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17 Sep 2025 Bakytzhan Sagintaev held working meeting with Julio Antonio Garmendia Peña, Cuban Ambassador to Russia Bakytzhan Sagintaev, Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Board, held a working meeting with Julio Antonio Garmendia Peña, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cuba to the Eurasian Economic Union and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the Russian Federation, as he completed his diplomatic mission. Bakytzhan Sagintaev thanked Julio Antonio Garmendia Peña for constructive dialogue and significant facilitation of cooperation between the EAEU countries and Cuba and presented him the badge of the Eurasian Economic Commission "For Contribution to Developing the Eurasian Economic Integration". The parties discussed a wide range of issues covered by the Memorandum of Understanding between the EEC and the Government of Cuba. The joint action plan covers 34 areas of cooperation, including trade, banking activities, finance, biotechnologies, agriculture, information and communication technologies. "We see progress in trade turnover of the EAEU States and Cuba," stated Bakytzhan Sagintaev. "In 2024, it increased by 13.9% in comparison to 2015 and amounted to about 241 million dollars." In particular, the Union States export to Cuba oil and petroleum products, wheat, cars and auto parts, various devices. In turn, Cuban coffee and tobacco products are in demand in the EAEU. Also, Cuba is of interest to citizens of the EAEU countries as a tourism destination. In 2024, the island was visited by over 185,000 tourists from the Eurasian Five States, which was a record-breaking figure. The meeting resulted in the parties highlighting their mutual interest in continuing and intensifying trade and economic dialogue.
17 Sep 2025 EEC and Philippines discussed cooperation plans Promising areas of interaction between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Republic of Philippines were considered at the EEC headquarters by Daniyar Imanaliev, Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Allan Gepty, Assistant Secretary at the Department of Trade and Industry of the Philippines. "The Republic of the Philippines is one of the leading economies in South East Asia," the EEC Minister commented. "The Commission actively facilitates trade and economic cooperation between the EAEU Member States and the countries in the region and is ready to enhance its dialogue with the Philippines, including at the key ASEAN platforms." Daniyar Imanaliev informed his Philippine colleagues about the formats of the Commission's interaction with third countries, as well as about the crucial goals and objectives in interaction with ASEAN. The EEC Minister invited representatives of the official, expert and business circles of the Philippines to take part in the main activities of the new Cooperation Program between the EEC and ASEAN for 2026–2030. Allan Gepty indicated the Philippines' interest for exchanging experience in agriculture including technologies for processing agricultural produce, as well as food security, pharmaceuticals, energy, information and communication technologies and innovative development. The meeting recognized the need to intensify contacts between business representatives of the EAEU countries and the Philippines for practical implementation of initiatives in these fields. The parties agreed to consider the possibility of ultimately concluding a memorandum on cooperation between the EEC and the Philippine Government, as well as holding a joint congress and exhibition event involving business associations over the Philippines' chairmanship of ASEAN in 2026.
16 Sep 2025 Andrey Slepnev held negotiations with Piyush Goyal, Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry During their meeting in New Delhi, India, Andrey Slepnev, Minister in charge of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of India, highlighted the approbation of the road map aimed at fast-tracking effective free trade negotiations between the Eurasian Economic Union and India. The parties have also agreed on the approach envisaging that the first round of negotiations will be held in early November this year in India and will be dedicated to reviewing the core points of the future deal. It will be preceded by the Commission's extensive consultations with its Indian partners and the EAEU Member States. The Ministers agreed to have regular contacts to support the negotiations comprehensively.
16 Sep 2025 Rules for Marketing Authorization and Expert Examination of Medicines amended The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council amended the Rules for Marketing Authorization and Expert Examination of Medicines for Human Use. The amendments allow extending the provisions of the procedure for bringing marketing authorization applications in compliance with the EAEU requirements as optimized by the EEC Council’s Decision No. 34 dated May 22, 2025 to those manufacturers that applied before December 31, 2025 for the variation procedure in terms of adding recognizing States that were not specified previously. This ensures a prolonged validity of national marketing authorizations in these countries for the period of performing the procedures but not later than December 31, 2027. "These amendments are designed to optimize the time frames for the procedures ensuring compliance with the EAEU requirements during the period of transition to the Union's common market of medicines," noted Valentin Tataritsky, the EEC Minister in charge of Technical Regulation.
16 Sep 2025 Lyudmila Mudrova appointed Director of EEC Finance Department Lyudmila Ivanovna Mudrova was born on September 21, 1980 in the urban settlement of Khotsimsk, Mogilev Region, the Republic of Belarus. In 2002, she graduated from Mogilev State Technical University; and in 2021, she completed her postgraduate studies at Belarusian State Economic University. From March 2003 to March 2007, she held positions from State Tax Inspector to Deputy Inspection Head in the Inspection of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of the Republic of Belarus for Khotsimsk District. March–August 2007: Chief State Tax Inspector, Inspection of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of the Republic of Belarus for the Mogilev region. September 2007 – October 2009: Chief State Tax Inspector, Inspection of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of the Republic of Belarus. From October 2009 to January 2023, she held positions from Chief Specialist to Department Head at the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus. February 2023 – September 2025: Deputy Director of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Customs Tariff and Non-Tariff Regulation Department. Since September 15, 2025 she was appointed Director of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Finance Department.
15 Sep 2025 EAEU long-term science and technology development program approved The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council adopted the recommendation "On the Long-Term Strategic Framework Program for Science and Technology Development of the Eurasian Economic Union".
11 Sep 2025 International organizations discussed EAEU role in global agri-food system On September 11, international organizations and associations highlighted the significant role of the Eurasian Economic Union countries in the global agri-food system during a round table on this topic held at the Eurasian Economic Commission.
11 Sep 2025 EEC and EAEU countries work to improve AEO concept Improvement of the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) concept in the Eurasian Economic Union were discussed on September 10 at a meeting of the relevant Working Group under the Advisory Committee on Customs Regulation headed by Kuat Rakhimov, Director of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Department of Customs Legislation and Law Enforcement Practice. The meeting considered an initiative put forward by the Russian Federation to simplify the application of preliminary customs declarations for this category of low-risk applicants. It is proposed to simplify a number of customs operations and eliminate unnecessary customs notifications when using this declaration aspect. This will help accelerate customs control procedures at border crossing points and reduce business costs. The proposal of the Republic of Kazakhstan to apply the AEO status by residents within a special economic zone was further considered. The idea is that having two statuses would provide advantages and include residents in the AEO program. Further steps were also discussed to implement the initiative put forward by the Republic of Armenia, which may enable operators to defer or pay import customs duties by installments without providing a collateral. This concerns certain categories of goods used for industrial processing and agricultural activities. The Authorized Economic Operator concept is an internationally recognized standard of the partnership program. The AEOs are specially designated persons granted with simplifications during customs operations and customs control as persons meeting specified requirements. The Working Group for developing the AEO concept in the EAEU Member States was established in 2014. It elaborates proposals to improve and develop the Authorized Economic Operator concept in the Union.
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