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BELARUS LOWER HOUSE RATIFIES EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION TREATY
14:48, 09 Oct 2014
Deputies in the Belarus House of Representatives ratified the Treaty
on the Eurasian Economic Union on Thursday, now due for immediate
debate in the upper house before reaching the president for signature,
ITAR-TASS reports.
Speaking in parliament, International Affairs committee head Nikolai
Samoseiko prioritised an end to barriers and restrictions within the
union, notably in the energy and automotive industries. Minsk has
linked the treaty's ratification with settlement of a Russian tax move
in the oil industry that could have cost Belarus more than $1 billion,
according to estimates.
The two states agreed on October 7 that all export customs duties
on oil products made from Russian oil and delivered from Belarus to
third countries in 2015 would be transferred to the republican budget.
Earlier today Kazakhstan's upper house of parliament adopted a law
ratifying the treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/09/belarus-lower-house-ratifies-eurasian-economic-union-treaty/
From: A. Papazian
14:48, 09 Oct 2014
Deputies in the Belarus House of Representatives ratified the Treaty
on the Eurasian Economic Union on Thursday, now due for immediate
debate in the upper house before reaching the president for signature,
ITAR-TASS reports.
Speaking in parliament, International Affairs committee head Nikolai
Samoseiko prioritised an end to barriers and restrictions within the
union, notably in the energy and automotive industries. Minsk has
linked the treaty's ratification with settlement of a Russian tax move
in the oil industry that could have cost Belarus more than $1 billion,
according to estimates.
The two states agreed on October 7 that all export customs duties
on oil products made from Russian oil and delivered from Belarus to
third countries in 2015 would be transferred to the republican budget.
Earlier today Kazakhstan's upper house of parliament adopted a law
ratifying the treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/09/belarus-lower-house-ratifies-eurasian-economic-union-treaty/
From: A. Papazian