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The Trade Unit of the Eurasian Economic Commission held a https://is.gd/92qivz">conference on the prospects for developing trade and economic cooperation with India, during which the business community was presented with the opportunities being offered in the case of concluding a free trade agreement.

Timur Zhaksylykov, Member of the Board – EEC Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy, has informed about the progress made by the Eurasian Economic Commission in laying down the Eurasian Economic Union’s law in the field of intellectual property at the 8th International Forum "Anticounterfeiting-2020".

Cooperation between the EEC and the EDB in the industrial sector was discussed at a meeting at the EEC’s headquarters by Artak Kamalyan, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Nikolay Podguzov, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Development Bank. In particular, they have considered projects in the field of import substitution, financing the Eurasian interstate programs and applying measures to support manufacturing facilities in the Eurasian Economic Union.

Arman Shakkaliev, Minister in charge of Competition and Antimonopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, has outlined priorities in the field of competition protection in transboundary markets at the International Research and Development Conference "Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education", organized by the FAS of Russia and the Skolkovo Foundation.

Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission, was awarded the Order of Fatherland, 2nd class for long strong performance in governing bodies, great personal contribution to developing integration processes in the Eurasian space as well as consistent upholding of interests of Belarus and implementing national policy.

"Accelerating negotiation processes with third countries was one of the priority tasks of the Trade Unit of the Eurasian Economic Commission in 2020. Efforts were taken on several country tracks, including with Mongolia which is traditionally a close partner of the EAEU," Andrey Slepnev, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission, noted at the 28th meeting of the Business Dialogue with representatives of the business community of the Eurasian Economic Union countries.

The EEC representatives have informed about the legal basis in the field of competition and antitrust regulation as well as priority tasks in the work of the Competition and Antitrust Regulation Unit of the Eurasian Economic Commission at the event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia.

Relevant matters of developing accreditation sphere were discussed at the sixth meeting of the Council of Heads of Accreditation Bodies of the Eurasian Economic Union Member States involving Viktor Nazarenko, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and heads of accreditation bodies of the EAEU States.

Ensuring quality and safety guarantees for products entering the Eurasian Economic Union market is one of the most important guidelines in the Strategic Directions Developing the Eurasian Economic Integration until 2025 approved by the Heads of the EAEU Member States on December 11, 2020. A discrete role in their implementation is given to the activities undertaken by the Council of Heads of public (national) standardization bodies of the EAEU States – the Union’s auxiliary body in the sphere of standardization, Viktor Nazarenko, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, noted at the sixth Council’s meeting held via videoconferencing.

Natalia Zhukova, Director of the Department for Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Measures of the Eurasian Economic Commission, informed about the Members States’ best practices in protecting consumer rights during the COVID-19 pandemic at a meeting of the Advisory Council on the CIS Consumer Rights Protection held on December 17 via videoconferencing.