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At its meeting on April 13, the Eurasian Economic Commission's Board reduced the rate of import customs duty in respect of the hearth mass for lining aluminum electrolyzers from 5 to 0% for a period of one year.

On April 9, Minsk hosted meetings of Emil Kaikiev, Minister in charge of Energy and Infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission, with Anatoly Sivak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, and Alexei Avramenko, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus.

On April 13, the Eurasian Economic Commission's Board considered the annual report on monitoring the regulatory impact assessment (RIA) with regard to the Commission’s draft decisions in 2020.

Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Board, wished Sergey Lebedev, Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a happy birthday.

The Eurasian Economic Commission held a review seminar for representatives of public authorities of the Republic of Uzbekistan, dedicated to the regulation of foreign trade.

The countries of the Eurasian Economic Union are ready to expand cooperation with Uzbekistan in the light industry. In 2020, cotton yarn became the main commodity imported from Uzbekistan to the EAEU: its share in the total import volume amounted to 9%. And the potential is far from being exhausted. This topic was discussed at a meeting of a specialized expert group in Tashkent, organized by the industrial policy unit of the Eurasian Economic Commission. The EEC delegation was headed by Tigran Harutyunyan, Deputy Director of Industrial Policy Department.

Prospects for cooperation in the field of intellectual property were discussed by Ruslan Beketaev, Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Saule Tlevlessova, President of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPOF), during a working meeting held on April 7.

Artak Kamalyan, Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Jamshid Khodjaev, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, discussed issues of interaction between Uzbekistan and the Eurasian Economic Union countries in the field of agriculture in Tashkent.

This decision was adopted by the Eurasian Economic Commission's Board on April 6. The Technical Regulation "On requirements to main pipelines for transporting liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons" will come into effect on July 1, 2021.

The Eurasian Economic Commission elaborates an action plan to increase the provision of the Eurasian Economic Union countries with vitally important medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances for human use. This was reported by Tigran Harutyunyan, Deputy Director of the EEC Industrial Policy Department, at the panel session "Developing the EAEU pharmaceutical market in light of eliminating the coronavirus pandemic consequences" within the International Exhibition "Innoprom" held in Uzbekistan.