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​Member of the Board (Minister) for Trade​ Andrey Slepnev
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News on «Trade»

16 Apr 2024 EEC Board decided to liberalize import and export of certain categories of precious metals The Eurasian Economic Commission's Board has changed the regulation of the import/export of precious metals and commodities containing precious metals.    "The changes are aimed at liberalizing the import and export of certain categories of precious metals, simplifying the state control, optimizing the list of documents to be submitted by a participant of foreign trade activities to public authorities, as well as applying unified measures of non-tariff regulation to identical goods", noted Vahagn Ghazaryan, Director of the EEC Tariff and Non-Tariff Customs Regulation Department. According to him, in particular, this entails the exclusion from regulation of goods with a share of precious metals not exceeding 2% of the weight. Besides, given the possibility of receiving documents in electronic form, it is allowed to submit copies of documents (export license, specification for goods) instead of originals for state control. Furthermore, the requirements to have a document on the conditions of processing goods outside the EAEU customs territory are excluded if the purpose of applying the customs procedure for processing goods outside the customs territory is the repair of goods; a number of other amendments are introduced as well. The Decision shall come into effect after 30 calendar days have elapsed from the date of its official publication.
12 Apr 2024 Entrepreneurs from EAEU countries and Iran to continue cooperation within Free Trade Agreement The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council approved an action plan aimed at implementing the Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and the Islamic Republic of Iran dated December 25, 2023. The document envisages, inter alia, deepening cooperation between the parties' business communities.   "In particular, the issue of Iran's participation as a partner in the next Eurasian Economic Forum will be explored. As part of the meeting it is planned to organize and conduct the EAEU – Iran business dialogue," said Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade. In order to create a platform for business dialogue between the parties, it is planned to amend the current Memorandum of Cooperation between the Business Council of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture dated September 25, 2019 or conclude a new memorandum. The activities within this platform will take into account such areas of sector-specific interaction as cooperation in transport, development of multimodal transportation, joint projects in research and development, establishment of cooperation ties between enterprises, projects of the fuel and energy complex, as well as energy efficiency, energy saving and renewable energy sources, education, medicine, and telecommunications. Proposals received from the business community will be elaborated and considered by the Joint Committee, a governing body established to discuss issues related to the application of the Agreement and further development of trade relations between the EAEU and Iran. Additionally, the parties will prepare a joint action plan of trade facilitation organizations, including business forums, exhibitions, business missions, etc.
12 Apr 2024 EAEU expands list of light industry goods subject to marking with identification means The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council has considered a proposal submitted by the Russian Federation to expand the list of light industry goods subject to marking with identification means and has decided to amend existing regulatory legal acts of the Eurasian Economic Union. The amendments concern only the types of products subject to marking approved by Decision No. 127 of the Commission's Council "On the introduction of marking of certain light industry goods with identification means" dated November 18, 2019. The marking will be extended to suits, shirts, knitwear, articles made from faux fur and certain other types of clothing. In respect of these goods, the Union Member States may impose a ban on the circulation of unmarked products from April 1, 2024. "The gradual inclusion of new goods in the number of goods subject to marking is a logical step in developing the common system, enabling the consumer to make sure of their authenticity and increasing the competitiveness of honest market participants by reducing the share of illegal trade," emphasized Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade. It should be noted that the new commodity groups will be marked, as before, according to the unified rules. Along with that, the provisions of the basic technological organizational model of the EAEU system for marking goods with identification means, approved by Decision No. 19 of the Commission's Council dated March 5, 2019, shall be taken into account. Therefore, it will not be necessary to re-mark goods when they are circulated in the Union's territory.
11 Apr 2024 EEC, business representatives and experts discussed prospects for developing Union digital trade A seminar Digital Trade: Global Experience and Development Prospects in the EAEU was held at the Eurasian Economic Commission's venue, moderated by Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade. “Our seminar today is dedicated to the development of digital trade — this area is broader than e-commerce, which we have been involved in for some time. Digitalization is also taking place in other areas, but we understand that the work must be intensified, and this is reflected in the Eurasian Economic Path Declaration adopted by the leaders of our countries,” the Minister said, opening the event. “In this regard, it is important for us to hold a meeting with the business and expert community at the start in order to highlight the priorities and main points of focus where we can be effective as a Union.” Boris Chalov, a leading lecturer at N.E. Bauman MSTU, head of the logistics company CHB Forwarding LLC, urged to primarily determine step-by-step scenarios for the movement of goods and services, accompanied by the generation and transfer of various documents. Director General of Industrial Cryptosystems JSC Mikhail Chekanov emphasized that what mattered most for the development of digital trade was digital infrastructure, data security, electronic document flow, electronic signatures, security and sustainability of software supplies. In turn, Andrey Filippov, Deputy Director for International Cooperation at ANO Digital Economy, proposed to prepare a set of existing solutions for the implementation of artificial intelligence technology in trade across the EAEU countries, which could be scaled up throughout the Union. Maxim Rozhnev, Deputy Director for Government Relations at Yandex e-commerce services, spoke about the company’s specific experience in using artificial intelligence in trade, which made it possible to significantly reduce the time and monetary costs of sellers using e-commerce services. Yulia Shlenskaya, President of the KVT Company Group, focused on the issues of digital payments and settlements, which she identified as topic number one for the entire foreign trade industry today. She also spoke about joint projects on seamless technologies with large banks, which allow clients to share the document flow with a customs representative and logistics operator. Sevak Sarukhanyan, Director of the Digital Initiatives Directorate of the Eurasian Development Bank, proposed using the unique experience of marketplaces and the development of electronic commerce in the Eurasian space to promote common standards for electronic document flow. Nikolay Dmitrik, expert of the UNCITRAL working group, drew attention to the problem of compatibility when developing international solutions. In his opinion, it is important that the EAEU engages in systematic work to explore global practices and regimes already adopted or planned to be adopted in the future. Alexander Daniltsev, Director of the Institute of Trade Policy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, proposed creating a system to support the development of educational potential and human resources in the field of digital technologies within the Eurasian Economic Union. According to the agreement reached during the seminar, all its participants will share their accumulated experience with the EEC for their subsequent use in preparing an action plan for the implementation of the Eurasian Economic Path Declaration in terms of digital trade development. The Eurasian Economic Path Declaration highlights digital trade as one of the promising areas for the EAEU development. Digital trade in a broad sense includes both traditional digitalization of trading activities (payments, documents and document flow), electronic commerce, and new areas of interaction in trade, namely: expanded use of artificial intelligence, introducing the “data economy”, regulating the activities of platforms, etc. Considering that the development of digital trade creates both opportunities and some risks for the functioning of the Union’s economy, it is necessary now to determine the main contours of its support and regulation.
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Decisions on «Trade»

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04/16/2024 12:00:00 am Решение Коллегии ЕЭК № 40 О внесении изменений в Решение Коллегии Евразийской экономической комиссии от 21 апреля 2015 г. № 30 «О мерах нетарифного регулирования»
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04/16/2024 12:00:00 am Решение Коллегии ЕЭК № 39 О перечне продукции, подлежащей обязательной оценке соответствия требованиям технического регламента Таможенного союза «Технический регламент на масложировую продукцию» (ТР ТС 024/2011), в отношении которой при помещении под таможенные процедуры подтверждается соблюдение мер технического регулирования
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04/16/2024 12:00:00 am Решение Коллегии ЕЭК № 38 О внесении изменений в Положение о Консультативном совете по взаимодействию Евразийской экономической комиссии и Делового совета Евразийского экономического союза
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04/16/2024 12:00:00 am Распоряжение Коллегии ЕЭК № 57 О проекте решения Совета Евразийской экономической комиссии «О проекте распоряжения Высшего Евразийского экономического совета «О реализации планов либерализации по отдельным секторам услуг в рамках Евразийского экономического союза»
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04/16/2024 12:00:00 am Распоряжение Коллегии ЕЭК № 56 О проекте распоряжения Совета Евразийской экономической комиссии «О проекте Протокола о внесении изменений в Договор о Евразийском экономическом союзе от 29 мая 2014 года в части, касающейся особого механизма при проведении расследований и принятии решений о применении или неприменении специальных защитных, антидемпинговых и компенсационных мер»

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16 2023 Andrey Slepnev, "As of year-end 2022, trade turnover between the EAEU and China exceeded 200 billion dollars" текст The matters of technical regulation, application of SPS-measures, customs cooperation, interaction in competition and market protection measures were discussed by the participants in the third meeting of the joint commission on implementing The Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union and the People's Republic of China that was held online on February 16 and chaired by Andrey Slepnev, Minister in charge of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Li Fei, Assistant Minister of Commerce of the PRC. An important outcome of the meeting was adoption of the road map on promoting trade and economic cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and the People's Republic of China, on the other hand, that includes activities in the field of digitalizing rail transport, exchange of information on strategic planning matters and joint research on the prospects of cooperation development. Special attention was paid to implementing the industry agenda. In particular, it was agreed that this year the parties would hold joint events to study prospects for cooperation in the fields of public procurement, industry and finance, as well as for veterinary and phytosanitary cooperation. "We have agreed to continue promotion of the "Eurasian Agroexpress" project aimed at expedited transportation of food products from the EAEU to China by rail," told Andrey Slepnev following the meeting. "The project has a special significance in the context of diversifying the nomenclature of goods supplied by our Union and increasing the trade turnover with the PRC that exceeded 200 billion dollars as of year-end 2022." For reference The Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the People's Republic of China, on the other part, was signed on May 17, 2018 and entered into force on October 25, 2019. The previous, second, meeting of the Joint Commission on implementing the Agreement chaired by Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade, and Wang Shouwen, Assistant Minister of Commerce of the PRC, was held via videoconferencing on December 21, 2021.  
14 2016 The interview of the Minister on the technical regulation of the EEC Valery Koreshkov with BELTA news agency on establishment of the common market of medicines in the Eurasian Economic Union Medicines is the first group of specific goods, with which the EAEU countries started to work closely by the beginning of the functioning of the common market. Using this experience, the EAEU will form other common markets - for finances, energy, oil and gas, and so on. The BELTA journalist discussed with the EEC Board Member - Minister in charge of technical regulation Valery Koreshkov, what stages are yet to be covered and how the common market of medicines will work.​
Minister in charge of energy and infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission Adamkul Zhunusov answered questions of 09 2016 Minister in charge of energy and infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission Adamkul Zhunusov answered questions of "RUSARMINFO" and shared his view on the level of integration of Armenia in the common energy market of the Eurasian Union ​​How do you estimate the level of integration of Armenia in the common energy market of he EAEU? And what are the objective possibilities of development? ​
09 2016 Russian automobiles to have free access to ASEAN via Vietnam – EAEU minister ​The Eurasian Economic Union’s Minister of Trade Veronika Nikishina talks to RBTH about the Union’s s free trade agreement with Vietnam, and explains why a similar agreement with Singapore should cover services and investment, and not just reduced tariffs on goods.
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