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30.04.2019

Yerevan hosting Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting

MINSK (BelTA) – Belarus' Prime Minister Sergei Rumas is taking part in a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Yerevan, Armenia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government.

According to the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission, the agenda of the meeting will include issues related to the implementation of the EAEU digital agenda, the removal of barriers on the union's domestic market, industrial cooperation, trade, customs cooperation and economy.

Participants of the meeting are set to discuss aspects of the implementation of the project “Eurasian network of industrial cooperation, subcontracting and technology transfer”, efforts to remove barriers.

The heads of government of the participating states will hear the report of the Eurasian Economic Commission “Concerning the creation of conditions to develop the digital ecosystem of trade in the Eurasian Economic Union”. The report contains recommendations to step up online trade in the union. The prime ministers will also hear out the report of the Eurasian Economic Union on monitoring the evaluation of the regulatory impact on the draft decisions of the commission in 2018, proposals to approve common approaches to determining the country of origin in the export of goods.

The members of the intergovernmental council will also look into the draft standard model of the national one-stop shop principle in the system of regulating foreign economic activities.