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Avetis Oganesovich Oganesyan was born on June 12, 1973 in Yerevan. In 1995, he graduated from the State Engineering University of Armenia, then he completed master course and postgraduate studies.

On February 16, the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board decided to impose an anti-dumping duty on leaf springs originating from the People's Republic of China. The measure is imposed for five years; the duty amount will be 14.11% of the customs value.

On February 16, the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board decided to zero out import customs duty rates for certain types of precious and semiprecious stones for a term of two years. In particular, this refers to natural or artificial emeralds, sapphires, rubies, jades, alexandrites, etc. used in the jewelry industry.

On February 16, the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board reduced the rates of import customs duties on salmon breeding cages from 15% to 0% for one year. Currently, the Eurasian Economic Union does not manufacture equipment of technological level required for fish farming in northern conditions.

On February 16, the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board zeroed for one year the rates of import customs duties for certain types of carbon and graphite products for aluminum electrolysis.

The Eurasian Economic Commission jointly with the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE), the Russian Export Center (REC, JSC) and the Business Council of the Eurasian Economic Union held a webinar "Electronic trading platforms. Transfer of supplies in online mode".

On February 9, the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board decided to impose an anti-dumping duty on a number of types of welded pipes and stainless steel sections from the People's Republic of China. The duty will remain in force for five years and its rate will be from 14.62 to 17.28%, depending on the manufacturer.

The Department for Internal Market Defense of the Eurasian Economic Commission has decided to initiate a repeated anti-dumping investigation due to the expiration of the measure for certain types of steel pipes from Ukraine.

Following a meeting held on February 5 in Almaty (Kazakhstan), the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council instructed the Eurasian Economic Commission, jointly with the Governments of the Eurasian Economic Union Member States, to start addressing the mechanism for applying measures in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 40 of the Treaty on the EAEU dated May 29, 2014.

Sergei Glazyev, Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Botirjon Asadov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Russian Federation, discussed issues of interaction between the Eurasian Economic Union and the Republic of Uzbekistan as the Observer State at the EAEU. The meeting was held on February 3 at the EEC’s headquarters.