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PUTIN, SARGSYAN DISCUSS ARMENIA'S ACCESSION TO CUSTOMS UNION
ITAR-TASS, Russia
March 19, 2014 Wednesday 09:49 PM GMT+4
MOSCOW March 19
- Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan called Russian President
Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, March 19, to discuss pressing issues
of cooperation between the two countries and the implementation of
agreements on Armenia's accession to the Customs Union created by
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.
"The presidents exchanged opinions in connection with the reunification
of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol with the Russian Federation,"
the presidential press service said.
Armenian specialists will help draft the Customs Code of the
Customs Union created by Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, the Armenian
government said on March 13 after talks between Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsyan and Eurasian Economic Commission Board member Vladimir Goshin.
Sargsyan and Goshin discussed customs legislation and cooperation
during Armenia's accession to the Customs Union. Goshin told Sargsyan
about the work on the Customs Code to be put into effect next year.
In September 2013, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan "reaffirmed
Armenia's wish to accede to the Customs Union and join in the process
of forming the Eurasian Economic Union."
Armenia may join the Customs Union in 2014, Viktor Khristenko,
chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Board, said last week 6.
"I think the accession of Armenia will be legally formalised in 2014,"
Khristenko said.
Preliminary results of implementation by Armenia of the roadmap for
accession to the Customs Union were reported to the presidents of
the member states at a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission
on March 5.
"Over the two months that have passed since the December summit, and
we can say that Armenia has made great headway in implementing the
roadmap ahead of schedule. I feel optimistic about the possibility
and ability of Armenia to implement the 260-point roadmap and the
amount of work to be done before admission," Khristenko said.
The Customs Union between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan was
established on December 19, 2009, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the
leaders of the three states - Dmitry Medvedev, Alexander Lukashenko,
and Nursultan Nazarbayev - signed the Joint Statement on its founding.
The first phase of the Customs Union's functioning began on January 1,
2010, with the introduction of a uniform customs tariff.
The Customs Union's highest bodies are the Interstate Councils of the
heads of states and governments of its members. Its joint permanent
governing body is the Customs Union Commission.
The Customs Union formation envisages creation of a common customs
territory where no customs duties or economic restrictions will apply,
save for special protective, anti-dumping and compensatory measures.
Within the Customs Union, a uniform customs tariff and other uniform
measures regulating the commodity trade with third nations will
be applied.
The Eurasian Economic Commission is a supranational body of the
Common Economic Space created by Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The
Common Economic Space has been operating since the start of 2012. A
supranational regulatory body - the Eurasian Economic Commission -
has been created and has become operational. It will take over the
function of further deepening of integration.
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed the Agreement on the Eurasian
Economic Commission on November 18, 2011. The Commission started
working on January 1, 2012.
The Commission coordinates integration processes within the Customs
Union and the Unified Economic Space.
The Commission has a Council made up of deputy prime ministers,
which will carry out overall supervision of integration processes,
and a Board, a working body to which all member states will delegate
their representatives.
ITAR-TASS, Russia
March 19, 2014 Wednesday 09:49 PM GMT+4
MOSCOW March 19
- Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan called Russian President
Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, March 19, to discuss pressing issues
of cooperation between the two countries and the implementation of
agreements on Armenia's accession to the Customs Union created by
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.
"The presidents exchanged opinions in connection with the reunification
of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol with the Russian Federation,"
the presidential press service said.
Armenian specialists will help draft the Customs Code of the
Customs Union created by Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, the Armenian
government said on March 13 after talks between Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsyan and Eurasian Economic Commission Board member Vladimir Goshin.
Sargsyan and Goshin discussed customs legislation and cooperation
during Armenia's accession to the Customs Union. Goshin told Sargsyan
about the work on the Customs Code to be put into effect next year.
In September 2013, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan "reaffirmed
Armenia's wish to accede to the Customs Union and join in the process
of forming the Eurasian Economic Union."
Armenia may join the Customs Union in 2014, Viktor Khristenko,
chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Board, said last week 6.
"I think the accession of Armenia will be legally formalised in 2014,"
Khristenko said.
Preliminary results of implementation by Armenia of the roadmap for
accession to the Customs Union were reported to the presidents of
the member states at a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission
on March 5.
"Over the two months that have passed since the December summit, and
we can say that Armenia has made great headway in implementing the
roadmap ahead of schedule. I feel optimistic about the possibility
and ability of Armenia to implement the 260-point roadmap and the
amount of work to be done before admission," Khristenko said.
The Customs Union between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan was
established on December 19, 2009, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the
leaders of the three states - Dmitry Medvedev, Alexander Lukashenko,
and Nursultan Nazarbayev - signed the Joint Statement on its founding.
The first phase of the Customs Union's functioning began on January 1,
2010, with the introduction of a uniform customs tariff.
The Customs Union's highest bodies are the Interstate Councils of the
heads of states and governments of its members. Its joint permanent
governing body is the Customs Union Commission.
The Customs Union formation envisages creation of a common customs
territory where no customs duties or economic restrictions will apply,
save for special protective, anti-dumping and compensatory measures.
Within the Customs Union, a uniform customs tariff and other uniform
measures regulating the commodity trade with third nations will
be applied.
The Eurasian Economic Commission is a supranational body of the
Common Economic Space created by Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The
Common Economic Space has been operating since the start of 2012. A
supranational regulatory body - the Eurasian Economic Commission -
has been created and has become operational. It will take over the
function of further deepening of integration.
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed the Agreement on the Eurasian
Economic Commission on November 18, 2011. The Commission started
working on January 1, 2012.
The Commission coordinates integration processes within the Customs
Union and the Unified Economic Space.
The Commission has a Council made up of deputy prime ministers,
which will carry out overall supervision of integration processes,
and a Board, a working body to which all member states will delegate
their representatives.