Methodology for identifying and removing obstacles in the EAEU

On March 10, 2021, a new Methodology for dividing Obstacles in the internal market of the Eurasian Economic Union into barriers, exceptions and restrictions, and recognizing barriers as eliminated, came into force.

The methodology describes in detail the process of considering appeals from Member states about problems with access to the markets of other Member States and the algorithm for making decisions on recognizing the actions of state bodies of the EAEU Member States as barriers or restrictions.

In addition, the Methodology provides the classification of barriers to mutual trade. The Methodology also provides for certain procedures for recognizing barriers as eliminated in the form of an additional stage of verifying the sufficiency of the measures taken by the Member State to eliminate the barrier.

Let us recall that the adoption of this document was initiated by the Kazakh side.

"The methodology allows us to classify the problems of access to the markets of the member states as barriers and strictly regulates the terms of consideration of applications.

The Kazakh side has repeatedly expressed its position on the need for clear regulation of the process of removing barriers and reducing the time for consideration as much as possible. We managed to convince our partners to take into account fundamentally new approaches when forming this document:

- each stage is regulated and the terms of all actions according to the Methodology are reduced, which in turn eliminates the possibility of delaying the consideration of individual cases;

- provides the creation of an information resource on the received requests;

- also there is a procedure for recognizing barriers as eliminated – this contributes to their full elimination.

The adoption of the new Methodology makes it possible to systematically and openly work both to simplify the activities of the business community in the EAEU space, and to protect the interests of citizens of the EAEU Member States," — the Vice Minister of Trade and Integration noted.