Rustam Minnikhanov meets with participants of All-Russia forum of agencies on assessment of conformity in the sphere of technical regulation
16 February 2012, Thursday
President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with participants of All-Russia forum of agencies on assessment of conformity in the sphere of technical regulation.
The meeting was held in the House of RT Government with participation of first deputy PM Ravil Muratov, RT Minister of industry and trade Ravil Zaripov, RT Minister of economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov.
Deputy RF Minister of industry and trade Vladimir Salamatov, deputy RF minister of economic development Oleg Fomichev arrived in Kazan to take part in the forum.
Greeting attendees of the event Rustam Minnikhanov noted that activity of accreditation, certification agencies, testing laboratories (centers) is very important for ensuring safety of production, and implementation of technical regulations. Tatarstan with its developed industrial sector is especially interested in work of agencies on assessment of conformity in the sphere of technical regulation.
In particular, KAMAZ testing laboratory has gained wide experience within realization of approved technical regulations in motor industry. RT President informed that on February, 15 opening of an important enterprise – joint production of combines with Case New Holland (CNH) took place in Naberezhnye Chelny at JSC KAMAZ. The Russian-Italian enterprise “CNH-Kazan industry” is located on the area of 47 thousand m².
We remind All-Russia forum of agencies on assessment of conformity in the sphere of technical regulation is held in Kazan (KRK “Korston”) on February 16-17, 2012.
The following topics will be discussed at the event “The system of technical regulation of the Customs union – new opportunities of integration in the former Soviet Union”, “Single system of accreditation in Russia: formation of regulations for accreditation, international recognition of the system, functioning of the system in the context of WTO”, “Role of industry in creation of the system of technical regulation of the Customs union”.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.