Marketplaces Will Keep an Eye on Product Listings

On 26 January 2026, a draft Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation was published for public discussion¹. This resolution approves the rules for marketplace operators to verify information posted in product listings, as well as the procedure for admitting a product listing to be placed on a marketplace ("Rules").

Thus, according to clause 2 of the Rules, the operator will be obliged to make a decision on checking a product listing within 1 business day from the moment it is posted or modified. 

The operator makes the decision to check based on, among other things, the following information:

• The code from the unified Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union for specific types of goods (“TN VED”);
• The code from the All-Russian Product Classifier by Type of Economic Activity (“OKPD 2”);
• The product name;
• The product group (category);
• Description, country of origin, and information about the product manufacturer;
• The name of the technical regulation or other designation established by the legislation of the Russian Federation on technical regulation that indicates the mandatory conformity assessment of the product, which the operator has the right to request from the partner when filling out the product listing.

The operator has the right to admit a product listing for placement without verification if it complies with par. 2 of Article 7 of Federal Law No. 289-FZ dated 31 July 2025 "On Certain Issues of Regulating the Platform Economy in the Russian Federation" ("Law on PER")². 

Therefore, for a product to be placed on a marketplace without verification by the operator, the product listing must not contain information:

• On the sale of goods withdrawn from circulation;
• On the sale of unregistered products – pesticides, agrochemicals, dietary supplements, medicines and medical devices, if they require state registration;
• On the sale of a product without proof of conformity – if the product is subject to mandatory certification or declaration under EAEU technical regulations, but the listing contains no data on this;
• On the sale of a product without information on state registration – if this is required according to sanitary and epidemiological norms;
• On the sale of a product without data on labeling – if the product is subject to mandatory labeling (e.g., footwear, perfumes, tires), but the listing lacks this information. The seller must also be registered in the monitoring system for labeled goods.

If the operator decides to conduct a verification, such verification is considered passed positively when the product listing meets all the requirements of par. 2 of the Article 7 of the Law on PER. In this case, the listing is admitted for placement.

If the product listing fails verification, the operator notifies the applicant within 1 day about the removal of the product listing from the marketplace/non-admission of the product listing to the marketplace.

At the same time, the owner of the product listing has the right to update the product information and submit the listing for re-verification; the operator does not have the right to restrict the right to re-verification.

In addition, the operator also monitors the relevance of the information specified in the product listing at least once every 7 days from the moment of its placement.

Regarding medicines, the Rules stipulate that the following information must be indicated in the product listing:

• The trade name of the medicine;

• The marketing authorization number of the medicine;

• The date of registration (state registration) of the medicine;

• The validity period of the medicine’s marketing authorization.

For medical devices, the listing must contain:

• (If the medical device was registered before March 1, 2025): Name, number and validity period of the marketing authorization, date of registration (state registration), numerical designation of the type of medical device in accordance with the nomenclature classification of medical devices;

• (If the medical device was registered after March 1, 2025): Name, registration number, and date of registration.

The information in the listings will be verified against the data from the relevant state and EAEU registries.

The public discussion of the draft concludes on February 24. If adopted, the draft is planned to come into force on 1 October 2026, simultaneously with the Law on PER.

Thus, starting from 1 October 2026, operations on marketplaces will become significantly more formalized.

The implementation of this initiative will require marketplaces to introduce corresponding technical solutions and compliance procedures.

For sellers, it is recommended to already begin verifying existing product documentation and developing processes in line with the proposed requirements.