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25 Jul 2025 Register of third-party restrictive measures against EAEU and its Member States updated Following regular monitoring by the Eurasian Economic Commission, an updated Register of third-party restrictive measures against the Eurasian Economic Union and its Member States has been published on the Trade web portal. At present, 271 restrictive measures have been identified that may act as barriers to foreign trade on the part of the EAEU main trade partners and countries with which trade and economic agreements have been concluded or are being negotiated. Along with that, Iran's restrictive measure, which imposed a ban on importing confectionery products from third countries, was lifted after the full-fledged Free Trade Agreement between the EAEU and the Islamic Republic of Iran came into effect on May 15, 2025. In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, the parties undertook not to establish or maintain prohibitions or restrictions on the importation of goods, including in the form of quotas, import or export licenses, and other measures. As for Serbia, a technical barrier was identified regarding access of the EAEU medicines due to the requirement to provide an EU GMP certificate for registration. The list of Uzbekistan's restrictive measures has been supplemented by a non-transparent and lengthy procedure for obtaining an Uzbek certificate of conformity for the importation of household appliances. The EEC's activities to monitor and eliminate restrictive measures in trade with third parties are carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty on the EAEU, to implement which the Decision of the Commission's Council in 2018 approved the Procedure for Interaction between the Eurasian Economic Union Member States and the Eurasian Economic Commission. The monitoring is aimed at systematic work to identify and find ways to eliminate restrictive measures imposed by third parties on the EAEU and its Member States.

21 Jul 2025 Andrey Slepnev: “The EAEU increases the railway freight volume using digital transport documents” This was stated by Andrey Slepnev, Minister in charge of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission, on the threshold of presenting to the Heads of Government of the Eurasian Economic Union Member States an annual report on implementing the plan to digitalize rail freight transportation within the EAEU and with third countries, in particular, with the People's Republic of China. Earlier, the importance of digitizing all possible sectors of the economy was repeatedly mentioned by the leaders of the “five” countries. For example, only at the June meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and the timed Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, emphasized that he “considers digital transformation as a tool for removing barriers and increasing transparency in mutual trade”. In his turn, Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, noted that “integrated Eurasian transport and logistics corridors should become smart, multimodal eco-friendly arteries with a single digital platform of administration”. “In general, digitalization and artificial intelligence are included in the list of priorities of our national policy. E-commerce, digital document flow, automated control and logistics systems have already become integral elements of the EAEU countries' economies", stated Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In this context, the EEC's activities in terms of digitizing freight rail transportation serve as a living example of relevant practical work, which results in both simplified procedures and cost savings for businesses, as well as maximum acceleration of the movement of goods. “By 2024, the EAEU Member States have ensured the transition to digital transport documents for rail transportation between the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation,” Andrey Slepnev noted. In particular, the level of electronic data exchange between JSC Russian Railways and the Belarusian Railway State Association has reached at least 90% over the past few years, and this level has exceeded 80% between Kazakhstan's JSC NC KTZh and the rail carriers of Russia and Kyrgyzstan. By the end of 2024, the transportation volume of the Russian Federation using electronic documents amounted to 90% with the Republic of Belarus and 79% with the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is also important to note the work being done on transiting to electronic shipping documents. For example, Russian Railways JSC has implemented the possibility of accepting electronic shipping documents signed with an electronic signature from a consignor/freight forwarder into its information systems and submitting them to customs authorities and transmitting them to the Belarusian Railway State Association for customs operations upon completion of the customs procedure. This technology is used between Russia and Belarus for transportation under the Intertran project. Interstate testing is currently underway to put into effect a common customs process “ensuring the exchange of electronic documents and/or information between the customs authorities of the EAEU Member States in the process of controlling the transportation of goods under the customs procedure of customs transit”. “In addition to digitizing rail freight transportation between the EAEU Member States, active work is underway with the PRC. The volume of correct electronic communications between rail carriers in Russia and China amounted to 90% by the end of 2024. The indicator of completeness and quality of data subject to electronic exchange reached 80-90% between Kazakh and Chinese railroads,” the EEC Minister in charge of Trade continued. He stressed that an important milestone of cooperation with the PRC in terms of digitizing freight transportation was the signing in December 2024 of the Agreement on interaction between certification centers of railway carriers of Russia and China for the issuance of certificates for transboundary electronic document flow. This document will ensure the use of electronic signatures between the railways of the two countries. At the end of December 2024, test paperless transportation was launched between Russian Railways JSC and China Railways SC through the Zabaikalsk-Manchuria border checkpoint in export-import traffic. In 2025, it is planned to gradually expand the geography of transportation that will be formalized by electronic consignment note. The importance of the EEC's work on digitizing transport corridors is also underscored by the words of the Presidents of the Observer Countries at the EAEU at the June summit in Minsk. Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran, noted the need to create “infrastructure to strengthen cooperation in digital technologies and facilitate information exchange and new types of trade”. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, dwelt separately on the country's active participation "in important EAEU initiatives, including such projects and programs as the Eurasian Agro-Express, development of e-commerce, digitalization of freight transportation and the climate agenda”.

18 Jul 2025 EAEU agreement on electronic trade in goods may be signed by late 2025 On July 17-18, face-to-face expert consultations chaired by Askat Bekov, Deputy Director of the EEC Tariff and Non-Tariff Customs Regulation Department, took place at the Eurasian Economic Commission's venue, involving public authorities and businesses of the Eurasian Economic Union countries with a view to consider the outcomes of the intrastate approbation of the EAEU draft Agreement on Electronic Trade in Goods. The participants discussed the remaining discrepancies in peculiarities of the Unionwide regulation of mutual electronic trade in goods, the principles of ensuring consumer rights and their protection, approaches to applying electronic document flow, the basics of a common glossary, and the conditions of digital goods turnover. "The Agreement is mainly aimed at establishing common transparent rights for electronic commerce in the Union's internal market. This will ensure freedom of movement of goods and related services, which in light of rapid digitalization will give a significant impetus to the growth of all our countries' economies," mentioned Askat Bekov. Owing to the results of these consultations, the EAEU Agreement on Electronic Trade in Goods may be signed by the end of 2025. The Agreement was developed as part of implementing the Action Plan for Creating Favorable Environment to Develop Electronic Commerce within the Eurasian Economic Union, approved by the Decision of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in 2021.

15 Jul 2025 Andrey Slepnev: "The EAEU countries' Prime Ministers will consider a mid-term plan for developing and implementing approaches to regulate the climate agenda" A five-year plan for developing and implementing approaches to regulate the climate agenda within the Eurasian Economic Union, approved by the Heads of Governments in 2024, will be presented to the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in mid-August. "In particular, it is proposed to develop interstate standards in carbon regulation, as well as agreed decisions on accrediting relevant validation and verification bodies," told Andrey Slepnev, Minister in charge of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission    According to the EEC Minister, this will also entail taking measures to avoid barriers within the Union caused by the climate regulation of its Member States and engaging with third country partners on trade-related climate measures. The proposed measures, once approved by the Heads of Governments, will be included in the action plan for implementing the "Eurasian Economic Path" Declaration on Further Development of Economic Processes within the EAEU until 2030 and for the period until 2045.

10 Jul 2025 EAEU and Indonesia completed free trade negotiations Andrey Slepnev, Minister in charge of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, announced the completion of negotiations on a free trade agreement. The dialogue between the parties took place via videoconferencing. “The Eurasian Economic Union continues to develop a network of economic partnerships with key friendly countries. And as you know, Indonesia is both a member of BRICS and one of the largest economies in Southeast Asia with a population approaching 300 mln people,” Andrey Slepnev noted. The EEC Minister reminded of the partner's traditional interest in cooperation with the Eurasian Five States. In particular, in 2023, a large-scale business dialogue “EAEU – Indonesia” was held within the framework of the 2nd Eurasian Economic Forum in Moscow. "In absolute terms, the reduction in duties will affect approximately 3 bln dollars of trade between the EAEU and Indonesia. We expect that trade turnover between our countries will double within the next 3-5 years after the agreement comes into effect. We expect a significant increase in deliveries to Indonesia of both agricultural and industrial goods," the EEC Minister in charge of Trade emphasized. According to Andrey Slepnev, the EAEU will have preferential access to the Indonesian market, for example, to such items as polymers, fertilizers, energy products, dump trucks, pipes, metals and non-ferrous metal products, a wide range of electrical and mechanical equipment. Besides, this involves supplies of wheat, flour, milk powder, confectionery products, halal cattle meat, and poultry meat. The agreement must undergo the necessary internal legal procedures prior to its signing.

08 Jul 2025 EAEU unified labelling rules extended to red and black caviar, bicycles, lubricating oils, and antiseptics The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission, having considered the Russian Federation's proposals, decided to establish general rules for digital labeling in respect of a number of new categories of goods. In particular, they concern sturgeon and salmon caviar, bicycles and bicycle frames, certain types of lubricating oils, lubricants and special automotive fluids, cosmetic products with antimicrobial agents, as well as disinfectants. "The extended range of labelled goods demonstrates the development of the Union's common labelling system, which allows consumers to be sure of the authenticity of products, as well as increases the competitiveness of good faith market participants by reducing illicit circulation," noted Andrey Slepnev, the EEC Minister in charge of Tra He emphasized that the new commodity groups would be labelled, as before, according to the unified rules. Along with that, the provisions of the basic technological organizational model of the EAEU system for labelling goods with identification means, approved by Decision of the EEC Council in 2019, will be taken into account. Thus, mutual recognition of codes will be ensured, which will eliminate the need to re-label goods when they are circulated within the Union.

07 Jul 2025 EAEU simplifies procedure for importing high-tech medical devices The Eurasian Economic Commission's Board has adopted a decision aimed at simplifying the procedure for importing high-tech medical devices, including advanced magnetic resonance imaging systems, into the Eurasian Economic Union. For this purpose, the list of radio frequency bands for products whose importation into the EAEU customs territory requires no license, opinion (authorization) or information from the unified register was expanded. “The relevant systems have a number of advantages in terms of high quality of visualization, installation and operation. Their technical characteristics do not result in electromagnetic interference,” noted Vahagn Ghazaryan, Director of the EEC Tariff and Non-Tariff Customs Regulation Department.    The adopted decision will make it possible to reduce the financial and time costs of organizations when importing these goods. The document shall come into effect after 30 calendar days have elapsed from the date of its official publication.

03 Jul 2025 Andrey Slepnev discussed work on Uzbekistan's initiatives with Republic's representative at EEC Andrey Slepnev, Minister in charge of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission, held a meeting with Fanil Kadirov, the official representative of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan at the Eurasian Economic Commission. The two sides discussed addressing the initiatives voiced by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on June 27, 2025. One of Shavkat Mirziyoyev's key proposals concerned Uzbekistan's possible involvement in the work of the Eurasian Reinsurance Company, as well as dedication of separate interaction programs to developing electronic commerce, labelling goods with means of identification and introducing digital technologies in trade. "The EEC attaches great importance to the high level of multilateral cooperation with the Republic of Uzbekistan as an Observer State at the Eurasian Economic Union. We are ready to start working on these issues as soon as we receive additional information on practical proposals of the Uzbek party," noted Andrey Slepnev.  

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