State quality mark of the USSR

Certification mark

State quality mark of the USSR

Certifying agency| State Attestation Commission (Russian: Государственная аттестационная комиссия, Gosudarstvennaya attestatsionnaya komissiya)
Effective region| USSR
Effective since| 1967
Defunct| 1991
Predecessor| None
Successor| Rostest mark
Product category| Various
Legal status| Advisory

The State quality mark of the USSR (Russian: Государственный знак качества СССР, transliteration Gosudarstvennyi znak kachestva SSSR) was the official Soviet mark for the certification of quality established in 1967.

## Symbol

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Quality mark of the USSR with the dimensions and angles An example of the use: the state quality mark placed on the front of an AA-60 fire engine

The sign was a pentagonal shield with a rotated letter K (from Russian word Kachestvo – quality) stylized as scales below the Cyrillic abbreviation for USSR (Russian: СССР, SSSR).[1]

## History

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It was used to mark consumer, production, and technical goods to certify that they met quality standards and, in general, to increase the effectiveness of the production system in the USSR.

The goods themselves or their packaging were marked, as was the accompanying documentation, labels or tags. Rules of its use were defined by GOST, an acronym for "state standard" (gosudarstvennyy standart), section 1.9-67 (April 7, 1967).[2]

The right to use the sign was leased to the enterprises for 2–3 years based on the examination of the goods by the State Attestation Commission (Russian: Государственная Атестационная Комиссия, Gosudarstvennaya Atestatsionnaya Komissiya) that should certify that the goods are of the "higher quality category".[3] That is:

* their quality "meets or exceeds the quality of the best international analogs",
* parameters of quality are stable,
* goods fully satisfy Soviet state standards,
* goods are compatible with international standards,
* production of goods is economically effective, and
* they satisfy the demands of the state economy and the population.[1]

Obtaining the sign allowed the enterprises to increase the state controlled price for the goods by ten percent. When the sign was introduced it indeed suggested high quality of the goods but after some time a lot of Soviet-made goods were certified for the sign while their quality often remained below expectations of customers.[3]

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian government introduced its own sign for certification of quality, known as the Rostest mark (or R mark).[4]

## See also

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* Certification mark
* State Emblem of the Soviet Union
* Rostest – organization responsible for the newer Rostest mark

## References

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1. ^ a b Shlikhelman, G. L. (1980). Рабочему о качестве металлообработки. Mashinostroyeniye.
2. ^ "Государственный Знак Качества СССР". GOST 1.9-67.
3. ^ a b "Когда появился знак качества?".
4. ^ Знак соответствия при обязательной сертификации. GOST R 50460-92. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2010-11-24.

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Certification marks

Current marks|

* Blue Angel (Germany)
* CCC (PR China)
* CE (European Union)
* CEBEC (Belgium)
* CSA (Canada)
* DSTU (Ukraine)
* EAC (Eurasian Customs Union)
* FCC (United States)
* G-mark (Gulf Cooperation Council)
* GOST (Commonwealth of Independent States)
* INMETRO (Brazil)
* JAC ANZ (Australia and New Zealand)
* JIS (Japan)
* Kitemark (United Kingdom)
* Lion mark (United Kingdom)
* NEMKO (Norway)
* NOM (Mexico)
* RCM (Australia and New Zealand)
* Rostest (Russia)
* UKCA (United Kingdom)
* UKNI (Northern Ireland)

Certification marks of India|

* Agmark (agriculture)
* BIS (gold and silver jewellery)
* Ecomark (environmental standards)
* FPO (processed fruit)
* FSSAI (food)
* India Organic (food)
* ISI (industrial products)
* Non Polluting Vehicle (vehicle emissions)
* Silk Mark (silk)

Current international marks|

* Asthma and Allergy Friendly
* Bureau Veritas
* International Fairtrade Certification Mark
* SGS
* Sugarwise
* TÜV
* Underwriter Laboratories
* Woolmark

Defunct and superseded marks|

* ETL SEMKO (Sweden)
* State quality mark of the USSR (USSR)

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