Чыпка Жаңылыктар

On February 25, in Almaty (Republic of Kazakhstan) at the meeting under the Chairman of Member of the Board (Minister) of Economy and Financial Policy of EEC Timur Suleimenov within frames of the Working Group activity on generating proposals in respect of the further applying of principle of exclusive rights exhaustion to the intellectual property objects were discussed the consequences of entering regional principle of exclusive rights exhaustion to trademark, as well as the capability on “parallel” imports legalization in particular economy sectors on the EAEU countries territory.

February 25th in Moscow, participants at the session of the Advisory committee for electric energy at the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) chaired by Tair Mansurov, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Energy and Infrastructure of the EEC, considered a number of issues related to the formation of a common electric energy market of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

On February 25th in Moscow, participants in the session of the Advisory committee for oil and petroleum products at the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) chaired by Tair Mansurov, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Energy and Infrastructure of the EEC, considered issues on developing the Concept for Forming a Common Gas Market of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Concept for Forming Common Markets of Oil and Petroleum products of the EAEU.

On February 19-20, within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Commission and under the chairmanship of Valery Koreshkov, a Member of the Board - Minister in charge of Technical Regulation, an international seminar on implementation of the 2015-2018 Action Plan in the sphere of quarantine and plant protection within the framework of the Memorandum of understanding dated November 12, 2013 between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO) took place.

In the view of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) entering into force since January 1, 2015, the Eurasian Economic Commission informs that the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation notified the Russian Federation tax authorities that incomes of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Armenia citizens working for a wage in the Russian Federation, are taxed at 13% rate starting from their first day of work on the territory of the Russian Federation.

On February 18, 'Eurasian Economic Union: extending the markets for business', a forum organised by the Eurasian Economic Commission in association with the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia and American-Russian Business Council, took place.

On February 18, Vladimir Goshin, a Member of the Board - Minister in charge of Customs Cooperation during his working trip to Saint-Petersburg,visited the Saint-Petersburg V. Bobkov branch of the Russian Customs Academy.

On February 17, the round table 'Eurasian economic integration: an expert opinion' took place on the platform of the Eurasian Economic Commission, where Commission representatives and experts discussed the value and prospects of developing the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Issues in the fields of trade, transportation and infrastructure were discussed at the session of the Eurasian Economic Commission Board held on February 17th.

Viktor Khristenko, the Chairman of the EEC Board met Jean-Maurice Ripert, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Russia in Moscow on the 16th of February.