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The President submitted Protocol on import and circulation of goods in Eurasian Economic Union customs territory to State Duma for ratification

December 11, 2015

Vladimir Putin submitted Protocol on Several Issues Concerning the Import and Circulation of Goods in the Eurasian Economic Union Customs Territory, signed in Burabai, Republic of Kazakhstan, on October 16, 2015, to the State Duma for ratification.

Following the Republic of Kazakhstan's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Protocol on Several Issues Concerning the Import and Circulation of Goods Within the Eurasian Economic Union's Customs Territory was drafted by the Eurasian Economic Commission jointly with state authorities in the Russian Federation, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic, aimed at minimising risks for the Eurasian Economic Union member states’ economies and the operation of a single goods market.

The Protocol was signed by the heads of the Eurasian Economic Union member states at the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on October 16, 2015 in Burabai, Kazakhstan.

The Protocol corresponds to the provisions of the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty of May 29, 2014, as well as stipulations of other international agreements signed by the Russian Federation.

December 11, 2015