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Sanctions for violations related to distribution of counterfeit products should be symmetrical in all countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This was stated by Karine Minasyan, Minister in charge of Internal Markets, Information Support, Information and Communication Technologies of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) at the International Forum "Anti-Counterfeiting" on November 12 in Yerevan (Republic of Armenia).

On November 11, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Board considered issues in the spheres of integration, trade, functioning of the internal market, digitalization of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) economies, competition and antitrust regulation, technical and customs regulation, electric power industry and a number of others.

"With the dynamic development of the global economy, the EAEU should be an effective regional association that provides acceleration in technological development of industry, introduction of innovations, increase in competitiveness and quality of products through the use of standardization tools," Viktor Nazarenko, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), stated during the 4th meeting of the Council of Heads of national standardization bodies of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Member States held on November 12 in Shymkent (Republic of Kazakhstan).

On November 11, Galiya Dzholdybayeva, Director of the Business Development Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), delivered a lecture to students, postgraduates and teachers of the Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.

More than 50 million counterfeit goods were removed from circulation in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries in 2016-2018. The increase in illegal products and pirated content is largely due to developing online commerce. Improving mechanisms to combat counterfeit products and pirated content in the digital environment was a key topic of discussion during the section "Intellectual property in the EAEU: future without counterfeit" of the International Forum "Anti-Counterfeiting 2019", held on November 12-13 in Yerevan.

Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), Zholymbet Baishev, President of the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Grigory Rapota, State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, Sergey Lebedev, Chairman of Executive Committee – Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Members of the EEC Board (Ministers) and representatives of scientific and expert community of the EAEU countries summed up the results of the Eurasian integration development at the research and practical conference "New dimension of Eurasian integration: results of the fifth anniversary of the Eurasian Economic Union" held on November 11 in Moscow. The plenary session was moderated by Sergey Karaganov, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics, NRU HSE.

Mutual striving for fruitful cooperation and readiness to take active steps for its comprehensive development became a key message during the working meetings of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) delegation headed by Sergei Glazyev, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics, and the leaders of the Republic of Cuba during his visit to Havana on November 6-8 and participation in the International Havana Fair and Exhibition (FIHAV-2019).

Timur Zhaksylykov, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), proposed to create a unified system for accounting the information about revealed cases of importation, production and sale of counterfeit products and illegal distribution of intellectual property items on the Internet, at the plenary session of the International Forum "Anti-Counterfeiting 2019" held on November 12 in Yerevan (Republic of Armenia).

On November 5, a consultation was held at the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) headquarters to discuss the possibility of reducing fees for mobile services in roaming on the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Member States. The event was attended by the representatives of mobile operators of the five countries, ministries and departments in charge of communications and information technology, and antitrust authorities of the participating countries.

“Digital transformation will become the main driving force of technological development for the economies of the Eurasian Economic Union countries. This will ensure that the Union’s national economies are included in global value chains,” – declared Alexander Subbotin, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) on November 7 in New York at the annual meeting of the American-Russian Business Council.