On the postponement of labeling and traceability deadlines for goods

The Tax Inspection for the Orsha District reports that on September 25, 2025, the Government of the Republic of Belarus adopted the following resolutions:

The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 528 "On Amending the Resolutions of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus" (hereinafter - Resolution No. 528); The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus and the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus on September 25, 2025, No. 529/24 "On Amending the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus and the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus dated July 6, 2011, No. 924/16" (hereinafter - Resolution No. 529/24), the adoption of which will reduce the burden on economic entities regarding the mandatory use of electronic invoices and the submission of information for inclusion in the PC "Goods Traceability System", as well as provide additional time for preparation for the introduction of traceability mechanisms and for the implementation of the product marking mechanism.

Resolution No. 528 provides for the following:

1. Optimization of the list of goods, the information on the turnover of which is subject to traceability (hereinafter - the list). Food products, footwear, and household chemicals, as well as used goods (except for household refrigerators and freezers, washing machines, and televisions) are excluded from the list.

2. Change of the introduction date for traceability regarding household appliances - from October 1, 2025, to March 1, 2026, as well as the deadlines for submitting information about their balances - until July 1, 2026, but no later than the start of the turnover of such goods. From March 1, 2026, the following will be subject to traceability: household washing machines, vacuum cleaners, household robotic vacuum cleaners, electric irons, household kitchen machines, household dishwashers, electric kettles, electric multicookers, microwave ovens, household electric stoves (cooking panels), electric drills, hair dryers, televisions.

3. Clarification of the procedure for classifying the goods listed in the list as goods subject to traceability. Resolution No. 528 corrects the footnote to the list, according to which it is provided that goods are determined exclusively by the code of the unified Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union and an additional four-digit code according to the classifier of additional customs information in accordance with Appendix 4-1 to the Resolution of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus dated February 12, 2016, No. 5 (hereinafter - Resolution No. 5) at the level of the first or first and second or first, second, and third digits of the code according to the classifier of additional customs information (when indicated). This clarification will allow maintaining the stability of the list when adding, changing, or excluding four-digit codes of additional customs information contained in the relevant classifier established by Resolution No. 5.

4. Change of the introduction date for marking non-alcoholic beverages and juices with identification means from October 1, 2025, to May 1, 2026. 5. Exclusion from the list of goods subject to marking with identification means of used mobile phones and laptops, as well as from the list of goods subject to marking with unified control marks - non-alcoholic beverages. Resolution No. 528 comes into force after its official publication, except for provisions regarding the marking with unified control marks of juices, which come into force on October 1, 2025, and remain in effect until April 30, 2026.

Based on the above, from October 1, 2025, non-alcoholic beverages are excluded from the list of goods subject to marking with UCM; from October 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026, juices continue to be marked with UCM; from May 1, 2026, non-alcoholic beverages and juices are subject to marking with identification means. Resolution No. 529/24 establishes: the right of economic entities until March 1, 2029, regarding goods subject to marking with identification means sold in rural areas and in trading facilities with a trading area of less than 200 square meters not to ensure: the maintenance of differentiated accounting; reading of marking codes by cash equipment; transmission to the cash equipment control system of information on the sale of marked goods; the possibility for medical workers in rural areas where there are no pharmacies to sell medical devices and pharmacy assortment goods without using cash equipment.

The Information and Explanatory Work Sector of the Ministry of Taxes and Levies Inspection for the Orsha District