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EEC held seminar on developing cooperation on technical regulation with Iran
The Eurasian Economic Commission held a seminar under the chairmanship of Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade, and Valentin Tataritsky, EEC Minister in charge Technical Regulation, on the prospects of cooperation with Iran in the field of technical regulation, turnover of medicines and medical products. The meeting was held ahead of the enactment of the Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and the Islamic Republic of Iran on May 15 this year.
The seminar was attended by representatives of government agencies, business associations and companies of the EAEU countries interested in developing cooperation with Iranian partners and entering the Iranian market.
"The Iranian party expressed interest in the convergence of regulatory approaches to clinical trials and registration of pharmaceutical products. For our part, we see the interest of the business community in the Iranian party eliminating technical barriers to the access of wheeled vehicles, as well as medical equipment," mentioned Andrey Slepnev.
According to him, the improved regulatory part of the Agreement regarding technical barriers to trade fully complies with the rules of the World Trade Organization, which is especially important given that Iran is not a member of this international organization.
"The most practice-oriented mechanism for settling the problems of product access to the Iranian market for our entities appears to be the working group on technical barriers to trade. The Agreement provides for the establishment of such a thematic group. The working group can consider specific export cases of our organizations related to technical requirements in Iran or conformity assessment procedures and try to reach some selective agreements," noted Valentin Tataritsky.
He proposed that the full range of possibilities available to address technical barriers to trade should be considered, including bilateral agreements of the Union States with Iran.
The most promising areas of interaction with Iranian partners in the field of technical regulation are planned to be included in the draft Joint Action Plan (Road Map) on trade and economic cooperation between the EAEU, its Member States and Iran, which is currently under development and is aimed at implementing the provisions of the Agreement.
