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Treaty on EAEU Customs Code amended to regulate foreign e-commerce
The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council has approved a draft Protocol on amendments to the Treaty on the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union in terms of regulating foreign e-commerce.
The draft Protocol envisages new regulations for goods purchased by citizens using Internet resources — special aspects of temporary storage, customs declaring procedure, application of customs payments, and the possibility of shipment from customs (“bonded”) warehouses.
A new legal institution – an e-commerce operator – is created, which will ensure the logistics of operations with such goods, as well as interaction with Internet sites and customs authorities in an integrated manner.
Implementing this Protocol will make it possible to regulate the customs clearance of this category of goods, to increase the speed of cargo handling and to improve the efficiency of customs control.
The EEC Council instructed to send the draft Protocol to the Union countries for internal legal procedures required for its signing.
