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09 Jul 2025 Maksim Ermolovich presented EEC activities at UN Conference on Competition The Eurasian Commission's delegation headed by Maksim Ermolovich, Minister in charge of Competition and Antitrust Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, took part in the 9th United Nations Conference to Review All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices in Geneva. Maksim Ermolovich presented the Commission's activities and its initiative on competition dialogue among regional integration associations at the session “Competition and Regional Economic Organizations”. “During the meetings of regional organizations we discuss relevant matters of competition regulation at the regional level. The results of five meetings held earlier show the demand for such dialogue and the need to expand it,” Maksim Ermolovich mentioned. “As a result, we agreed to conduct a review of competition regulation at the regional level.” On behalf of the dialogue participants, the EEC Minister stated at the Conference the importance of further interaction in this field, the need for regular meetings of regional organizations organized by the Commission, and joint promotion of this topic on international platforms. He also presented the preliminary results of the ongoing review of competition regulation at the regional level. As part of the Conference, the Commission delegation held a meeting with Luz Maria de la Mora, Director of the UNCTAD's Division on International Trade and Commodities, to discuss prospects for further cooperation. The UN Conference is held every five years and is a high-level event on competition issues. Heads of relevant bodies and high-ranking officials from the UN Member States discuss, inter alia, strengthening law enforcement in this field.

09 Jul 2025 Possibilities of access to public procurement for industrial goods manufactured in EAEU expanded The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council has amended the Rules for determining the country of origin of certain types of goods for public (municipal) procurement purposes, approved by the EEC Council in 2020. In particular, the Rules are supplemented with production conditions for pipes, lasers, microdisplays, new commodity names of medical products, optical instruments, components of railway rolling stock and infrastructure, and goods of the chemical industry. It should be noted that this is the second package of amendments in 2025 aimed at expanding the national treatment in public procurement under the preferences, restrictions and bans introduced in the EAEU countries (in May, the Rules were supplemented with 51 commodity names to ensure access to participation in public procurement). The adopted acts will enable the EAEU States' manufacturers to include information about themselves and their goods in the Eurasian Register of Industrial Goods and to participate in public procurement without hindrance. The Rules introduce a unified approach to determining and confirming the country of origin of goods for public procurement purposes. They will help ensure national treatment in public procurement in cases where the State has established preferences for domestic suppliers or imposed restrictions on foreign goods. The amendments shall come into effect after 30 calendar days have elapsed from the date of official publication of the EEC Council's decision. On the Commission's website in the section dedicated to the Department for Competition and Public Procurement Policy, there is the Frequently Asked Questions tab, providing reference information on the procedure for the inclusion of information on a product and its manufacturer in the Eurasian Register of Industrial Goods and the Commission's actions to review a request on including such information.

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.

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