Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to sign customs code treaty
Thursday, 15 Oct 2009
Interfax cited Mr Igor Petrishenko First Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarusia as saying that the leaders of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are expected to sign a treaty on a customs code for the three nations' Customs Union in Minsk on November 27th.
He said that "Work is underway to prepare a package of documents that should be signed by the Customs Union heads of state in Minsk on November 27th."
He added that the three countries' leaders plan to sign a customs code treaty and to confirm common customs tariffs and lists of commodities, the import or export of which can be either banned or restricted within the Customs Union.
Mr Petrishenko said "We also plan to sign documents to transfer all sorts of control from the Russian-Belarusian border and to cancel the customs registration of commodities transported within the territories of Belarus and Russia."
He said that the Customs Union's code is expected to come into force before July 1st 2010.
