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09 Jul 2025 Procedure for subordinate transfer of confidential information by Commission simplified The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council has amended the Procedure for handling restricted documents in the EEC. This document deals, inter alia, with competition and antitrust regulation within the Eurasian Economic Union. Any confidential information that may be contained in an application for violation of the general rules of competition or investigation in this respect will now be communicated to the Member States' competition authorities upon the decision of the relevant Minister of the Commission. Previously, such a decision was adopted by the EEC Board, which did not always allow the materials to be promptly transferred to the EAEU countries' antitrust authorities. This slowed down the process of responding to signs of violation of the Union's competition law. The procedure for protecting confidential information is ensured by the Agreement dated 2014 on the procedure for protecting confidential information and liability for its disclosure in exercise of the Commission's powers to control compliance with the general rules of competition. The transfer of materials by jurisdiction is envisaged by the paragraph of the Protocol on General Principles and Rules of Competition (Annex No. 19 to the Treaty on the EAEU).

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.

08 Jul 2025 EEC Council's decision to help suppress distribution of illegal nicotine-containing products The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission made a decision to determine additional categories of goods for which navigation seals will be used to track shipments in accordance with the Agreement on the application of such seals for tracking shipments in the Eurasian Economic Union dated 2022. The above Agreement has been enacted. The EAEU countries are finalizing the measures necessary to launch shipment tracking; afterward, the Commission will make a decision. The proposed regulation will affect nicotine-containing products and raw materials for nicotine classified under headings 2404, 2939 79 000 0, 2939 80 000 0 of the EAEU Unified Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activities, exported from the territory of the Union in accordance with the customs procedure for export by road transport. These goods will be tracked from the first phase of shipment tracking in accordance with the Agreement. The decision of the EEC Council was prepared based on proposals of entrepreneurs with their direct participation in the work of the Commission's expert group. Its implementation will make it possible to suppress the distribution of illegal nicotine-containing products in the EAEU.

08 Jul 2025 Rules for Registration and Examination of Safety, Quality and Efficiency of Medical Devices amended At its July 8 meeting, the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved amendments to the Rules for Registration and Examination of Safety, Quality and Efficiency of Medical Devices. In particular, the procedures for registration are clarified as to when it is necessary to include a new type of medical device in the Global Nomenclature of Medical Devices and in the nomenclature of medical devices of the Eurasian Economic Union. The list of documents for registration of medical devices with low potential risk and for in vitro diagnostics is adjusted. The adopted amendments will make it possible to optimize the procedure for registering and examining medical devices established by the EAEU law.

08 Jul 2025 Entry into force of technical regulations on energy efficiency requirements for energy consuming devices postponed Upon Russia's proposal, the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission postponed the enactment date of the Eurasian Economic Union's technical regulation "On Requirements for Energy Efficiency of Energy Consuming Devices" to September 1, 2028. This will make it possible to update a number of requirements in the document through amendments, which are being prepared in accordance with the plan for developing EAEU technical regulations and amending them, and to finalize the development and adoption of the second-level acts necessary for the implementation of technical regulations, namely the list of energy efficiency standards and labels for energy consuming devices. The same decision of the EEC Council postponed enactment of the decision adopted by the Commission’s Council establishing label forms for various types of power-consuming devices as well as their drafting rules to March 1, 2028. The enactment date of certain requirements stipulated in a number of annexes to the technical regulations was also postponed by three years.

08 Jul 2025 Outcomes of EEC Council's meeting on July 8, 2025 A meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Council took place on July 8. It considered more than 30 issues of the Eurasian integration, including trade, customs cooperation, technical regulation, financial policy, energy and infrastructure, digitalization, competition and antitrust regulation. In particular, the EEC Council established digital marking rules common to the Eurasian Economic Union countries for a number of new categories of goods, including sturgeon and salmon fish caviar, bicycle frames, certain types of lubricant oils, lubricants and special automotive fluids, cosmetic products with antimicrobial action, and disinfectants. Besides, the Eurasian Economic Commission's Council adopted a decision to determine additional categories of goods for which navigation seals will be used to monitor traffic in accordance with the Agreement on using such seals for monitoring traffic in the Eurasian Economic Union. The implementation of this decision will help prevent the distribution of illegal nicotine-containing products in the EAEU. The EEC Council has amended the Rules for Registration and Examination of Safety, Quality and Efficiency of Medical Products. The adopted amendments are aimed at optimizing the procedure for the registration and examination of medical products established by the EAEU law. Furthermore, the date of entry into force of the EAEU Technical Regulation “On requirements for energy efficiency of power-consuming devices” has been postponed to September 1, 2028. This will make it possible to update a number of requirements in the document through amendments, which are being prepared in accordance with the plan for developing the Union's technical regulations and amending them, and to finalize the development and adoption of the second-level acts necessary for implementing technical regulations, in particular, the list of energy efficiency standards and labels for power-consuming devices.

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.

07 Jul 2025 Improving efficiency of EAEU pedigree livestock breeding discussed at All-Russian Field Day 2025 Naira Karapetyan, Director of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Agricultural Policy Department, informed about the introduction of innovative approaches to improve the efficiency of agricultural production and marketing of competitive products within the Eurasian Economic Union at the round table “Genetics. In Simple Words About Important Things” as part of the All-Russian Field Day 2025 exhibition in Volgograd Region. “The main direction at the present stage should be the joint actions of the Union countries and the Commission on large-scale introduction into the breeding and pedigree work of the methodology to predict the breeding value of farm animals on the basis of genomic analysis,” Naira Karapetyan noted. During the exhibition events, they discussed some plans for developing the pedigree livestock breeding, modern opportunities for preserving domestic selection achievements, and ways to improve the genetic potential of dairy cattle. The round table attendees exchanged information on the results of implementing the methodology for assessing the breeding value of animals, as well as considered the state and prospects for developing the market of pedigree resources within the Union. The need to apply unified approaches to the collection and accounting of genotypic and phenotypic traits of pedigree animals to assess their breeding value and increase the production of own competitive pedigree products was noted. Naira Karapetyan emphasized the importance of coordinated actions to achieve common objectives for sustainable development of livestock breeding.

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