited by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media);
— 2D barcode scanner for reading the Data Matrix code;
— Online checkout for retail sales (firmware update may be required);
— Document exchange configured using an electronic document management operator for the acceptance of goods to the warehouse;
— When working in the inventory accounting program, the turnover participant can integrate it with the User Account of the track & trace system.

The cost of the service for the traceability of marked goods (generation and provision of a marking code/storage of information on the transfer of a marking code between legal entities for one inventory item), approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No 577 dated 8 May 2019, shall be 50 kopecks excluding VAT fixed for 15 years.

For the duration of the experiment, the emission of marking codes is free. Upon completion of the experiment, from the date of the start of mandatory digital marking, the debiting of funds will occur until the submission of information about the introduction of goods into civil circulation.

The costs of a market member for losses from the write-off of goods/rejects are their own risk, regardless of whether their goods have been marked or not. This risk is not related to the service of providing marking codes by the Operator. Recognition of the marking code is retained if up to 30% of its area is damaged. Greater damage may indicate damage to the product packaging, rendering it non-compliant with the health and safety regulations. Since physical printing and application of the marking code are not included in the services provided by the Operator, incorrect application or damage to the code cannot be attributed to the risks of the Operator.

The track & trace system implementation project comprises several stages:

1. Preparatory stage: searching for optimal technologies for the application of marking codes, setting up the track & trace system, outreaching to industry enterprises to inform them of the goals and objectives of the implementation of the system to the greatest possible extent;
2. Experiment: testing the marking technologies in real life and at real enterprises, testing and adjusting the track & trace system, informing the industry about the results of the Experiment, and preparing for high-volume deployment;
3. High-volume deployment: all manufacturing enterprises, distribution networks, and retail chains implement the track & trace technology.

The purpose of the experiment is to successfully test the entire flow of marked goods from manufacturing sites or import to disposal at checkouts.

The experiment consists of the following key steps:

1) Ordering a code from the track & and trace system and applying it on the finished product;
2) Transfer of information on the successful application of codes to the track & trace system;
3) Aggregation of products in shipping packages and aggregation of inventory item codes in the aggregation code;
4) Introduction of marked products into circulation and the generation of reports;
5) Flow of goods along the commodity distribution chain according to the electronic Universal Transfer Document (eUTD) with the transfer of codes between legal entities;
6) Withdrawal from the circulation of goods through checkouts or eUTD, without the right of resale.

— Testing the digital marking technology with consideration for the specifics of a particular manufacturing site. Outputs: a report on the possibility of applying marking to the products of a particular manufacturer; recommended equipment specifications with an eye on the particular characteristics of the manufacturing site; an understanding of the impact of the introduction of digital marking on the manufacturer’s or importer’s production cycle (changes in the packaging process, aggregation of products into shipping packages and subsequent product distribution); an understanding of the required changes in the business processes and technologies of the wholesale component and retail; the opportunity to evaluate the cost of the subsequent full-scale roll-out of the track & trace system at an early stage;

— Analysis of business processes altered by the introduction of marking. Outputs: early assessment of the volume of required changes in the business processes of manufacturing, logistics, sales and affiliate network (if applicable) and the opportunity to prepare for the changes in good time;

— An open discussion with the experiment’s participants on the mandatory rules for marking and circulation and the possibility to influence the shaping of the rules, even at the federal executive level. Outputs: mandatory rules for marking that take comments from manufacturing sites into account.

There are no limits on company size or the number of SKUs required to join the experiment; however, it is advisable to use multiple different package form factors and production lines.

Two main types can be distinguished: paper and synthetic.

Paper is exposed to various environment conditions. It is not recommended for use in humid environments.

Synthetic material is tearproof and, often, resistant to tensile, as well as moisture, temperature conditions, mechanical stress, and in some cases, chemicals.

In thermal transfer printing, information is applied using an ink ribbon (ribbon) by heating a ribbon on which a pigment is applied, which is transferred to the material, similar to a carbon paper, while thermal inkjet printing is based on the property of ink to increase in volume when heated and then get sprayed

The most common cores are 1" or 1/2" in diameter. There are also printer models that use a special sleeve with a specific cutout for fastening.

Cartridges can be divided into two main types: chipped or non-chipped.

Chipped cartridges can be protected by a special chip that controls the use of original consumables. Some printers with cartridge storage systems allow the use of suitable cartridges without the control of the supplying trademark — without a chip.

There are three ribbon materials (wax, resin, and wax-resin). They must correspond to the material from which the marked material is made.

WAX (wax for paper), WAX-RESIN (wax-resin for paper and synthetics), and RESIN (resin for synthetics).

Three types of adhesive are used for marking:

Natural rubber (the viscosity of the substance does not allow the adhesive to drain from the object, which increases the strength of the connection.)

Synthetic rubber (usually, permanently acting fast-sticking compounds.)

Acrylic (the most common adhesive used for sticking labels on a dry and even surface at temperatures not lower than +5°С.)

They can also occur as special compounds with specific parameters for specific purposes (high resistance, tolerance to extreme temperatures, ease of removal, high viscosity for bonding to complex or contaminated surfaces).

All ink dries quickly. To achieve a certain viscosity of not more than 10 mPa, an ink thinner is used. However, it is may be consumed faster due to the temperature and the printer mode. It prevents the ink from thickening and has strong adhesive properties.

Water-based — The earliest-developed ink for inkjet printing.

Solvent-based — A physical and chemical system for inkjet printing, consisting of pigment, polymer, film former, solvent, and special additives.

Alcohol-based — Contains isopropyl alcohol as a solvent.

Ultraviolet — The most sustainable type, dried under the ultraviolet lights.

A part of a printer that prints. In thermal transfer printers, it wears out like brake pads — from contact with the material — and requires regular replacement. Almost all printheads require cleaning (maintenance), which not only ensures high-quality printing, but also extends their life.

The printer generates a stream of fine ink droplets and selects some of those droplets to print characters on the product.

For participation in the experiment, you must register on the website of the system operator.

The companies that decide to participate in the experiment will be the first to test the track & trace system operation. Take part in meetings of project expert and working groups. Come up with suggestions on marking of goods.

8711 Bicycles with an auxiliary engine installed, with or without wheeled chairs
8712 00 Two-wheeled bicycles and other bicycles (including tricycles for delivery of cargo) without engine
8714 91 100 Bicycle frames
9503 00 100 9 Tricycles

For participation in the experiment, you must register on the website of the system operator.

The companies that decide to participate in the experiment will be the first to test the track & trace system operation. Take part in meetings of project expert and working groups. Come up with suggestions on marking of goods.

The experiment covers two types of devices for rehabilitation:
— hand powered wheelchairs (without mechanical devices for movement), TRIEC 8713 10;
— electric wheelchairs (other wheelchairs equipped with an engine or other mechanical devices for movement), TRIEC 8713 90.