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EAEU unifies marking rules for medicines, soft drinks, juice, as well as phones and laptops
The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council considered a set of initiative proposals of the Eurasian Economic Union countries and decided to establish uniform rules for marking medicinal products, soft drinks, juice, as well as phones and laptops in the EAEU States.
According to the adopted documents, the Member States will independently determine the introduction date and the procedure for marking products with identification means in their territory, notifying the EEC no later than six months before the start of these activities.
Therefore, in all cases, the recognition of identification means of other States formed in accordance with the unified requirements will be guaranteed in each of the EAEU countries. Along with that, due to the special aspects of the marking system for medicinal products in the Kyrgyz Republic, the Commission's Council provided for an exception enabling to apply requirements to the means of identification that differ from the adopted decision.
Besides, in view of the positions of the Union Member States, the decisions separately noted the lack of intentions of some countries to introduce marking at the current stage. For example, it is the Republic of Armenia for medicines, the Republic of Kazakhstan for soft drinks and juices, and the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic for laptops and telephones.
"The Commission has adopted fundamental decisions aimed at ensuring one of the EAEU basic freedoms. Owing to the arrangements reached, it will be possible to create conditions for unhindered movement of goods across the Union and prevent the emergence of barriers in the internal market," emphasized Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade.
