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- 26.05.2023 07:45:00
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Following the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, a number of documents were signed. This was reported Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). Recall that yesterday the heads of the EAEU states adopted a package of amendments to the EAEU Treaty - the III Great Protocol. Its main goal is to eliminate gaps in legal regulation identified in the course of law enforcement practice, clarify the terminology used in the Treaty on the Union, endow the Union bodies with a number of powers in terms of technical regulation, phytosanitary measures, the status of an observer state at the Union, public procurement. The heads of State were presented with the results of the implementation of the Strategy-2025 in 2022. A protocol on amendments to the Treaty on the EAEU regarding financial assistance in the implementation of joint cooperation projects in industries has been adopted. Financial assistance to joint industrial cooperative projects will be provided by subsidizing interest rates on loans and loans issued by international and national financial organizations, their list will be determined by the EEC Council. The Heads of State were presented with a report on the implementation of the main directions of international activities of the Eurasian Economic Union in 2022. Against the background of the slowdown in world trade and investment, the importance of trade and economic partners from the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions for the EAEU states has increased significantly: The share of China, India, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and other countries in the Union's foreign trade turnover has increased. The Supreme Council approved a mandatory report on the implementation of liberalization plans in the field of tourism, meteorology, surveying, property valuation, construction and cinematography. It presents the problems of liberalization, including criteria for meaningful equivalence of regulation, administrative cooperation and ways to solve them. The EAEU is preparing to issue licenses and permits for the export and import of goods in electronic form. The list of final acts signed at the session of the SEEC: 1. The decision "On amendments to some decisions of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council". 2. Protocol on Amendments to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014 regarding the provision of financial assistance in the implementation by the member States of the Eurasian Economic Union of joint cooperation projects in industries. 3. The decision "On providing financial assistance in the implementation by the member States of the Eurasian Economic Union of joint cooperation projects in industries". 4. Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on Conditions and Transitional Provisions for the Application by the Kyrgyz Republic of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014, certain international treaties included in the Law of the Eurasian Economic Union, and acts of the bodies of the Eurasian Economic Union in connection with the accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014, signed on May 8, 2015. 5. Protocol on Amendments to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014 ("III Great Protocol"). 6. The Order "On Providing information in accordance with subparagraph 5 of paragraph 20 of the Protocol on Common Principles and Rules for Regulating the Activities of Natural Monopolies (Annex No. 20 to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014)". 7. Decision "On Amendments to Appendix No. 1 to the Regulations of the Eurasian Economic Commission" (approval of the rules for issuing licenses and permits for the export and (or) import of goods). 8. Decision "On Amendments to Appendix No. 1 to the Regulations of the Eurasian Economic Commission" (customs operations). 9. Order "On the implementation of liberalization plans for Certain Service Sectors within the Framework of the Eurasian Economic Union". 10. Decision "On Amendments to the Decision of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council No. 112 of December 23, 2014". 11. Order "On the results of monitoring the implementation in 2021-2022 by the member States of the Eurasian Economic Union of the provisions provided for by the Rules of Regulation of Trade in Services, institutions and activities". 12. Order "On Amendments to the Order of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council No. 7 dated December 26, 2016". 13. The order "On the time and place of the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council". As previously reported, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.