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19.12.2011
Meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and EurAsEC Interstate Council on the Highest Level to Be Held on December 19th in Moscow
On December 19th, 2011 Moscow will host the first full-scale meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the level of Heads of States and the EurAsEC Interstate Council, reports the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
On December 19th, 2011 Moscow will host the first full-scale meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the level of Heads of States and the EurAsEC Interstate Council, reports the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
According to the report, it is assumed that during the meeting its participants will take a decision on the entry of a package comprising 17 framework agreements that form the legal base of CES into force.
In addition to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Committee, signed by the Presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia on November 18th, 2011 in Moscow, the participants of the meeting will make a series of decisions related to the initiation of a new single regulatory body of CES – Eurasian Economic Committee. The chairman and members of the board, the budget of the new committee are to be approved as well.
The agenda of the meeting includes, among others, the discussion of an algorithm of joint action aimed at taking agreed measures in the area of trade and economic policy in case of economic pressure on one of the Customs Union member-states, which makes it possible to defend the interests of each of the three states by a coordinated effort.
It is planned to consider a number of international treaties that form the contractual-legal basis of the Customs Union.
Since Common Economic Space starts functioning on January 1st, 2012, the meeting of the EurAsEC Interstate Council will approve a set of documents on arranging the activity of the judicial authority of the Eurasian Economic Community – EurAsEC Court of Justice, which will be located in Minsk.