February 2013 · Regulatory Enforcement Developing and Adopting: National standards...

February 2013

The Customs Union Member States

CU Member States: Republic of Belarus

Republic of Kazakhstan

Russian Federation

Surface: 20 mln. km²

Population: 169 mln.

Total GDP: 2,7 trn. $ US (4 % of world GDP)

Total volume of external trade: 910 bln. $ US

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| 3 Universal Stages of Regional Integration

Eurasian Economic Union

January 1st 2015

July 1st 2010

January 1st 2012

April 15th 1994

| 4 CU/SES Foreign Trade in 2010-2012*

*Data in $ bln.

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1 000

Turnover Export Import

686

437

249

910

584

325

939

600

339

2010 2011 2012

446 218

71

116 EU 52%

APEC 25%

CIS 8%

Other 15%

Geography of Trade

(2012)

206

136

48

114 EU 40%

APEC 27%

CIS 9%

Other 24%

Geography of Trade

(2012, oil/gas excluded)

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0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

2010/2009 2011/2010 2012/2011

(Jan.-Sep.)

Internal trade of the CU/SES

Member States

External trade of the CU/SES

Member States

Global trade (WTO data)

Trade Dynamics Comparison in 2010-2012 | 5

1

1,5

2

2,5

2010/2009 2011/2010 2012/2011

(Jan.-Sep.)

Internal/Global External/Global

SUPREME EURASIAN

ECONOMIC COUNCIL - level of Heads of State

- level of Heads of Government

EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMISSION

(the Commission)

Council of the Commission: 3 Members of the Council

Board of the Commission: Chairman + 8 Members of the Board (Ministers)

EurAsEC

Court

Supreme

Body of the

CU and the

SES

The Common

permanent

regulatory

body of the CU

and the SES

- defines the

strategy and the

objectives of further

development of the

CU and the SES

- ensures functioning

and development of

the CU and the SES,

carries out the

initiatives on further

economic integration

Structural units of

the Commission

- ensure the interaction

with national authorities

Departments of

the Commission

Consultative

bodies of the

Commission

Governing bodies of the CU/SES | 6

Eurasian Economic Commission

Chairman of the Board

Viktor Khristenko Board of the Commission

Nurlan Aldabergenov Member of the Board - Minister in

charge of competition

Timur Suleimenov Member of the Board - Minister in

charge of economy and financial

policy

Sergey Sidorsky Member of the Board - Minister in

charge of industry and agribusiness

Andrey Slepnev Member of the Board -

Minister in charge of trade

Valery Koreshkov Member of the Board - Minister in

charge of technical regulation

Vladimir Goshin Member of the Board -

Minister in charge of customs

cooperation

Danial Akhmetov Member of the Board - Minister in

charge of energy and infrastructure

Tatiana Valovaya Member of the Board - Minister in

charge of development of

integration and macroeconomics

Departments Departments Departments

Advisory bodies

Council of the Commission

Belarus – Sergei Rumas

Kazakhstan – Kairat Kelimbetov

Russia – Igor Shuvalov

Departments

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Decision making process

within the CU and the SES

Departments of the Commission

Consulting bodies of the

Commission

Council of the Commission

Board of the Commission

Supreme Eurasian

Economic Council

1. The departments analyze the initiatives within their

competency

3. The issue is submitted to

the Board

4. The issue is submitted to the Council of the

Commission

2. Member States

analyze the issue and

give their comments

5. The issue is submitted to the Supreme Eurasian Economic

Council

Decisions taken

by the CU

bodies become

the integral part

of the legal base

of the CU and

the SES

The Board takes decision on issues within its

competency

The Council takes decision on issues within its

competency

The Supreme Council takes decision on the

issue

Natio

nal au

tho

rities

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All

Regulative

Decisions

Foreign Trade Issues

Tariff regulation

Non-tariff regulation

Customs administration

Technical regulation

Sanitary, veterinary, and phytosanitary

measures

Statistics of external and mutual trade

Trade remedies

Establishment of trade regimes for

third countries

The Competence of the

Eurasian Economic Commission | 9

Other Issues

Macroeconomic policy

Competition policy

Industrial and agricultural subsidies

Energy policy

Transport and transportation

Natural monopolies

State and (or) municipal procurement

Mutual trade in services and

investment

Financial markets (banking, insurance,

foreign exchange market, stock

market)

Currency policy

Protection of intellectual property and

identification means for goods, work

and services

Labor migration

0% -

1606

5% -

3313

10% -

2290

15% -

2636

20% -

791

Other

EEC and GATT:

Tariff Regulation | 10

Competence of the Commission:

Determining and adjusting:

Import tariff rates

Tariff preferences

Tariff exemptions

Rules of origin

Rules and guidelines on customs valuation

Competence of the Member States:

Application of regulative norms set by EEC

Regulatory enforcement

Applied tariff rates

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Taking decisions to introduce and cancel non-tariff measures including:

Licensing

Quantitative restrictions (such as those in accordance with Article XX of GATT)

Exclusive rights to export/import

Export and import quotas

Determining the procedure of application of non-tariff measures

Allocating export and import quotas between the Member States, and,

if necessary, allocating/distributing import quotas between third countries


Applying regulative norms set by EEC


Allocating quotas between national importers or exporters

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Non-Tariff Regulation

| 12 EEC and GATT:

Trade Remedies


Adopt decisions on imposition, extension, review or termination of trade remedy

measures by the Customs Union to third countries

Conduct investigations (anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard) and holding

consultations with interested parties

Investigating authority – Department for Internal Market Defence of the EEC

Monitor the application of the relevant decisions of the Commission


Implementation of trade remedy measures (collection of duties, administration of

quotas)

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Developing and adopting:

Technical Regulations of the Customs Union

Common List of Products Subject to Technical Regulation

Criteria for Conformity Assessment Bodies and Test Laboratories

Rules for Conformity Assessment

Common Forms for Certification and Declaration of Conformity


Regulatory Enforcement

Developing and Adopting:

National standards (non-obligatory)

Rules, norms and recommendations in the sphere of standardization

Standards adopted by organizations (standards of enterprises, scientific,

technical, engineering institutions and other societies)

Sets of rules, (voluntary documents, elaborated and approved by the

national bodies related to standardization)

| 13 EEC Standards and Safety

Technical Regulation

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Developing and adopting:

List of Goods Subject to Veterinary Control

List of Goods Subject to Sanitary-Epidemiological Supervision

List of Products Under Quarantine (regulated goods, regulated articles of regulated products)

Common Veterinary Requirements

Uniform Sanitary-Epidemiological and Hygienic Requirements for

Products Subject to Sanitary-Epidemiological Supervision

Order and Procedures of Veterinary Control

Common Forms of Documents Confirming the Safety of Products


Implementation of Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Phytosanitary and Veterinary

Control (Surveillance)

Carrying out Joint Inspections of Objects and Sampling Goods (Products) Subject to Veterinary

Control (Surveillance)

Development and Implementation of temporary veterinary sanitary and phytosanitary measures

and requirements

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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

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Approving common rules for customs operations in the Customs Union

Customs declaring and clearance

Customs examination

Approving customs documents forms and the rules of their fulfillment

Forms of customs declaration, declaration of customs value, passenger customs

declaration, acts of customs control, etc.


Determining specific requirements for customs operations

(when it is permitted by the Customs Code)


EEC Customs Administration

The Russian Federation became a member of

the WTO in August of 2012

Declaration on the Eurasian Economic Integration by the three Presidents (November 2011):

«In their practical cooperation, the member countries of the SES are guided by norms

and rules of the WTO and confirm the importance of the accession of all three states

to the Organization»

August 2012 2013 201_

Treaty on the Functioning of the CU in the Framework

of Multilateral Trade System of 19 May of 2011

| 16 EEC and the WTO Membership

The Treaty on the Functioning of the CU in the Framework

of the Multilateral Trading System

Action plan of adaptation the CU and SES legal framework to the multilateral trading

system was adopted on 31st May 2012 by the Board Decision № 54

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Tariff Regulation – Implemented

New Import Customs Tariff (the Council Decision № 54 on 16th July 2012)

Customs Valuation – Implemented

Interpretative Notes of the WTO Agreement on Implementation

(Article VII of the GATT 1994 Methods for Customs Valuation)

The Board Recommendation № 1 “On the Rules for Checking whether the Interrelation

Between the Seller and the Buyer Influences the Transaction Value” of 20th June 2012

The Board Decisions in regards to the Application of the Customs Valuation Methods:

№ 202 of 30.10.12

№ 214 of 13.11.12

№ 273 of 12.12.12

№ 283 of 20.12.12

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SPS – Implemented

E.g. to ensure compatibility with international standards, recommendations and guidelines in

particular OIE standards, several Decisions on Common Veterinary Requirements and Common

Forms of Veterinary Certificates were taken:

№ 254 of 04.12.2012

№ 262 of 04.12.2012

№ 274 of 12.12.2012

№ 307 of 25.12.2012

№ 308 of 25.12.2012

SPS – Ongoing process

Guidelines on inspection reflecting the reliance on international standards, guidelines and

recommendations (currently are going through public hearings and estimated to be

approved by June 2013)

Amendments to the Common System of Joint Inspections of Objects and Sampling Goods (Products),

Subject to Veterinary Control (Surveillance) currently are going through public hearings and

estimated to be approved by June 2013

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Commitments to the WTO

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Transparency – Implemented

Council Decision № 48 “On Regulation on the Procedure for Development,

Adoption, Amendment and Cancellation of Technical Regulations of the

Customs Union” of 20th June 2012 (revising the old Regulation)

The Customs Union Commission Decision № 721 “On the application

of international standards, recommendations and guidelines” of 22nd June 2011

Transparency – Ongoing process

Draft of the Decision “On assuring transparency in the process of adopting

Eurasian Economic Commission acts in SPS sphere” to be presented

to the Board on 5th March 2013

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Commitments to the WTO

The official site of the CU and the SES:

www.eecommission.org

Commission Headquarters: 3/5 building str. 1

Smolensky boulevard, Moscow, 119121

Russian Federation

For additional information

http://www.eecommission.org/

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