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On 23 December 2014, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan held a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, to take the last decisions before the agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEC or Евразийскому экономическому союзу (ЕАЭС)) entered into force on 1 January 2015. According to Rossiskaya Gazeta, the Russian labor market will change as workers from any of the members (except Kyrgyzstan) will be able to work in Russia,…

On June 12, 2014, the Federal Register published the President’s Notice of June 10, 2014 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions and Policies of Certain Members of the Government of Belarus and Other Persons To Undermine Belarus’s Democratic Processes or Institutions. On June 16, 2006, by Executive Order 13405, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) to deal with the…

On 31 January 2014, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) announced that it pursued its talks with the member states of the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan from 27 to 30 January 2014 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Member States of EFTA are Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The announcement stated: At the round, delegations focused on issues related to trade in goods, including customs and origin as well as sanitary and phytosanitary matters.…

The Belarusian Telegraph Agency (Belta) in a release reproduced by the State Customs Committee announced that on December 19, 2013, the Council of the Republic approved the draft law “On Customs Regulation in the Republic of Belarus.” The draft law replaces the existing Customs Code with a law that takes the Customs Union into account and regulates those activities which remain with national authorities. The bill also would reduce the number of required documents for…