In Astana (Kazakhstan) by the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Entered into force on January 1, 2015.

: Armenia (since January 2, 2015), Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (since August 12, 2015) and Russia.

The population of the EAEU countries as of January 1, 2016 is 182.7 million people (2.5% of the world population). Gross domestic product in the EAEU countries in 2014 amounted to $2.2 trillion (3.2% in the structure of world GDP). The volume of industrial production reached 1.3 trillion dollars (3.7% of world industrial production). The volume of foreign trade in goods of the EAEU with third countries in 2014 amounted to 877.6 billion dollars (3.7% of world exports, 2.3% of world imports).

The Eurasian Economic Union was created on the basis of the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus and the Common Economic Space as an international organization for regional economic integration with international legal personality.

Within the framework of the Union, freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and labor is ensured, the conduct of a coordinated, agreed or unified policy in key sectors of the economy.

The idea of ​​creating the EAEU was laid down in the Declaration on Eurasian Economic Integration adopted by the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on November 18, 2011. It fixes the goals of Eurasian economic integration for the future, including the task of creating the Eurasian Economic Union by January 1, 2015.

The creation of the EAEU means a transition to the next stage of integration after the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space.

The main goals of the Union are:

— creation of conditions for the stable development of the economies of the Member States in the interests of raising the living standards of their population;

— the desire to form a single market for goods, services, capital and labor resources within the Union;

— comprehensive modernization, cooperation and increasing the competitiveness of national economies in the global economy.

The supreme body of the EAEU is the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (SEEC), which includes the heads of member states. The SEEC considers the fundamental issues of the Union's activities, determines the strategy, directions and prospects for the development of integration and makes decisions aimed at realizing the goals of the Union.

Meetings of the Supreme Council are held at least once a year. Extraordinary meetings of the Supreme Council may be convened on the initiative of any of the Member States or the Chairman of the Supreme Council to resolve urgent issues of the Union's activities.

Implementation and control over the execution of the EAEU Treaty, international treaties within the Union and decisions of the Supreme Council are ensured by the Intergovernmental Council (EMC), consisting of the heads of government of the Member States. Meetings of the Intergovernmental Council are held as needed, but at least twice a year.

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) is a permanent supranational regulatory body of the Union headquartered in Moscow. The main tasks of the Commission are to ensure the conditions for the functioning and development of the Union, as well as the development of proposals in the field of economic integration within the Union.

The Court of the Union is the judicial body of the Union, which ensures the application by the Member States and bodies of the Union of the Treaty on the EAEU and other international treaties within the Union.

The chairmanship of the SEEC, the EMC and the EEC Council (the level of vice-premiers) is carried out on a rotational basis in the order of the Russian alphabet by one member state for one calendar year without the right to renew.

In 2016, Kazakhstan chairs these bodies.

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On January 1, the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) came into force. The Treaty approves the creation of an economic union, within which the freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and labor is ensured, the conduct of a coordinated, agreed or unified policy in the sectors of the economy defined by this document and international treaties within the framework of the Union.

The Treaty on the EAEU was signed by the Presidents of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation on May 29, 2014 in Astana. In addition to these three states, the members of the Union will also be the Republic of Armenia, which signed the Treaty of Accession to the Union on October 10, 2014, and the Kyrgyz Republic, which signed a similar Treaty on December 23, 2014.

The Eurasian Economic Union is an international organization for regional economic integration with international legal personality.

The Union is called upon to create conditions for the stable development of the economies of the member states in order to improve the living standards of their population, as well as for the comprehensive modernization, cooperation and competitiveness of national economies in the global economy.

The EAEU carries out its activities within the competence granted to it by the Member States in accordance with the Treaty on the Union, based on respect for the universally recognized principles of international law, including the principles of the sovereign equality of the Member States and their territorial integrity; on the basis of respect for the peculiarities of the political structure of the Member States; on the basis of ensuring mutually beneficial cooperation, equality and taking into account the national interests of the parties; on the basis of observance of the principles of market economy and fair competition.

The main body of the Union is the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (SEEC), which includes the heads of member states. SEEC meetings are held at least once a year. The structure of the EAEU bodies is also formed by the Intergovernmental Council at the level of heads of government, the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Court of the Union.

Reference:

Bodies of the Union:

The Supreme Council is the supreme body of the EAEU, which includes the Presidents of the Union Member States.

The Intergovernmental Council is a body of the Union, which includes the Prime Ministers of the Member States, which considers strategically important issues of the development of Eurasian economic integration.

The Court of the EAEU is the judicial body of the Union, which ensures the application by the Member States and bodies of the Union of the Treaty on the EAEU and other international treaties within the Union.

The Eurasian Economic Commission is a permanent supranational regulatory body of the Union, which is formed by the Council of the Commission and the Collegium of the Commission. The main tasks of the Commission are to ensure the conditions for the functioning and development of the Union, as well as the development of proposals in the field of economic integration within the framework of the EAEU.

The Council of the Commission includes the Deputy Prime Ministers of the Member States of the Union.

The composition of the EEC Board is formed by the Chairman and Ministers of the Commission.

The main functional novelties of the Treaty on the EAEU in comparison with the stages of the CU and the CES:

The Treaty on the EAEU consolidated the agreement of the member states on the implementation of a coordinated energy policy and the formation on the basis of common principles of common energy markets (electricity, the market for gas, oil and oil products). The document assumes that this task will be implemented in several stages and finally completed by 2025: the formation of a common electricity market is expected to be completed by 2019, and a common hydrocarbon market - by 2025.

The Treaty on the EAEU defines the regime for regulating the circulation of medicines and medical devices - within the Union, by January 1, 2016, a common market for medicines and a common market for medical devices (medical products and medical equipment) will be created.

The Treaty defines the main priorities of transport policy in the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union for the long term. The parties agreed on a step-by-step liberalization of transportation on the territory of the Union being created, which primarily concerns road and rail transport.

An agreement was reached on the formation and implementation of a coordinated agro-industrial policy. It is important that the implementation of policy in other areas of integration interaction, including in the field of ensuring sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary and sanitary measures in relation to agricultural products, will be carried out taking into account the goals, objectives and directions of the agreed agro-industrial policy.

The effective functioning of the Eurasian Economic Union cannot be imagined without a coordinated macroeconomic policy, which provides for the development and implementation of joint actions of the member states of the Union in order to achieve a balanced development of the economy. According to the Treaty, the main directions for conducting a coordinated macroeconomic policy are the formation of common principles for the functioning of the economy of the Member States of the Union, ensuring their effective interaction, as well as the development of general principles and guidelines for predicting the socio-economic development of the Parties.

To ensure the coordinated regulation of financial markets, following the results of step-by-step harmonization of legislation, the EAEU member states agreed on the need to reach the establishment of a single supranational body for financial market regulation by 2025.

The Treaty on the EAEU assumes that from January 1, 2015, a single market for services will begin to operate in a number of sectors determined by the member states of the Union. At the same time, the national regime is laid down as a base, i.e. the state is obliged to accept full national treatment in relation to the service provider and partner countries; there can be no restrictions. In the future, the Parties will strive to maximize the expansion of these sectors, including through the gradual reduction of exemptions and restrictions, which will certainly strengthen the Eurasian integration project.

According to the Treaty on the EAEU, the single market for services within the Union operates in the service sectors approved by the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the level of heads of state based on the agreed proposals of the Member States and the Commission. On the basis of the Treaty, the decision of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on December 23, 2014 approved the lists of service sectors in which the single market will start functioning from January 1, 2015. Currently, according to the proposals of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, more than 40 service sectors can be included in the list of services (construction services, services in the field of wholesale / retail trade, services related to agriculture, including sowing, processing, harvesting of crops, etc.) . The list of sectors in which the rules of the single market for services must be ensured is subject to a gradual and coordinated expansion. In service sectors where there is no single market for services, providers and recipients of services are granted national and most favored nation treatment, and quantitative and investment restrictions are not applied.

From January 1, 2015, a common labor market will start functioning in the territories of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia; will be implementedfreedom of movement of labor. Citizens of these states will work under the same conditions:workers of the EAEU member states will not need to obtain work permits within the Union.With the creation of a common labor market, citizens of the EAEU countries can directly feel the benefits of the Eurasian Economic Union. Mutual recognition of diplomas will be carried out from January 1, 2015 automatically. The tax on income of individuals-citizens of the EAEU member states will be paid at the internal resident rate from the first days of employment. Citizens of the EAEU countries will stopfill out migration cards when crossing the internal borders of the EAEU countries,if the period of their stay does not exceed 30 days from the date of entry. In addition, workers and members of their families are exempted from the obligation to register (registration) with the internal affairs bodies for a period of stay of up to 30 days.

Another major novelty of the Treaty on the EAEU: the possibility of applying the national regime for citizens of all four countries in terms of social security, including medical care. In each country within the EAEU, all medical services guaranteed by the state will be equally available to all citizens of the Union countries. (We are talking primarily aboutfree provision of emergency medical services).

As for pensions, the Treaty on the EAEU contains an obligation to resolve the issue of exporting pensions and offsetting the length of service accumulated in another member state of the Union. Currently, the EEC, together with the Parties, is working on the Pension Agreement, which will enter into force after 2015.

The Eurasian Economic Union is an international organization of regional economic integration with international legal personality and established by the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union. The EAEU ensures the freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and labor, as well as the conduct of a coordinated, coordinated or unified policy in the sectors of the economy.

The member states of the Eurasian Economic Union are the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation.

The EAEU was created for the purpose of comprehensive modernization, cooperation and increasing the competitiveness of national economies and creating conditions for stable development in order to improve the living standards of the population of the member states.

Customs Union of the EAEU

The Customs Union of the EAEU is a form of trade and economic integration of the participating countries, providing for a single customs territory, within which customs duties and economic restrictions are not applied in mutual trade in goods, with the exception of special protective, anti-dumping and countervailing measures. At the same time, the member countries of the Customs Union apply uniform customs tariffs and other regulatory measures when trading with third countries.

The unified customs territory of the Customs Union consists of the territories of the member countries of the Customs Union, as well as artificial islands, installations, structures and other objects in respect of which the Member States of the Customs Union have exclusive jurisdiction.

Member countries of the Customs Union:

  • Kazakhstan - since July 1, 2010
  • Russia - since July 1, 2010
  • Belarus - since July 6, 2010
  • Armenia - since October 10, 2014
  • Kyrgyzstan - since May 8, 2015

Officials of the member states of the Customs Union have repeatedly stated that they consider this organization as open to the entry of other countries. With some countries, negotiations are already underway to join the Customs Union, so it is likely that the territory of the Customs Union will soon be significantly expanded.

Technical regulation in the EAEU Customs Union

Technical regulation is one of the key elements of the integration of the member states of the Customs Union.

The mechanisms incorporated in technical regulation make it possible to eliminate numerous, in many cases artificially created technical barriers to trade, which are a serious problem for business. This is facilitated by the legal framework created over the past few years, including thanks to the efforts of specialists from the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Within the framework of the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Community, the following main international treaties have been adopted to date, designed to simplify the movement of goods on the territory of the member states:

  • Agreement on the implementation of a coordinated policy in the field of technical regulation, sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary measures;
  • Agreement on unified principles and rules of technical regulation;
  • Agreement on the basics of harmonization of technical regulations;
  • Agreement on the use of the Unified Mark of Products Circulation on the Market of the EAEU Member States;
  • Agreement on the creation of an information system of the EAEU in the field of technical regulation, sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary measures;
  • Agreement on the circulation of products subject to mandatory assessment (confirmation) of conformity in the territory of the Customs Union;
  • Agreement on mutual recognition of accreditation of certification bodies (conformity assessment) and testing laboratories (centers) performing work on conformity assessment.

You can get detailed information about technical regulation in the Customs Union of the EAEU from a specially prepared brochure prepared by specialists of the Eurasian Economic Commission:

Brochure of the Eurasian Economic Commission (PDF, 3.4 MB)

Member States of the Customs Union

The Customs Union (CU) is an official association based on the agreement of the participating countries on the abolition of customs borders between them, and, accordingly, the abolition of duties. Also, the basis for the functioning of the union is the use of a single tariff for all other states. As a result, the Customs Union created a huge unified customs territory, within which goods are moved without the cost of crossing customs borders.

Although the Customs Union was legally created in 2010, it actually began to work only on July 1, 2011, when the acts on the creation of a single customs territory came into force in the participating countries, and all control and regulatory bodies were created and began to work. At the moment, five states are members of the Customs Union - Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan. Several more countries are official candidates for membership in the organization or are considering this step.

Russia

The Russian Federation is the initiator and the basis of the CU. This country has the most powerful economy among all participating countries, and within the framework of the Union it has got the opportunity to increase the competitiveness of its products within the common market, which, according to experts, will give it additional profit in less than 10 years, totaling $ 400 billion.

Kazakhstan

For Kazakhstan, participation in the Customs Union is first of all good because it made it possible to enter the union, which gives a total of up to 16% of world grain exports. Working in the same field, Kazakhstan and Russia got the opportunity to significantly influence the world grain market, changing its conditions in their favor. In addition, the rapidly developing agricultural industry of Kazakhstan in this way managed to significantly strengthen its position in the Russian Federation and other countries of the association.

Belarus

For Belarus, which has long been partly integrated with Russia into a single customs and economic field, participation in the Customs Union allowed expanding the geography of preferential supplies of its products to several more countries, and also increased the inflow of investments, in particular, from Kazakhstan. According to experts' forecasts, participation in the CU annually brings Belarus up to $2 billion in additional profit.

Armenia and Kyrgyzstan

These countries have recently become members of the Customs Union. Their involvement made it possible to further strengthen the association's position in the global energy market. These same countries have received preferential access to markets whose aggregate volume greatly exceeds their economic capacity, so they predict an acceleration in GDP growth and the general welfare of the population.

On the whole, the Customs Union is viewed as a mutually beneficial economic partnership of geographically and mentally close countries that have equal rights and opportunities within the association. Given the prospects for new members to join, we can expect that in the near future the CU will become an even more powerful and influential economic bloc.

Eurasian Union

Eurasian Union is an integration project in the Eurasian space, the purpose of which is the economic and political rapprochement of the post-Soviet countries (at the same time, this association can potentially attract many other Eurasian countries outside the former USSR). To date Eurasian integration It is implemented in the form of a number of unions of different levels, the most important of which are the Customs Union of the EAEU and the Eurasian Economic Union.

On May 29, 2014, on the basis of the Customs Union and the CES, a more advanced form of integration was created - Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU, EurAsEC), which began its work on January 1, 2015. Belarus chaired the EAEU in 2015, and Kazakhstan in 2016.

At the EAEU level, a common market of 183 million people was formed. The allied states - Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus, as well as Armenia and Kyrgyzstan - pledged to guarantee the free movement of goods and services, capital and labor, as well as to implement a coordinated policy in energy, industry, agriculture, and transport.

[edit] History of Eurasian integration

In ancient times, on the territory of Eurasia in the regions of present-day Central and Central Asia, Southern Siberia, the Black Sea region, the Caucasus and the South of European Russia, there were large state formations of a number of peoples. It is in this Eurasian area, according to the most common hypotheses, that the historical ancestral homelands of the Indo-Europeans are located (Slavs, Armenians, Ossetians, Tajiks, etc. belong to the Indo-European peoples), Turks (Kazakhs, Kirghiz, Tatars, Uzbeks, etc.) and Finno-Ugric peoples ( Karelians, Mordvins, Udmurts, Mari, Komi, etc.). Scythians, Sarmatians, Huns, Turks, Khazars, Mongols created their state-empires in the space of Eurasia.

Since the 16th century, Russia has become the largest state in the Eurasian space (in the 20th century, the Soviet Union). With the advent of Russia to Eurasia, it became possible to unite this most important geopolitical region on the basis of agriculture and industrial production, while the Eurasian traditions of cattle breeding and nomadic economy were largely preserved. The disintegration of the USSR in the 1990s disrupted the established economic ties, which led to a deep and prolonged socio-economic crisis, from which some post-Soviet states have not yet emerged. It is quite characteristic that Kazakhstan and some other Asian republics of the USSR opposed the collapse of the Soviet Union to the greatest extent.

The initiator of the Eurasian reintegration can rightfully be considered the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who presented in March 1994 a draft of the Eurasian Union, which at the first stage was to include Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. However, at that time, the destructive political processes in the post-Soviet space were still too strong, and full-fledged integration had to be postponed. However, the unification process has begun. In 1995, the leaders of Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and a little later Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan signed the first agreement on plans to create a customs union.

Full-fledged Eurasian integration became possible with the coming to power in Russia of Vladimir Putin, who supported the ideas of Nursultan Nazarbayev; they were also supported by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko (by January 26, 2000, the Union State of Russia and Belarus was created as a special integration association).

[edit] Timeline of integration

  • October 10, 2000- in Astana (Kazakhstan), the heads of state (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan) signed the Treaty on the Establishment of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC). The Treaty lays down the concept of close and effective trade and economic cooperation to achieve the goals and objectives defined by the Treaty on the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space. The EurAsEC has become the first effective organization to ensure the integration process in the Eurasian space.
  • May 30, 2001- came into force an agreement on the creation EurAsEC as part of Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. In 2006-2008 Uzbekistan also participated in the EurAsEC, since 2002 Ukraine and Moldova have received observer status, and since 2003 - Armenia.
  • February 23, 2003- The presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine announced their intention to form the Common Economic Space (CES).
  • October 6, 2007- Dushanbe (Tajikistan) hosted the EurAsEC summit, which adopted the concept of the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Created Commission of the Customs Union- a single permanent regulatory body of the EurAsEC Customs Union (in 2012, powers were transferred to the Eurasian Commission).
  • July 6, 2010- entered into force agreements on Customs Union (CU) as part of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, earned Uniform Customs Code.
  • December 9, 2010- Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus signed all 17 documents on the creation Common Economic Space (CES)(agreements on uniform competition rules, on the regulation of agricultural support and industrial subsidies, on the regulation of railway transport, services and investments, on the protection of intellectual property, on the rules of technical regulation, on public procurement, on the status of migrants and counteracting illegal migration from third countries , on a coordinated macroeconomic and monetary policy, on the free movement of capital, on the regulation of natural monopolies and access to their services, on the creation of a single market for oil and oil products).
  • July 1, 2011- earned Single customs territory Customs Union: on the borders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, customs control was canceled (it was transferred to the outer contour of the borders of the Customs Union).
  • October 18, 2011- in St. Petersburg, following a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth countries, the Treaty on CIS free trade zone. The FTA of the CIS provides for "minimization of exceptions from the nomenclature of goods to which import duties are applied", export duties should be fixed at a certain level, and subsequently phased out.
  • November 18, 2011- an agreement was signed on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
  • January 1, 2012- as a result of the entry into force of the relevant treaty, a Common Economic Space (SES) as a common market, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan (since 2014 - CES of the Eurasian Economic Union), has earned Eurasian Commission. The task of the CES is to ensure the "four freedoms" - the movement of goods, capital, services and labor - as well as to ensure the beginning of the coordination of the economic policies of the member states in relation to macroeconomics, finance, transport and energy, trade, industry and agriculture.
  • September 20, 2012- an agreement entered into force FTA CIS between Belarus, Russia and Ukraine - the first three countries to ratify it. In 2012-2013 Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova also ratified the agreement, Uzbekistan joined the FTA in a special order, and Tajikistan, although it signed the agreement, did not ratify it.
  • May 29, 2014- Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed agreement on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
  • October 10, 2014- Armenia joined the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union. The EurAsEC organization was liquidated in connection with the fulfillment of its mission and the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union.
  • December 23, 2014- Kyrgyzstan joined (signed accession agreements) to the Eurasian Economic Union. The accession of Armenia to the EAEU has been approved.
  • January 1, 2015- the agreement on the EAEU came into force, thus Eurasian Economic Union established.
  • May 8, 2015- Presidents of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia signed documents on the accession of Kyrgyzstan to the Treaty on the EAEU.
  • May 14, 2015- Iran plans to join the free trade zone with the EAEU
  • May 25, 2015 - an agreement on a free trade zone between the EAEU and Vietnam was signed.
  • May 27, 2015- Egypt has applied for a free trade zone with the EAEU.
  • August 12, 2015- The Eurasian Union has canceled the customs border with Kyrgyzstan.

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[edit] Eurasian Economic Union

On May 29, 2014, in Astana, the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which will enter into force on January 1, 2015. On October 10, 2014, Armenia joined the union (accession agreements were signed), and on December 24, 2014, Kyrgyzstan joined (accession agreements were also signed).

Thus, at the moment, the formation of a common market of 183 million people has been completed, integration is intensifying compared to integration at the level of the Customs Union. The Allied States undertake to guarantee the free movement of goods and services, capital and labor, as well as to implement a coordinated policy in key sectors of the economy: energy, industry, agriculture, and transport.

[edit] Composition of the EAEU

  • Armenia(since October 10, 2014)
  • Belarus(since May 29, 2014)
  • Kazakhstan(since May 29, 2014)
  • Kyrgyzstan(since December 23, 2014)
  • Russia(since May 29, 2014)
  • Moldova- has the status of an observer state at the Eurasian Economic Union (since April 14, 2017)

Other potential members

  • Tajikistan- In 2012, he announced his intention to join the CU and the EAEU after Kyrgyzstan.
  • Mongolia

On July 21, 2015, Syria announced its desire to join the EAEU. On August 11, 2016, Tunisia also announced a similar intention through the mouth of its ambassador to the Russian Federation.

[edit] Integration levels

[edit] Common Economic Space

On January 1, 2012, the Common Economic Space of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan was created, which at that time became the closest form of integration of these countries. The key points of the CES agreements have been in operation since July 2012. The customs union is part of the CES agreements.

The CES is designed to ensure the freedom of movement of goods, capital, services and labor between member states. Also, the goal is to ensure the beginnings of coordination of macroeconomics and the financial sector, transport and energy, trade, industrial and agro-industrial complexes and other important areas of the economy.

The composition of the CES is the same as that of the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia). Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Abkhazia also express interest in joining the CES.

[edit] Customs union

Customs Union of the EAEU(until 2014 - the Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Community, the CU of the EurAsEC) is one of the forms of economic integration in the post-Soviet space. In the people and the media, this organization is simply referred to as "TS". It is the term "Customs Union" in 2010-2014. most often mentioned in the media when discussing economic integration in the post-Soviet space.

The main body of the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia is the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, which includes the heads of state and government of the Customs Union. At the level of heads of state, the council meets at least once a year, at the level of heads of government - at least twice a year. Decisions are made by consensus and become binding on all participating States.

Since January 1, 2012, the functions of the regulatory body have been performed by the Eurasian Economic Commission.

[edit] Composition

Currently, the Customs Union includes the following states:

[edit] TC Candidates

  • Tajikistan- In 2012, he announced his intention to join the CU and the EAEU after Kyrgyzstan. The entry of Kyrgyzstan was delayed, but it took place. Negotiations with Tajikistan are also dragging on.
  • Mongolia- announced its intention to join the CU and the EAEU in 2016.
  • Moldova- April 14, 2017 received the status of an observer state at the Eurasian Economic Union. Since, as of 2017, in Moldova, the president is in favor of Eurasian integration, while the parliament is against it, the further fate of integration with Moldova depends on the development of the internal situation in this country.
    • Gagauzia- at a referendum held in 2014, she advocated joining the Customs Union. It should be noted that the Gagauz autonomy is not an independent country either de jure or de facto. It is an autonomous republic within Moldova.
  • Syria- also announced its desire to join the Customs Union back in 2010. At present, the signing of an agreement on a free trade zone between Syria and the Customs Union is being prepared.

A number of unrecognized or partially recognized states also want to join the CU (due to their status, they face obstacles in the implementation of their intentions):

  • Abkhazia- February 16, 2010 informally announced its desire to enter the Customs Union.
  • South Ossetia- October 15, 2013 announced its intention to join the Customs Union.
  • Donetsk People's Republic
  • Luhansk People's Republic- in 2014 announced its intention to join the Customs Union.
  • Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic- February 16, 2012 announced its intention to join the Customs Union.

Former potential candidates

  • Ukraine- according to its long tradition, the Ukrainian leadership tried to sit on two chairs at the same time, drawing closer to both the European Union and the Customs Union, but the CU member states made it clear that such a development of events is unacceptable. At present, the issue of joining the Customs Union has been stalled due to the civil war in Ukraine. The current Ukrainian leadership has set a course for the so-called "European association", which involves the introduction of European rules and regulations in Ukraine, as well as the opening of the domestic market for European manufacturers. In fact, this is ruining and in many ways has already ruined the remnants of high-tech industry in Ukraine (Ukrainian exporters lost 29% of exports to Russia in 2014, missing $3.9 billion, while exports to the EU grew by only $1 billion (mainly in agriculture). ).

[edit] Free trade zone

On September 20, 2012, the Commonwealth Free Trade Area (CIS FTA) between Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, which ratified the agreement, was launched. In 2012-2013 Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova also ratified the agreement, Uzbekistan joined the FTA in a special order, and Tajikistan signed the agreement, but has not yet ratified it.

The free trade area provides for "minimizing exceptions to the range of goods subject to import duties," and export duties must first be fixed and then phased out.

Agreements on a free trade zone were also signed bilaterally by individual EAEU countries with Serbia (the free trade regime between Serbia and Russia has been in effect since 2000, with Belarus since March 31, 2009, and with Kazakhstan since October 7, 2010). The agreement with Vietnam was signed on May 25, 2015. On May 27, 2015, Egypt filed an application for an FTA with the EAEU.

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In 2014, it was planned to sign a similar free trade zone agreement with New Zealand (now questionable due to New Zealand's participation in anti-Russian sanctions). Negotiations are also underway to conclude such agreements with the European Free Trade Association (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) , Israel, India, Syria, Montenegro and a number of Latin American countries.

In total, up to 40 countries intend to join the free trade zone with the EAEU, about 50 countries expressed their desire to cooperate with the EAEU as of the beginning of 2017.

[edit] Signatories of the FTA

  • Vietnam- the agreement was signed on May 29, 2015. Entered into force 60 days after ratification in accordance with national legislation by all EAEU countries and Vietnam. The law on ratification of the FTA agreement was signed on May 2, 2016 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. On May 31, the law on ratification of the FTA agreement was signed by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, on June 2 - by President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.

[edit] FTA under negotiation

  • Egypt- the application was submitted on May 27, 2015.
  • Thailand- On April 1, 2016, Russia and Thailand began negotiations on the creation of a free trade zone.
  • Iran Negotiations started in 2015.
  • Mongolia- will begin the stage of negotiations on a free trade area and possible accession from autumn 2016.
  • Serbia- is negotiating the creation of an FTA with the EAEU

[edit] Expressed interest in cooperation

[edit] What gives accession to the EAEU

The EAEU is designed to improve economic interaction and significantly simplify the life of citizens of the Eurasian countries in a number of ways:

  • Customs control procedures will be relaxed or removed.
  • Economic, transport, energy and migration policies will be coordinated.
  • Legislation regarding business and trade will be partially unified.
  • On June 19, 2015, it was announced that international roaming would be canceled on the territory of the EAEU.

[edit] Western reactions

Western politicians are by no means enthusiastic about the prospect of economic and political reintegration in the post-Soviet space. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for example, said that "the US will try to prevent the re-creation of the Soviet Union."

The only thing the United States has so far achieved in preventing Eurasian integration is the organization of a coup d'état in Ukraine in February 2014, as a result of which the country actually collapsed during the Ukrainian crisis. At the same time, a suicidal course was imposed on the part of Ukraine that remained under the control of American puppets to break economic ties with the Russian Federation and “European association” with the EU. The collapse of the Ukrainian industry and a serious energy crisis were clearly manifested already in 2014.

Despite such unequivocal intentions and actions of the United States, European political scientists believe that Russia in the next 20-30 years will be able to expand its borders to about Soviet size.

Putin, meanwhile, does not miss an opportunity to poke fun at the Europeans who are now suffering from separatist sentiments, hinting at an invitation to the Customs Union of certain European countries. Nazarbayev admits Turkey's involvement in the Eurasian integration.

Customs Union countries: list

In the modern world, many countries unite in alliances - political, economic, religious and others. One of the largest such unions was the Soviet one. Now we are seeing the emergence of the European, Eurasian and Customs Unions.

The customs union was positioned as a form of trade and economic integration of a number of countries, which provides not only a common customs territory for mutually beneficial trade with no duties, etc., but also a number of points regulating trade with third countries. This agreement was signed on 06.10.2007 in Dushanbe, at the time of its conclusion, the union included the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

The first article of the agreement on the movement of goods within this territory says the following:

  • Customs duty is not charged. And not only for goods of own production, but also for cargo from third countries.
  • There are no economic restrictions, except for compensatory, anti-dumping ones.
  • The countries of the Customs Union apply a single customs tariff.

Current countries and candidates

There are both permanent member countries of the Customs Union, which were its founders or joined later, and those that only expressed a desire to join.

Membership candidates:

TC leaders

There was a special commission of the Customs Union, which was approved at the time of signing the agreement on the Customs Union. Its rules were the basis of the legal activities of the organization. The structure worked and remained within this legal framework until July 1, 2012, that is, until the creation of the EEC. The supreme body of the union at that time was a group of representatives of the heads of state (Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian Federation), Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev (Republic of Kazakhstan) and Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (Republic of Belarus)).

At the level of heads of government, prime ministers were represented:

  • Russia - Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev;
  • Kazakhstan - Karim Kazhimkanovich Massimov;
  • Belarus - Sergei Sergeevich Sidorsky.

Purpose of the Customs Union

The countries of the Customs Union, under the main goal of creating a single regulatory body, meant the formation of a common territory, which will include several states, and all duties on products are canceled on their territory.

The second goal was to protect our own interests and markets, primarily from harmful, low-quality, as well as competitive products, which makes it possible to smooth out all the shortcomings in the trade and economic sphere. This is very important, since the protection of the interests of their own states, taking into account the opinions of the members of the union, is a priority for any country.

Benefits and prospects

First of all, the benefit is obvious for those enterprises that can easily make purchases in neighboring countries. Most likely, it will be only large corporations and companies. As for the prospects for the future, contrary to some forecasts of economists that the Customs Union would lead to a decrease in wages in the participating countries, at the official level, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan announced an increase in wages in the state in 2015.

That is why the world experience of such large economic formations cannot be attributed to this case. The countries that have joined the Customs Union are expecting a steady, if not rapid, growth of economic ties.

Treaty

The final version of the Agreement on the Customs Code of the Customs Union was adopted only at the tenth meeting, 26.10.2009. This pact spoke about the creation of special groups that would monitor the activities for the implementation of the revised draft treaty.

The countries of the Customs Union had until 01.07.2010 to amend their legislation to eliminate contradictions between this Code and the Constitution. Thus, another contact group was created to resolve issues related to differences between national legal systems.

Also, all the nuances related to the territories of the Customs Union have been finalized.

Territory of the Customs Union

The countries of the Customs Union have a common customs territory, which is determined by the boundaries of the states that have concluded the agreement and are members of the organization. The Customs Code, among other things, determines the expiration date of the commission, which came on July 1, 2012. Thus, a more serious organization was created, which has much more powers and, accordingly, more people in its staff in order to fully control all processes. On January 1, 2012, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EAEU) officially began its work.

The Eurasian Economic Union includes the member countries of the Customs Union: the founders - Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan - and the recently joined states, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.

The establishment of the EAEU implies a wider range of relationships in the freedom of movement of labor, capital, services and goods. Also, a coordinated economic policy of all countries should be constantly carried out, a transition to a single customs tariff should be carried out.

The total budget of this union is formed exclusively in Russian rubles, thanks to share contributions made by all member countries of the Customs Union. Their size is regulated by the supreme council, which consists of the heads of these states.

Russian has become the working language for the regulation of all documents, and the headquarters will be located in Moscow. The financial regulator of the EAEU is in Almaty, and the court is in the capital of Belarus, Minsk.

Union bodies

The supreme regulatory body is considered to be the Supreme Council, which includes the heads of the member states.

A judiciary has also been created, which is responsible for the application of treaties within the Union.

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) is a regulatory body that ensures all the conditions for the development and functioning of the Union, as well as the development of new proposals in the economic sphere regarding the format of the EAEU. It consists of the Ministers of the Commission (deputy prime ministers of the member states of the Union) and the Chairman.

The main provisions of the Treaty on the EAEU

Of course, compared to the CU, the EAEU has not only broader powers, but also a much more extensive and specific list of planned activities. This document no longer has any general plans, and for each specific task the path for its implementation is determined and a special working group has been created that will not only monitor the implementation, but also control its entire course.

In the resulting agreement, the countries of the single Customs Union, and now the EAEU, secured an agreement on coordinated work and the creation of common energy markets. The work on energy policy is quite large-scale and will be implemented in several stages until 2025.

The document also regulates the creation of a common market for medical devices and medicines by January 1, 2016.

Great importance is given to transport policy on the territory of the EAEU states, without which it will not be possible to create any joint action plan. The development of a coordinated agro-industrial policy is envisaged, which includes the mandatory formation of veterinary and phytosanitary measures.

A coordinated macroeconomic policy provides an opportunity to translate into reality all the planned plans and agreements. Under such conditions, general principles of interaction are developed and the effective development of countries is ensured.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eurasian Union (EAC), full title Eurasian Economic Union - the project of an alliance of sovereign states with a single political [source not specified 1112 days] , economic, military and customs space, supposed to be created on the basis of the union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus and relevant sectoral close integration structures of the CIS - EurAsEC, CES, CSTO, Customs Union.
History of the Eurasian Union project

Eurasian Union
Belarusian Eurasian Union
kaz. Eurasia Odagy

date of creation

2013 -2015

Foundation Declaration: 11/18/2011

CES: 01.01.2012

Largest cities(over 1 million)

Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk, Novosibirsk, Alma-Ata, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Omsk, Kazan, Chelyabinsk, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa, Volgograd, Perm, Krasnoyarsk, Voronezh

Member States

Countries that signed the declaration on the establishment of the Eurasian Union:


Belarus
Kazakhstan
Candidates:
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan

official languages

Russian, Kazakh, Belarusian

Management

Eurasian Economic Commission

Viktor Khristenko

Territory

1st in the world

20,030,748 km²

Population

Total ( 2012 )

- Density

7th in the world

169 880 000 (2012)

8.36 people/km²

GDP (PPP)

Total ( 2011 )

6th in the world

$2.720 trillion

Currencies

Evraz

Russian ruble

Belarusian ruble

Kazakhstani tenge

Timezone

UTC +3 to +12

Telephone codes

7 (Russia, Kazakhstan)

375 (Belarus)

Official site

missing

In view of the collapse of the USSR at the end of the 20th century, there was a need among the public and a number of politicians in some former Soviet republics to restore close integration. At the beginning of the 21st century, the idea of ​​post-Soviet Eurasian integration and new Eurasianism became widespread again, and its most famous supporters and ideologists are: the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev, Russian President Vladimir Putin, philosophers and political scientists Alexander Dugin, Alexander Panarin, Sergey Gavrov, Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov and many others.

For the first time, the need to create a Eurasian Union was written about in the 1920s and 1930s. XX-th century classical Eurasians - N. S. Trubetskoy, P. N. Savitsky and G. V. Vernadsky. They saw it as a gradual transformation of the Soviet Union into the Eurasian Union, by changing the communist ideology to the Eurasian one.

The first such detailed project of the Union of Soviet Republics of Europe and Asia - the European-Asian Union was proposed even before the collapse of the USSR by Academician A. D. Sakharov.

During the collapse of the USSR, another project to create a confederal Union of Sovereign States was not implemented, only a poorly integrated international (interstate) association of the Commonwealth of Independent States was created.

According to the following detailed draft in March 1994 by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev it was assumed that at first the Eurasian Union would include five republics of the former USSR: Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. In the future, other states may join the Union - Armenia, Uzbekistan, Moldova, and also, possibly, self-proclaimed post-Soviet states - Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, Russia and Belarus created first the Community, and then union state, however, the need for a wider such Union remained.

The process of creating sectoral integration structures of the CIS was dynamic, but the project of the Eurasian Union remained only on paper, until in December 2010 it was breathed new life into it at the EurAsEC summit. In the fall of 2011, the Eurasian Union project received a new impetus from the publication by the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin article "A new integration project for Eurasia - the future that is born today" (2011). Putin, and after him the leader of United Russia Boris Gryzlov, in the article “The Future is Ours” in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, argued that the creation of the Eurasian Union would allow Russia to become another world pole of influence.

2010

After the formation of the Customs Union in December 2010, at the EurAsEC summit in Moscow, agreements were reached on the creation of a Eurasian Union based on the CES of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. As the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev,

We agreed (not immediately and not without difficulty) to create a Eurasian Union with Kazakhstan and Belarus. A very important decision. Let's develop together.

Medvedev did not rule out the possibility of including Kyrgyzstan in the union:

Our new union and now the Common Economic Space - they will be open for other countries to join ... This means that we extend a hand of cooperation to our closest neighbors, our friends, thereby creating conditions for them to modernize the economy and improve the quality of life of people.

2011

The forward movement is intensive, we expect that next year we will sign a declaration of the Eurasian Union, which can and should begin its activities in 2013.

October 3, 2011 in the newspaper "Izvestia" appeared an article written personally Vladimir Putin. In it, the author discusses the creation of the Eurasian Union on the basis of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, "capable of becoming one of the poles of the modern world" .

I am convinced that the creation of the Eurasian Union, effective integration is the way that will allow its participants to take their rightful place in the complex world of the 21st century. Only together can our countries become leaders in global growth and civilizational progress, achieve success and prosperity. .

Moscow would like to create a single currency of the Eurasian Union with a single emission center.

October 19, 2011 heads of state Eurasian Economic Community decided to join Kyrgyzstan to Customs Union, which currently includes Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. This was announced during the meeting of the heads of the EurAsEC countries by the secretary general of the organization Tair Mansurov.

“Somewhere at the turn of 2015, if we act as energetically as we have worked so far, we can approach the implementation of the idea of ​​​​creating the Eurasian Union.”

On October 16, 2011, at a meeting of the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community (the supreme body of the Customs Union) at the level of heads of government, Kazakhstan blocks the name "Eurasian Union". The project of the union is sent for revision.

On October 24, 2011, the largest parliamentary communist party in Moldova called on the authorities to take a course towards joining the Eurasian Union without abandoning European integration.

November 18, 2011, in Moscow, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and head of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev signed a declaration on Eurasian economic integration.

year 2012

On January 1, 2012, the Common Economic Space (CES) began to operate on the territory of the three member countries of the Customs Union. The CES integration agreements, adopted on November 18, 2011, will start working in full from July 2012. The purpose of the formation of the CES is to create conditions for the stable and effective development of the economies of the member states and improve the living standards of the population.

Following the creation of the Customs Union and the formation of the Common Economic Space, the partner states intend to start creating a supranational - Eurasian - parliament, said State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin during a working visit to St. Petersburg.

In recent years, integration processes have been actively going on in the CIS, - he explained, - the Customs Union and the common economic space have already been created, which will become the basis for the formation of the future Eurasian Union.

The new supranational structure will require, according to Naryshkin, transparent and understandable economic and other legislation. However, those supranational bodies that are currently being formed or have already been created, for example, the Eurasian Economic Commission, "cannot and should not take on parliamentary tasks." It is up to the supranational parliament to decide them.

It is still premature to talk about the structure of the future legislative body of the Eurasian Union. According to preliminary data, work on its creation will begin with the formation of a special parliamentary commission in the State Duma, which will develop some kind of legislative procedure for the formation of a supranational parliament for Russia. In the future, it is planned to create a working group from among the Russian parliamentarians, which, together with colleagues from Belarus and Kazakhstan, will begin to develop comprehensive proposals on issues of a unified economic legislation for further discussion.

On September 18, 2012, the Mazhilismen of the Kazakh Parliament rejected the idea of ​​creating a single Eurasian Parliament. Maulen Ashimbayev, head of the Mazhilis committee on international affairs, defense and security, and Yerlan Karin, secretary of the Nur Otan NDP, voiced their principled position. Politicians said:

Despite all attempts to speed up the creation of supranational political structures, in reality, such a formulation of the issue is not and will not be on the general agenda. I will say even more - the creation of a supranational political structure cannot be discussed by us in principle, since this directly affects the sovereignty of our country. And the principle of sovereignty is clearly enshrined in the Constitution, and, moreover, according to the laws of our country, such issues cannot even be submitted to a national referendum.

At the moment, the Eurasian Dialogue discussion platform has been created at the European Club, which is designed to find future problematic moments in the creation of the Eurasian Union and, if possible, solve them.

November 4, 2012, National Unity Day, Eurasian Youth Union and the Eurasia Party announced the start of preparations for an all-Russian referendum on the creation of the Eurasian Union, which is scheduled for 2013. The Organizing Committee invited all public and political organizations of Russia to join the initiative, the collection of signatures in support of it has begun.

On December 19, 2012, adviser to the President of Russia Sergey Glazyev, announced that the issue of introducing a single currency within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union was discussed several times, but there is no positive decision yet. And then he made the following statement:

Within the framework of the Customs Union, the ruble naturally dominates. …
If we exclude the dollar and the euro, in which settlements are still carried out mainly for energy resources, the weight of the ruble in the mutual trade of the three states is about 90%. .

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her intention to prevent the creation of a "new version of the Soviet Union" under the guise of economic integration. .

year 2013

The heads of the two states discussed the program of bilateral cooperation for 2013-2015, the progress in creating the Common Economic Space and progress towards the Eurasian Economic Union. The next contact between the two presidents will take place in autumn in Yekaterinburg during the traditional annual Forum of Border Regions. At this meeting, Nazarbayev said:

We have given instructions to prepare a new Friendship and Cooperation Treaty, and I hope we will sign it in Yekaterinburg this fall.

Vladimir Putin, in turn, noted that "the volume of our cooperation is very large, it is constantly growing and this is for the benefit of our economies, our peoples." "The countries have gained a very good integration experience," the Russian president stated.

Expansion history

Members

2013-2015

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia

The three alleged first founding members of the Eurasian Union, which have the highest degree of integration in the CIS - Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus - completed by 2010 the creation Customs Union, by January 1, 2012 Common Economic Space.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is an international integration economic association (union), the agreement on the establishment of which was signed on May 29, 2014 and comes into force on January 1, 2015. The union included Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. The EAEU was created on the basis of the Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) to strengthen the economies of the participating countries and "rapprochement with each other", to modernize and increase the competitiveness of the participating countries in the world market. The EAEU member states plan to continue economic integration in the coming years.

The history of the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union

In 1995, the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and later the acceding states - Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed the first agreements on the creation of the Customs Union. Based on these agreements, the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) was created in 2000.

On October 6, 2007 in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia signed an agreement on the creation of a single customs territory and the Customs Union Commission as a single permanent governing body of the Customs Union.

The Eurasian Customs Union or the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia was born on January 1, 2010. The customs union was launched as a first step towards the formation of a broader European Union type of economic union of the former Soviet republics.

The establishment of the Eurasian Customs Union was guaranteed by 3 different treaties signed in 1995, 1999 and 2007. The first treaty in 1995 guaranteed its creation, the second in 1999 guaranteed its formation, and the third in 2007 announced the creation of a single customs territory and the formation of a customs union.

Access of products to the territory of the Customs Union was provided after checking these products for compliance with the requirements of the technical regulations of the Customs Union, which are applicable to these products. As of December 2012, 31 Technical Regulations of the Customs Union have been developed, which cover various types of products, some of which have already entered into force, and some will enter into force before 2015. Some technical regulations are yet to be developed.

Before the Technical Regulations entered into force, the following rules were the basis for access to the market of the member countries of the Customs Union:

1. National certificate - for product access to the market of the country where this certificate was issued.

2. Certificate of the Customs Union - a certificate issued in accordance with the "List of products subject to mandatory assessment (confirmation) of conformity within the framework of the Customs Union", - such a certificate is valid in all three member countries of the Customs Union.

Since November 19, 2011, the member states have implemented the work of the joint commission (Eurasian Economic Commission) to strengthen closer economic ties to create the Eurasian Economic Union by 2015.

On January 1, 2012, the three states formed the Common Economic Space to promote further economic integration. All three countries have ratified the basic package of 17 agreements governing the launch of the Common Economic Space (CES).

May 29, 2014 in Astana (Kazakhstan) signed an agreement on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Tasks

    Completion of the full registration of the free trade regime, the formation of a common customs tariff and a unified system of non-tariff regulation measures

    Ensuring the freedom of movement of capital

    Formation of a common financial market

    Coordination of the principles and conditions for the transition to a single currency within the framework of the EurAsEC

    Establishment of common rules for trade in goods and services and their access to internal markets

    Creation of a common unified system of customs regulation

    Development and implementation of interstate targeted programs

    Creation of equal conditions for industrial and entrepreneurial activities

    Formation of a common market for transport services and a unified transport system

    Formation of a common energy market

    Creation of equal conditions for access of foreign investments to the markets of the Parties

    Ensuring the free movement of citizens of the EurAsEC states within the Community

    Coordination of social policy in order to form a community of social states, providing for a common labor market, a single educational space, coordinated approaches to addressing health issues, labor migration, etc.

    Convergence and harmonization of national legislations

    Ensuring the interaction of the legal systems of the EurAsEC states in order to create a common legal space within the Community

    Interaction with the UN