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The first meeting of representatives of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Competition and Antitrust Regulation Unit and the European Commission's Competition Directorate took place in online environments.

Improving tax legislation, exchange of information between tax authorities as well as tax barriers in the Eurasian Economic Union were discussed at a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Tax Policy and Administration at the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Goar Barseghyan, Director of Integration Development Department, represented the Eurasian Economic Commission at the plenary session of the Russia-India-EAEU Congress held on March 16-17 via videoconferencing. She has noted that the Republic of India is one of the key partners of the Eurasian Economic Union on the Eurasian continent, all the Union Member States being involved in trade with it.

On March 12, the Eurasian Economic Commission held its thematic session "The COVID-19 pandemic and sustainable development in the regional integration association: the EAEU experience" on the eve of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the region of the UN Economic Commission for Europe.

On March 15, Andrey Slepnev, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Laziz Kudratov, First Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, conducted negotiations as part of the working visit of the Uzbek delegation headed by Sardor Umurzakov, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, to the Russian Federation. Later in the day, Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the EEC Board, held a meeting with Sardor Umurzakov involving Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade, during which some issues of trade cooperation were discussed.

Issues of further cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Republic of Uzbekistan were discussed by Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the EEC Board, and Sardor Umurzakov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan – Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade, who visited the Commission during his working visit to the Russian Federation. The meeting was held on March 15 at the EEC’s headquarters.

The Eurasian Economic Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States should pay special attention to new mechanisms for the most beneficial economic interaction between the two associations. In particular, this entails the spheres of digitalization, use of transit potential and industrial cooperation. This was stated by Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, at the plenary session of the International Economic Forum "30 Years CIS" held on March 12.

Issues of phased implementation of electronic exchange of customs information between the customs authorities of the Eurasian Economic Union countries and Vietnam were discussed at a consultation involving the sides’ authorized representatives chaired by Oleg Pankratov, Member of the Board – EEC Minister in charge of Customs Cooperation. The case touched on arrangements for signing a document implying amendments to the Protocol on exchange of information on goods being moved within trade turnover between the Union States and Vietnam.

The issues of identification and traceability of animals and products of animal origin in the Eurasian Economic Union were discussed at a seminar held at the Eurasian Economic Commission’s headquarters.

Following the meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Board, it was decided to notify the Republic of Belarus of the need to observe the Eurasian Economic Union's law.