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At the in-person meeting held at the headquarters of the Eurasian Economic Commission on March 17 and chaired by Arzybek Kozhoshev, First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved the draft Agreement on mutual recognition of higher degree certificates in the Eurasian Economic Union countries to be submitted for the internal legal procedures required for its signing.

The EEC Council made amendments to the rules of marketing authorization and assessment of medicines for human use, as well as approved the amended rules for technical testing of medical products and for conducting studies aimed at their biological evaluation.

The EEC Council supplemented Annex 1 to the Rules for Determining the Country of Origin for Certain Types of Goods for State Procurement Purposes by another 52 commodity items.

The EEC Council extended the validity of zero import customs duty rates for the young of salmon and trout up to and including December 31, 2024.

The EEC Council adopted a decision to develop the Eurasian interstate program Eurasian Data Processing Infrastructure.

The EEC Council adopted a decision to simplify the procedure of documenting the origin of goods imported from developing and the least developed countries.

The EEC Council adopted a decision to raise the limit for duty-free importation of goods for natural persons to 1,000 euros for goods transported by carriers or mail.

The EEC Council adopted a decision to exempt food products and goods used in their production from import customs duties for six months.

The EEC Council instructed the EEC Board to address, jointly with the EAEU States, proposals for mechanisms to ensure the sustainability of domestic markets, including the possibility of introducing joint measures in regard to the export of certain agricultural goods outside the EAEU territory.

The next meeting of the EEC Council will be held in person in Moscow on April 15.

Documents signed following the meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Council

·         Disposition 'On the Draft Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Higher Degree Certificates in the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union.'

·         Disposition 'On Making Amendments to Paragraph 11.6.6 of the Action Plan for Implementing the Strategic Directions for Developing the Eurasian Economic Integration until 2025.'

·         Disposition 'On the Development of the Draft Interstate Program Eurasian Data Processing Infrastructure.'

·         Decision 'On the Draft Disposition of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council

·         'On the Program of Joint Actions by the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Field of Consumer Protection.'

·         Decision 'On Making Amendments to the Rules for Technical Testing of Medical Products.'

·         Decision 'On Making Amendments to the Rules for Conducting Studies (Tests) Aimed at the Biological Evaluation of Medical Products.'

·         Decision 'On Making Amendments to Decision No. 63 of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Council dated July 14, 2021.'

·         Decision 'On Making Amendments to Section II Paragraph 11 of the Unified List of Products (Goods) Subject to State Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision at the Customs Border and on the Customs Territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.'

·         Decision 'On Establishing the Import Customs Duty Rates of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union for Certain Fish Species and on Making Amendments to the List of Goods to which the Republic of Kazakhstan Applies Import Customs Duty Rates Lower than the Duty Rates of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union in Accordance with Obligations Undertaken as a Condition of Accession to the World Trade Organization and the Amounts of Such Duty Rates.'

·         Decision 'On Making Amendments to the List of Goods to which the Republic of Kazakhstan Applies Import Customs Duty Rates Lower than the Duty Rates of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union in Accordance with Obligations Undertaken as a Condition of Accession to the World Trade Organization and the Amounts of Such Duty Rates for Certain Types of Semi-Bleached or Bleached Hardwood Pulp.'

·         Decision 'On Making Amendments to Annex 1 to the Rules for Determining the Country of Origin for Certain Types of Goods for State (Municipal) Procurement Purposes.'

·         Decision 'On the Draft Decision of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council 'On Making Amendments to the Regulation on the Symbols of the Eurasian Economic Union.'

·         Decision 'On Making Amendments to Decision No. 130 of the Customs Union Commission in Regard to Components for the Production of Fuel Assemblies for Nuclear Plants dated November 27, 2009.'

·         Disposition 'On the High-Level Working Group on the Creation of Conditions for Increasing Internal Sustainability of the Economies of the Eurasian Economic Union Member States, Including Ensuring Macroeconomic Stability as well as Resilience to External Challenges.'

·         Decision 'On Making Amendments to Annex 1 to the Rules for Determining the Country of Origin for Certain Types of Goods for State (Municipal) Procurement Purposes.'

·         Decision 'On Simplifying the Procedure of Documenting the Origin of Goods Imported into the Customs Territory of the Eurasian Economic Union."

·         Decision 'On the Implementation of Measures Aimed to Increase Sustainability of the Economies of the Eurasian Economic Union Member States (in terms of customs tariff regulation).'

·         Decision 'On Making Amendments to the Rules of Marketing Authorization and Assessment of Medicines for Human Use.'

·         Disposition 'On Making Amendments to the Action Plan for the Creation, Ensuring of the Functioning, and Development of the Integrated Information System of the Eurasian Economic Union for 2022.'

·         Decision 'On Making Amendments to Decision No. 107 of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Council dated December 20, 2017.'

A number of other instructions were adopted as well.

The decisions and dispositions of the EEC Council dated March 17, 2022 will be posted on the Legal Portal in the near future.