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The Kyrgyz Republic will be represented in the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission by Artyom Novikov, First Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic; the relevant notification was received by the Commission the day before.

The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission has reduced the rate of import customs duty on dried coconuts from 3% to 0% for a period of three years. The decision was adopted following the consideration of the initiative proposal of the Russian Federation.

Arman Shakkaliev, representative of the EEC Competition and Antitrust Regulation Unit, spoke about the goals of introducing regional competition norms in the Eurasian Economic Union and results of the Eurasian Economic Commission's work on competition and antitrust law enforcement over five years at the VIII UN Online-Conference on Competition and Consumer Rights Protection.

The Eurasian Economic Commission conducts a case study as part of preparing a strategic plan for developing customs regulation until 2025. It is designed to analyze current development of customs administration and regulation as well as its improvement prospects in the Eurasian Economic Union Member States.

Directions and format of further cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Republic of Peru were discussed by Sergei Glazyev, EEC Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics, and Juan Genaro del Campo Rodriguez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Peru to the Russian Federation, on October 14 at the EEC’s headquarters.

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.

On October 15, the Working Group on Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA), chaired by Timur Zhaksylykov, Member of the Board - Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission, considered the EEC draft decisions in the fields of regulating the circulation of jewelry, medicines and medical products as well as customs administration.

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.

On October 13, the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board decided to notify the Republic of Kazakhstan of the need to enforce the law of the Eurasian Economic Union.