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A working meeting between Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the EEC Board, Serik Zhumangarin and Gegham Vardanyan, Members of the Commission's Board – Ministers, and Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, was held via videoconferencing at the initiative of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

On June 26, Moscow hosted a breakfast on behalf of Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

On 26 June this year the Eurasian Economic Union countries ended the transition period for enacting amendments made to the Union's Technical Regulation "Marking of food products" concerning GMO marking of food products manufactured using genetically modified organisms. The amendments were adopted by the Decision of the Commission’s Council No. 90 dated December 20, 2017 and came into force on December 26, 2018.

Prospects for protecting the internal market from unsafe goods with regard to improving accreditation in the field of conformity assessment in the Eurasian Economic Union were considered at the fourth meeting of the Council of Heads of accreditation bodies of the EAEU States attended by Viktor Nazarenko, Minister in charge of Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Having regard to restrictive measures in the EAEU countries caused by spreading coronavirus infection, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission has amended a number of normative acts in the field of technical regulation.

The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission has approved a revised draft Agreement on the exchange of information being part of credit histories in the EAEU.

Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, will take part in a military parade on June 24 to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation.

This was reported by Timur Zhaksylykov, Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission following a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property held at the EEC's headquarters.

The railway network to deliver agricultural products to the PRC can be expanded for the entire Eurasian Economic Union. Addressing the relevant possibility with the Member States has been included in the roadmap for interaction between the Eurasian Economic Commission and Russian Railways, OJSC (RZD). The document has been approved during a meeting of Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade, and Oleg Belozerov, Director General - Chairman of the Board of RZD.

The roadmap of measures for forming a common electric power market (CEPM) in the Eurasian Economic Union's five countries was approved at the 13th meeting of the Advisory Committee for Electrical Energy. It clarifies and details interim stages of creating a common market. The Protocol of the event held in absentia due to measures to prevent spreading the coronavirus infection was signed by Emil Kaikiev, Member of the Board - EEC Minister in charge of Energy and Infrastructure. Therefore, there is an ongoing work on forming the EAEU CEPM which should start functioning not later than January 1, 2025.