Arman Shakkaliev, Minister for Competition and Antimonopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, outlined the priorities in the field of protecting competition in cross-border markets at the international scientific and practical conference “Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education” organized by the FAS Russia and the Skolkovo Foundation.
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On December 11, a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Council was held in the videoconference mode with the participation of the heads of state of the CU, the Honorary Chairman of the EAEU, the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, the Chairman of the Board EEC Mikhail Myasnikovich.
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On January 15, 2016, the President of the Russian Federation signed a Decree on the transfer of the FCS of Russia to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance. State Secretary – Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Valerievich Sazanov tells about the changes that have occurred since the Decree came into force, how it affected the activities of the customs authorities and their interaction with foreign economic activity participants.
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The Ministry of Finance offered to compensate importers for the environmental tax, which they will pay when importing goods into Russia. But for this they will have to recycle used goods on their own.
MoreThe EEU countries agreed to include in the draft strategic directions for the development of the union until 2025 the proposal of the Russian side on the introduction of a single standard for customs operations and customs control. The FCS hopes that this will make it possible to level the differences in the approaches of the customs officials of the five countries to the assessment of customs value and to the rigidity of control. Experts note that the actual unification will depend primarily on the technical equipment of the inspectors and on the risk profiles common for the countries, while the human factor often becomes an important factor in choosing the place of “customs clearance”.
MoreMonitoring of the status of organizations included in the register of the Charter of Conscientious Participants in Foreign Economic Activity and the Declaration of Approval and Support of the Charter of Conscientious Participants in Foreign Economic Activity, conducted by the IIAC on October 11, 2020, revealed 8 organizations that had ceased their activities.
From 22 to 24 September, chaired by the Director of the Department of Transport and Infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Dauren Sabitov, the second meeting of the Working Group on the preparation of a draft roadmap for 2021-2023 on the implementation of a coordinated (agreed) transport policy was held.
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July 2, in Vladivostok, on the basis of a subsidiary of the Interregional Information and Analytical Center for the Purpose and Supply Security in the Far Eastern Federal District (IIAC FE), the country’s first Public Admission Office of the Public Council under the FCS of Russia has opened.
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