The share of counterfeit products on the Russian market PPE – about 30%. Counterfeit PPE depreciate state support measures, damage to business reputation, bona fide producers, leaving them without orders; the state budget does not receive taxes, in General, reduces the investment attractiveness of the state.
Counterfeit protection do not meet the established technical requirements, do not perform their functions. Using PPE, workers receive serious injuries, for example, from electric shock or falling from a height, or occupational disease, a growing number of hospital, insurance payments and fines on enterprises.
As noted by Yegor Nikolayevich Ivanov, head of the state supervision in the sphere of work of the Federal service for labour and employment in Russia today, SOUTH held at 15 million jobs. The sick pay and insurance payments to workers, affected by accidents on production, spent 110 thousand man-years, which is a very large financial burden on the budget and employers. The cost of measures for labor protection and the acquisition of effective authentic SIZ return in 3-4 years.
During the visit to the exhibition BIOT-2017, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the need to work in order to create more effective means of individual protection for those who work in harmful, hazardous occupations, and in order to this niche industry has evolved, it is necessary to protect the market from poor quality and counterfeit products, which really creates no protection.
Among the main tools that can help to displace the dishonest suppliers from the market, Svetlana V. Kvasova, Director General of the International Association of “Anticounterfeiting”, said labeling of products, creation of systems tracking information online, training in identifying and combating the spread of counterfeit products, including in the framework of the Association Anticounterfeiting, cooperation of industry associations with government agencies, market monitoring, collection of materials and transfer them to the relevant departments to initiate audits. the Issuance of fake certificates for products can be controlled, including using the procedure of registration of manufacturers of the notification on the import of goods.
According to Andrei Nikolaevich Lotsmanov, first Deputy Chairman of RSPP Committee for technical regulation, for the production and distribution of counterfeit goods legislation of the Russian Federation provides for administrative and criminal liability. It is necessary to improve law enforcement, to take measures and create the conditions under which the creation and distribution of counterfeit goods dangerous and unprofitable.
One of the reasons for the popularity of counterfeit PPE products on the market - the increased demand for cheap products. Most often counterfeit PPE at a price 30-40% below the certified. Low price is a decisive factor determining the participation and victory in tenders for the purchase of products. There is also a secondary market of personal protective equipment, which sells products of famous brands, illegally exported, stolen from enterprises. The price of such PPE is 50-60% of the official prices of the manufacturer.
To prevent the Russian company illegally and of poor quality PPE by using the verification procedure, in which a winner the supplier within 7 days shall provide product samples, certificates, test reports, and other supporting documentation.
the Majority of consumers buy counterfeit and adulterated PPE due to the lack of knowledge that distinguish a high-quality product from tampering. Therefore it is very important to carry out organizational and methodological support of market participants, to train the management of enterprises to distinguish and identify the counterfeit, to show the workers how to operate the certified PPE.
“Counterfeit products may have incorrect or incomplete labeling, incomplete packing, to be simply another product – have similar, but different form; gas products may have little coal, or not have it at all, or have a black cloth in the place where should be the coal», - said at the conference.
Organizations and businesses, procuring PPE, it is recommended to ask the manufacturers list of authorized vendors. If purchase is not from an official distributor, all the issues related to warranty, product quality, and also responsibility for this product, are removed from the manufacturer. Thus, in the event of complaints or claims, the manufacturer always can track a shipment of their products to prove its legality or on the contrary, illegality.
“We urge all stakeholders, access to information about the facts of the sale of counterfeit PPE, as well as those who may have doubts about the originality of the purchased goods, to unite their efforts to publish such information, refer to the bona fide producers Association PPE” said Alexei Shulepov, Director of the business group Safety and graphics company 3M Russia.
This will protect the interests of consumers, in our case – workers ' health, and reduce reputational risks for the suppliers, to avoid unsubstantiated claims on product quality, which is not original, but comes under the famous brands.
The conference “Counterfeit on the market of PPE: to protect producers and consumers” were made by the 3M company, Russia, developer and manufacturer of PPE, the Association of manufacturers, developers and suppliers of PPE (ASOE).