Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk attended a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission Council on February 18 via videoconference.
The participants reviewed issues of mutual interest for
the EAEU states. They focused on digital trade in goods and services, the
export of agricultural products and food, and the further development of the
union’s integrated information system.
The conferees approved and forwarded a draft protocol
on amendments to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014 for
further review. This includes provisions on indirect taxation of e-services.
The document is following the current trends in taxing e-services and is needed
due to the broad use of digital trade.
The participants adopted a recommendation on creating additional
conditions for developing integration in the jewelry industry in
the EAEU countries to promote their products in the third-country markets.
They also made a decision that allows operators to use
electronic phytosanitary certificates for transport during quarantine phytosanitary
supervision procedures. This decision will simplify the movement of regulated products
between the Customs Union and the EAEU member states.
The attendees approved a report on the macro economic situation
in the EAEU countries and proposals to ensure sustainable economic development.
It will be presented at the next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental
Council (EIC).
The participants also listened to a report on the
status and plans for an EAEU integrated information system. Following the
discussion, they generally approved ways to upgrade this system and suggested
presenting them for consideration at an EIC meeting.
They also plan to present the Eurasian Agroexpress for discussion by the EIC, a joint project of
the EAEU states on expediting shipments of agricultural and food products. The project
is aimed at developing regular mutual supplies and routes for the export of
agricultural and food products to Asia and Europe.
The EEC Council proposed that the Supreme Eurasian Economic
Council declare May 29 EAEU Day. This date was chosen because the treaty on the
union was signed on May 29, 2014.
The next meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission Council
is scheduled for March 18. 2022.
