Water transport

Section IV "Water Transport" of Annex No. 24 "Protocol on coordinated (agreed) transport policy" to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union dated May 29, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the "Treaty on the Union") has been developed to foster integration in the sphere of water transport.

Paragraphs 15 and 16 of Annex No. 24 to the Treaty on the Union provide for development of water transport within the framework of the coordinated (agreed) transport policy and conclusion of an international treaty on navigation by the Member States.

The Section "Water transport" has been prepared and included (covering "Sea transport" and "Inland water transport" issues) in the Main directions and stages of implementation of the coordinated (agreed) transport policy approved by the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council Decision No. 19 dated December 26, 2016 in order to implement Paragraph 15 of Annex No. 24 to the Treaty on the Union..

The Action plan ("roadmap") for implementation of the Main directions and stages of implementation of the coordinated (agreed) transport policy of the Eurasian Economic Union Member States for the period 2018-2020, including sea transport and inland water transport provisions, was approved by the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council Decision No. 3 dated October 25, 2017.

Activities aimed at preparation of the Draft Agreement on navigation have been carried out from August 2014 to the present day at the platform of the Eurasian Economic Commission in order to implement Paragraph 16 of Annex No. 24 to the Treaty on the Union.

The Draft Agreement on navigation was approved by the Decision No. 120 of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated September 22, 2015, Decree No. 127 of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated September 19, 2017, Decree No. 31 of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated October 2, 2017, Decree No. 34 of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated November 10, 2017. Instruction No. 14 of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council dated October 25, 2017 on the issue of signing a Draft Agreement on navigation at the intergovernmental level has been adopted.

Work on water transport issues is carried out within the framework of the Subcommittee for water transport, the Advisory Committee for transport and infrastructure, a meeting of Heads of the Member States authorized bodies supervising transport sector (Meeting of the Ministers).

The Transport and Infrastructure Department interacts with the ITC UNECE on water transport issues.

	​Subcommittee for water transport

e-mail: nesvetaylova@eecommission.org

Useful links

           Republic of Belarus

           Ministry of transport and communications  – mintrans.gov.by

           Ministry of economy  – economy.gov.by

           Republic of Kazakhstan

           Ministry for investments and development – mir.gov.kz

           Ministry of national economy  - economy.gov.kz

           LLP "National maritime shipping company "Kazmortransflot" - kmtf.kz

           Maritime transport entrepreneurs’ association - shipowners.kz

           Association of shipowners and entrepreneurs of marine industry  - moryak.kz

           National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan  - palata.kz

           Russian Federation​

           Ministry of transport  – mintrans.ru

           Ministry of economic development  – economy.gov.ru

           Federal antimonopoly service  - fas.gov.ru

           Federal service for supervision in the sphere of transport  - rostransnadzor.ru

           Russian Chamber of Shipping  - russian-shipping.ru

           Association of commercial seaports - morport.com

           Association of Russian freight forwarders - far-aerf.ru

 

​	​"Single Window" mechanism at maritime checkpoints
​	​Electronic data exchange within the "Single Window" mechanism at MCPs
​	Presentation "Impact on port industry imposed by creation of the Single Economic Space"
​	​Presentation “EAEU inland water transport”
​	​EAEU inland water transport​

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