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A meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Council chaired by Alexei Overchuk, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, involving members of the EEC Council and Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the EEC Board, was held on August 29 in Moscow. The agenda included more than 40 issues.

During the meeting, the Deputy Heads of Government of the EAEU States signed the Agreement on mutual recognition of bank guarantees in public procurement. The Agreement eliminates one of the restrictions in the EAEU internal market, i.e. the lack of mutual recognition of bank guarantees for public procurement in the Union countries. The document defines uniform requirements for banks whose guarantees will be recognized in other Union States for public procurement, approaches to compiling a list of such banks, and the procedure for maintaining a register of issued bank guarantees. 

The EEC Council adopted a decision to zero out the import customs duty on certain types of fabrics made from flat or similar yarns of polyethylene or polypropylene (code 5407 20 190 0 of the CN FEA of the EAEU). The measure will be valid for two years, currently the duty rate is set at 8%.

The EEC Council adopted a decision to amend the Technical Regulation "Safety requirements to food additives, flavorings and technological aids". 

The Commission's Council approved the composition of information that a navigation seal should contain for the period of traffic monitoring. The list includes information from export and import licenses, authorization documents for the import, export and transit of certain goods, information from veterinary and phytosanitary certificates, and others. Unified measures for securing information contained in navigation seals were defined as well. The use of navigation seals will make it possible to ensure the transparency of traffic and minimize control measures.

At its meeting, the Eurasian Economic Commission's Council approved a recommendation to promote brands of jewelry manufacturers from the Eurasian Economic Union States to third country markets.

The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council amended the EAEU Technical Regulation "On safety of oil prepared for transportation and (or) use" by supplementing it with a unified form of an oil passport and rules for filling it out, the availability of which is stipulated by the technical regulation. 

The Commission's Council amended the Customs Union's Technical Regulation "On safety of agricultural and forestry tractors and their trailers".

It is planned that the next meeting of the EEC Council will be held on September 27.