Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Agreement on Legal Assistance and Cooperation among Customs Union Member States in Investigating Criminal and Administrative Offences.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law introducing amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation On Customs Tariffs.

The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan adopted the Declaration on Forming the Common Economic Space.

The summits are set to take place on December 9–10, 2010 in Moscow.

Dmitry Medvedev signed federal laws bringing Russian legislation into conformity with the legal framework of the Customs Union within the Eurasian Economic Community.

Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting of the Commission for Modernisation and Technological Development of Russia’s Economy on legal regulation of innovation activity in Russia.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Customs Register of Intellectual Property Items of the Customs Union Member States.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on Submission and Exchange of Preliminary Information on Goods and Vehicles Crossing the Customs Border of the Customs Union.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on Requirements to Information Exchange among Customs Bodies and Other State Agencies of the Customs Union Member States.

Russia’s accession to the WTO, Customs Union development, and socioeconomic issues in single-industry towns were the subjects of discussion.

Dmitry Medvedev and John Key made the decision to start drafting the agreement on free trade between Russia, Customs Union states and New Zealand.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on Certain Aspects of Ensuring the Payment of Customs Duties and Taxes on Goods Transported in Accordance with the Customs Transit Procedure, the Collection of Customs Duties and Taxes and the Procedure for Transferring the Amounts Collected in Respect of Such Goods.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law on Russia’s adherence to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonisation of Customs Procedures.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on the Basis, Conditions and Procedures for Changing Customs Duties Payment Deadlines.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on Specific Features of Customs Transit of Goods Moved by Rail Transport Across the Territory of the Customs Union.

The two leaders discussed the situation with Russian-Ukrainian border crossing by the two nations’ citizens, involving border, customs, and migration control, and simplifying relevant procedures and improving border crossing points’ operation.

Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions following an August 16 meeting on the investment climate.

The costs involved in crossing the customs border are sometimes unpredictable and discourage investors from opening new production facilities in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting on the country’s investment climate. 

Dmitry Medvedev signed law on ratification of agreement on the establishment and application in the Customs Union of procedures for import customs duties transfer and distribution.

Meetings of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc) Interstate Council and the Supreme Governing Body of the Customs Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have taken place in Kazakhstan.