Мероприятия и события
Transport policy and transport safety issues
discussed in Belarus
The venue for arrangement of the annual general meeting
of the members of the Eurasian union of transport, freight forwarding and
logistics organizations (EUTFLO) has been provided by the China-Belarus
industrial park "Great Stone". Representatives of the Ministry of
transport of Belarus, the EEC, transport NGOs and the Member States business
communities discussed transport sector issues during the meeting on April 11,
2018.
Alexey Lyakhnovich, the first Deputy minister of
transport and communications of the Republic of Belarus, greeted the
participants and noted the significance of holding such an event in the
industrial park as one of the infrastructure projects accomplished by the
Republic of Belarus within the framework of ensuring the efficiency of
logistics potential, transit attractiveness and innovative development.
Alexey Lyakhnovich also briefly commented on the
participation of the Ministry of transport of Belarus in the Eurasian
integration work in the sphere of transport in 2017.
Furthermore, the results of joint activities of the EEC
and the Member States in 2017 were presented to the participants by the
Director of the Transport and Infrastructure Department Erzhan Nurakhmetov.
His speech was focused not only on the results of 2017,
but also on special aspects of the forthcoming work, taking into account the
"roadmaps" adopted in August and October of the previous year aimed
at implementation of the Main directions of the Member States transport policy
for the period 2018-2020.
The
"roadmaps" consist of 97 measures that reflect the integration
peculiarities in the sphere of road, water, rail transport and respective infrastructure, as well as areas related to transport
activities: digital agenda, industrial cooperation, tariff policy, competition,
customs and technical regulation, innovative development, "single
window" mechanism and information technologies, training of specialists,
etc.
The Commission is convinced that successful
implementation of the mentioned measures and integration work performance are
only possible in partnership with the EAEU Member States business communities.
The
expert opinion of transport workers, carriers, freight forwarders, logisticians
will contribute to derivation of a real estimate of the transport services
market state and existing barriers. It will also contribute to development of
transit, multimodal transportation, improvement of transport services quality
and their liberalization, forming of the Eurasian transport corridors,
logistics services, etc.
We expect from the industry and NGOs information on
transport sector problematic / challenging issues, analytics, certain expert
proposals and draft documents on every “roadmap” aspect, Nurakhmetov said.
The EEC representative informed the participants on the
progress of conclusion of the Memorandum of cooperation between the EEC and the
EUTFLO and also submitted a proposal on improving further interaction between
the two parties: relevance of the Republic of Armenia organizations membership
in the EUTFLO and need for additional elaboration of initiative proposals with
the involvement of competent state authorities.
Interaction
of the Commission with international organizations and forums improves
effectiveness of efforts to implement the EAEU principle of “Functioning of a common economic space - absence of
barriers for mutual access to domestic markets, admissibility of the minimum
number of exceptions and restrictions”, Erzhan Nurakhmetov said to the EEC.
Discussion of topical issues of the Eurasian integration
in the sphere of transport and infrastructure continued on April 12, 2018
within the framework of the 52nd meeting of the Permanent seminar at
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Russia and Belarus devoted to
the state and main directions of transport safety improvement.
During the seminar special attention was paid to the use
of national driving licenses on the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Responding
to participants’ questions Nurakhmetov noted that work on the issue is multifaceted and affects several directions of
regulation.
Protracted discussions of regulatory bodies on the
terminology of "transport safety", "transportation safety"
or "traffic safety" are not relevant for the industry. Today, with
deepening of the integration processes throughout the Union, issues of
entrepreneurial activities, migration policy, access to rendering of services,
obtaining driving licenses, mutual recognition of documents, training of
specialists, insurance and responsibility should be worked out simultaneously
and in a meaningful manner on the basis of an international treaty within the
Union.
Initiatives
for development of a non-state security sector and liberalization of the
security services market (issues that are now being addressed to
the Commission by NGOs of the Parties) require further elaboration at the
national level and coordinated decisions of all authorized state bodies,
Nurakhmetov said in his speech at the seminar.
Heated debates of the participants continued in the
framework of highly specialized sections dedicated to regulatory environment in
the sphere of transport safety and ensuring protectability of transport
infrastructure facilities from acts of unlawful interference.
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On April 17-19, 2018
the
Department's employees took part in the 23rd international
exhibition of transport and logistics services and technologies - TransRussia
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The
13th meeting of the Advisory Committee for transport and
infrastructure (hereinafter - the Committee) was held in Moscow on April 5, 2018 under the
chairmanship of the Member of the Board - Minister in charge of
energy and infrastructure Emil Kaikiev. The meeting was attended by the members
of the Committee, their authorized representatives and independent experts.
The members of the
Committee discussed the issues of improvement of the Treaty on the Union provisions,
removal of obstacles on the internal market of the Union in the sphere of
transport and infrastructure, interaction of the Commission with international
organizations. They were also informed on the progress of harmonization of the
Treaty on navigation and adopted decisions aimed at revitalizing the work of
the Advisory Committee.
At the beginning of the meeting Emil Kaikiev
noted that "this year the Commission together with the Member States will have to perform
extensive work on running the "roadmaps" for implementation of the
transport policy. In order to do that, it is necessary to develop practical
mechanisms and identify tools to execute the shaped plans".
Following discussion of the key issues of the
meeting agenda, the members of the Committee adopted decisions on
revitalization of the work aimed at early signing of the Treaty on navigation.
In order to do that, a meeting of the Subcommittee for water transport of the Advisory
Committee will be held in the near future where it is planned to resolve
comments on the Draft Treaty received within the framework of carrying out
domestic procedures in Belarus necessary for signing the document.
Within the framework
of discussions on improvement of the Treaty on the Union provisions and removal
of obstacles on the internal market of the Union, proposals on amendment of the
procedure for performance of transport (automobile) control as well as
harmonization of restrictions definition with the roadmaps activities were
considered. The Committee developed an algorithm for further reconciliation of
fundamental disagreements in relation to proposals on amendment of the Treaty
on the Union, as well as removal of obstacles on the internal market of the
Union.
The issue of interaction between the Commission
and international organizations caused heated debates among the Advisory
Committee members. It was noted that initiative proposals should be carefully
elaborated taking into account the industry-specific aspects and interests of
each Member State of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Regulation on the Advisory
Committee as well as its Work plan for 2018 were approved at the meeting with a
view to revitalize the activity of the Committee.
A corresponding
protocol was signed summarizing the results of the meeting.
The next meeting of
the Advisory Committee will be held in June 2018 and will be devoted to review
of the documents prepared in accordance with the “roadmaps” for implementation
of the transport policy.
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On March 20, 2018
the Director of the Transport and
Infrastructure Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission Erzhan
Nurakhmetov met with the First secretary of the Economy and trade department of
the Delegation of the European Union to Russia Mariusz Salnikov to discuss the
prospects for development of transport relationships between the EEC and the
EU.
The
participants noted the need for a closer cooperation on implementation of the
digital agenda of the EU and the EAEU, construction and modernization of
transport infrastructure and development of the Euro-Asian transport links.
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