Filter News

Issues of unifying livestock and seed products circulation, priorities for joint research and development (R&D) in the Eurasian Economic Union as well as new directions for developing international cooperation were discussed by participants of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture. The meeting chaired by Artak Kamalyan, Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission, was held on October 21.

International cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union is one of the most promising areas in the field of industrial construction both for the internal market and foreign outlet. This was stated by Tigran Harutyunyan, Deputy Director of the EEC Industrial Policy Department, speaking at the panel discussion "Industrial construction as a driver for economic growth".

On October 20, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved an Agreement on the Rules of Release (Issue), Circulation and Redemption Within the Eurasian Economic Union of Warehouse Certificates for Agricultural Products​. The document will be sent to the EAEU countries for intrastate approval.

On October 20, the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board approved the draft road map for forming a common market for organic agricultural products within the Eurasian Economic Union.

Cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Union Member Countries in the field of medicines circulation was discussed by participants of the online conference within the 5th Annual Forum "BIOTECHMED" held on October 15 in Gelendzhik. The Forum traditionally brings together heads of federal and regional agencies, representatives of large and medium businesses, state development institutions and the scientific community, private investors and entrepreneurs of the Russian Federation.

The state of the metallurgical industry amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, possible joint measures to be adopted to promote demand for high-tech metal products within the Eurasian Economic Union, problems of excess capacity, energy efficiency of metallurgical production as well as raw materials supply for the industry and implementing joint cooperation projects were discussed by attendees of the 2nd Eurasian Metallurgical Industry Conference held on October 15 at the Eurasian Economic Commission’s venue. The event, organized by the Commission's Industrial Unit, was held in a video format.

Doing business in auto industry in difficult economic environment amid the coronavirus pandemic was discussed by attendees of the 23rd Annual Russian Automotive Forum on October 13 in Moscow.

This was stated by Tigran Harutyunyan, Deputy Director of the Industrial Policy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission at a round table at the Agrosalon-2020 International Specialized Exhibition of Agricultural Machinery.

Development and support of joint cooperation projects in the field of agricultural engineering are the overarching priorities of industrial policy in the Eurasian Economic Union. This includes localisation of production in the EAEU territory and using the Union’s integration potential to actively promote the Eurasian products to foreign markets using new mechanisms of financial and non-financial support. This was stated by Tigran Harutyunyan, Deputy Director of the Industrial Policy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission at a specialized conference within the Agrosalon-2020 International Agricultural Exhibition.

Ministers of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Andrey Slepnev, Timur Zhaksylykov, Artak Kamalyan, Gegham Vardanyan and Viktor Nazarenko as well as Varos Simonyan, Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, held a meeting with representatives of the Armenian business community on October 8 in the Great Hall of the Ministry of Economy of Armenia.