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WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF 
KAZAKHSTAN TO THE WTO 
INFORMATION NOTE ON THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC TREATY 
Submission by the Republic of Kazakhstan1 
 The following submission is being circulated to  Members of the Working Party, at the request 
of the Delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.  
 
 
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  INTRODUCTION 
1. The Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federa tion and the Republic of Belarus signed the 
Eurasian Economic Union Treaty (hereafter – th e EAEU Treaty) on 29 May 2014, which will enter 
into force on 1 January 2015.   
2. The EAEU Treaty established the Eurasian Econ omic Union (hereafter – the EAEU) with the 
objective to ensure free movement of goods, services, capital and natural persons through coordinated or agreed policy in the sectors of economy, defined by the Treaty and international 
agreements within the EAEU. 
3. The EAEU Treaty is based on the Agreements signed within the framework of formation of 
the Customs Union (CU) and the Single Econom ic Space (SES) between Kazakhstan, Russia and 
Belarus and consists of four parts: 
I. Establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union; 
II. The Customs Union; III. The Single Economic Space; and  
IV. Transitional and final provisions. 
4. As of the date of entry into force of the EAEU Treaty: 
- 65 legal acts adopted within the framework of the CU and the SES will be terminated, since 
they have been incorporated into the EAEU Treaty
2; and, 
 
- other legal acts adopted within the framework of the CU and the SES, including the  
Customs Code of the Customs Union, the Treaty  on Functioning of the Customs Union within 
the Multilateral Trading System of 19 May 2011 and the CU and EEC Decisions, will remain 
in force. 
5. This document gives the overview of the key chapters of the EAEU Treaty. 
The Eurasian Economic Union 
6. The EAEU is established as an international organization of regional economic integration 
with international legal personality.   
7. The EAEU is open for accession of any State which shares its objectives and principles and is 
ready to implement the obligations  arising from the Law of the EAEU.  
8. The following bodies are responsible for th e implementation of the EAEU Treaty and 
international agreements within the EAEU: 
- the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council; 
- the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council; - the Eurasian Economic Commission; and,  
-        the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union.  
9. The Supreme Eurasian Economic Council is th e highest level Body of the EAEU, which  
determines the order on admission of new memb ers of the EAEU; takes decisions on granting 
observer or candidate status on accession to the EAEU; decides on negotiations on behalf of the 
EAEU with third parties; approves the structur e of the Eurasian Economic Commission (the 
Commission); upon proposal of any Member State of the EAEU, reconsiders decisions adopted by the Intergovernmental Council or the Commission;  and approves the budget of the EAEU.   
10. The Supreme Eurasian Economic Council makes its decisions and gives orders by consensus. 
The Supreme Eurasian Economic Council is held at the level of Heads of State and its meetings take place at least once a year. 
                                               
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  11. The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council consists of Heads of Government of the 
EAEU member States.  Meetings of the Intergovernmental Council are held as necessary, but not 
less than twice a year.   
12. The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council considers issues on which consensus by the Council 
of the Commission is not achieved; proposes to the Supreme Council candidates to the members 
of the Council and Collegium of the Commission ; and approves decision on suspension of 
implementation of decisions of the Council or  Collegium of the Commission.  The Eurasian 
Intergovernmental Council takes its decisions and gives orders by consensus. 
13. The Eurasian Economic Commission consists of the Council and the Collegium.  The Council 
of the Commission carries out general regulation of  integration processes of the EAEU and takes its 
decisions by consensus. The Collegium of the Commi ssion is an executive body of the Commission, 
which adopts decisions by qualified majority voting and by consensus.  The list of issues on which 
decisions are taken by consensus will be defined by the Supreme Council. 
14. The Court of the Eurasian Economic Union considers cases on implementation of the 
EAEU Treaty, international treaties within the EAEU  and decisions of the bodies of the EAEU based 
on appeals from the member States and economic operators. 
FOREIGN TRADE POLICY 
1. Customs and tariff regulation 
15. Part II of Section IX "Foreign Trade Policy" and Annex 6 " Protocol on Common Customs and 
Tariff Regulation" of the EAEU Treaty establish the main objectives of Common External Tariff of 
the Eurasian Economic Union (CET), determine the procedure and conditions for application of 
tariff rate quotas, establish cases and procedur e for granting tariff exemptions and tariff 
preferences, as well as the competence of th e Eurasian Economic Commission on customs and 
tariff regulation issues. 
16. The Agreement on Common Customs and Tariff Regulation of 25 January 2008, the 
Agreement on Conditions and Mechanism of Applicat ion of Tariff Rate Quotas of 25 January 2008, 
the Protocol on Granting Tariff Exemptions of 12 December 2008, have been incorporated into the 
EAEU Treaty and will be terminated as of 1 January 2015.  
17. The CU Commission Decision No. 1303, the Intergovernmental Council Decision No. 184, and 
o t h e r  C U  a n d  E E C  d e c i s i o n s  r e m a i n  i n  f o r c e ,  p r o v i d e d  t h a t  t h e y  d o  n o t  c o n t r a d i c t  t o  t h e  EAEU Treaty provisions.  The Customs Code of the Customs Union, which stipulates cases for 
granting tariff exemptions, remains in force. 
18. The EAEU Treaty contains the following new elements and amendments: 
Tariff preferences 
19. The definition of tariff preferences has been added to the EAEU Treaty.  According to the 
EAEU Treaty, tariff preferences are import custom s duty exemption or lower import customs duty 
rates in respect of goods, originating from countries, which form a free trade zone with the EAEU, 
or lower import customs duty rates in respect of goods originating from developing and 
least developed country-beneficiaries of the Gene ral System of Tariff Preferences of the EAEU. 
20. The provision for the right of member States  to grant preferences in trade with third 
countries unilaterally based on internationa l agreements concluded before 1 January 2015 
between a member State and third country, or international agreement concluded by all 
member States, has been added to the EAEU Treaty. 
                                               
3 CU Commission Decision No. 130 "On Common Customs and Tariff Regulation of the Customs Union" 
of 27 November 2009. 
4 Decision No. 18 of 27 November 2009 "On the Co mmon Customs Tariff Regulation of the Customs 
Union of the Republic of Belarus, Republic of Kazakhs tan and the Russian Federation" of the Interstate Council 
of the EurAsEC. JOB/ACC/41 
 
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  Tariff exemptions 
21. The provisions stipulating that tariff exemptions may also be provided in other cases 
established by the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic  Union, international treaties of the EAEU with 
third party and acts of the Commission, have been added to the EAEU Treaty. 
Tariff rate quotas 
22. Given that the CET includes both in-quota and out-of-quota rates, the definition of "tariff 
rate quota" has been incorporated to the EAEU Treaty with certain modifications.  The EAEU Treaty 
defines the "tariff rate quota" as a measure that provides for application of differentiated rates of 
the CET with regard to goods imported within the established volume and in excess of that volume. 
23. The new provisions stipulating that the volume of tariff rate quota for the member State, 
which is a WTO Member, may be established based on the WTO commitments of that 
member State, have been added to the EAEU Treaty. 
2. Non-tariff regulation 
24. With the enactment of the EAEU Treaty on  1 January 2015, the legal authority for the 
imposition of quantitative import restrictions in the Republic of Kazakhstan will be based on Annex 
No. 7 "Protocol on Non-Tariff Measures Concerning Third Countries" to the EAEU Treaty.  
The Annex No. 7 replaced the Agreement "On Common Measures of Non-Tariff Regulation in 
Respect of Third Countries" of 25 January 2008, th e Agreement "On the Procedure of Introduction 
and Implementation of Measures, Concerning Foreign Trade in Goods, on the Common Customs Territory in Respect of Third Countries" of 9 June 2009, and the Agreement "On the Rules of 
Licensing in the Area of Foreign Trade in Goods" of 9 June 2009.  
25. Decisions to apply non-tariff measures on third-country imports into the EAEU will be made 
by the EAEU Commission.  From 1 January 2015, according to Annex No. 7 to the EAEU Treaty, 
non-tariff measures could include quantitative restrictions, bans, exclusive import licenses, 
automatic licenses (permits) or non-automatic licenses.   
3. Trade Remedies 
26. The main objective of the relevant section
5 of the EAEU Treaty is to regulate application of 
anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard measures to third countries.  
27. The Agreement on Application of Safeguard,  Antidumping and Countervailing Measures to 
Third Countries of 25 January 2008 and the Protocol  on the Order on Submission to Authority 
Conducting the Investigation the Information including Confidential Information for the Purposes of 
Safeguards, Anti-dumping and Countervailing Investigations of 19 November 2010 have been incorporated into the EAEU Treaty.  
28. With the purpose to align the application procedures of trade remedy measures into full 
compliance with the WTO norms, the EAEU Treaty  contains the new provisions requiring that: 
- the investigating body shall send the copies of application to the authorized bodies of the 
exporting third countries and known exporters as soon as possible after initiation of 
antidumping and countervailing investigations; 
- the investigating body shall send all notifications mentioned in the Marrakesh Agreement 
Establishing the WTO in the area of trade remedy investigations and measures to the 
relevant bodies of the WTO; and, 
- if, according to the results of the investigation, the amounts of provisional antidumping or 
provisional countervailing duties are levied on the basis of threat of injury to the sector of 
economy of member States, such duties shall be returned to the payers. 
                                               
5 Part III "Measures for protection of the internal  market" of Section IX "Foreign Trade Policy" and 
Annex 8 "Protocol on Application of Sa feguard, Anti-dumping and Countervai ling Measures to Third Countries". JOB/ACC/41 
 
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  29. The EAEU Treaty also includes the new provision on retroactivity of antidumping and 
countervailing duties stipulating that definitive an tidumping or countervailing duties may be levied 
on products not more than 90 days prior to the date of application of provisional measures subject to certain requirements.  
Customs Regulation 
30. Within the EAEU, common customs regulations are conducted in accordance with the 
Customs Code of the Customs Union, which will remain in force after 1 January 2015. 
Taxes and Taxation 
31. The EAEU Treaty establishes basic principles and procedures of indirect taxation with the key 
objective to ensure timely and full payment of indirect taxes into the budgets of the EAEU 
member States.  
32. The relevant Section
6 of the EAEU Treaty incorporates provisions of the Agreement on the 
Principles of Indirect Tax Collection at Export  and Import of Goods, Performing Works and 
Rendering Services in the Customs Union of 25 January 2008, the Protocol on the Procedure of 
Levying Indirect Taxes upon Performing Works an d Rendering Services in the Customs Union of 
11 December 2009, and the Protocol on the Procedur e of Collection of Indirect Taxes and on the 
Mechanism of Carrying Out the Control over th eir Payment while Exporting/Importing Goods 
from/to the Customs Union of 11 December 2009.  
33. The new provisions of the EAEU Treaty stipulate that member States shall determine the 
directions, as well as forms and procedures for harmonization of tax legislation that affects mutual trade, including harmonization (approximation) of excise rates on the most sensitive excisable 
goods and further improvement of the system of le vying value added tax in mutual trade, and the 
use of information technologies. 
34. Therefore, no substantive changes have been introduced into the Chapter "Application of 
Internal Taxes to Imports" of the draft Working Party Report on the Accession of Kazakhstan 
(hereafter – the draft WPR)
 7. 
Technical Regulation  
35. The provisions of the EAEU Trea ty are based on the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to 
Trade and establish common principles and rules of  technical regulation within the EAEU.  As of 
1 January 2015, the CU legal instruments will be  incorporated into the EAEU legal framework, 
including technical regulations of the CU which will become technical regulations of the EAEU. 
36. In particular, the Section X "Technical Regula tion" and Annexes 9-11 of the EAEU Treaty, 
have incorporated the following documents:  
- The Agreement on Uniform Principles and Rules of Technical Regulation in the Republic of 
Belarus, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation of 18 November 2010;  
- The  Agreement on the Circulation of Goods Subject to Mandatory Conformity Assessment 
on the Customs Territory of Custom s Union of 11 December 2009; and, 
- The Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Accreditation of Certification Bodies and Testing 
Laboratories Performing Conformity Assessment of 11 December 2009. 
37. Therefore, the above-mentioned CU Agreements will be terminated as of 1 January 2015, 
when the EAEU Treaty enters into force.  
38. The provisions of the EAEU Treaty stipulate general principles of technical regulation, such 
as application and enforcement of technical regula tions of the EAEU within the territories of the 
                                               
6 Section XVII "Taxes and Taxation" and Annex 18 "The Protocol on the Procedure of Levying Indirect 
Taxes and on the Mechanism of Carrying out Control over  their Payment while Exporting and Importing Goods, 
Performing Works, and Rendering Services". 
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  member States without exceptions; inadmissibility of restriction of competition in conducting 
conformity assessment procedures; voluntary application of standards; and harmonization of the intergovernmental standards with international and regional standards.  
39. The EAEU Treaty contains new provisions relate d to the functions of national accreditation 
bodies and accreditation principles which have been revised in the Treaty.  In particular,  
Paragraph 4 of Annex No. 11 of the EAEU Treaty established the following new responsibilities of the EAEU member States' accreditation bodies:  
(i) to carry out the formation and maintenance of the register of accredited conformity 
assessment bodies, registers of experts on accreditation and other technical experts, 
and the national part of a common registry of conformity assessment bodies of the EAEU;  
(ii) to provide information from registers of accredited conformity assessment bodies, 
accreditation experts and technical experts, as well as other information and documents related to accreditation and prov ided by the Treaty to the integrated 
information system of the EAEU;    
(iii) to provide an opportunity for representatives of accreditation bodies to carry out 
mutual comparative assessments in order to achieve equivalence of procedures 
applied in the member States;  
(iv) to consider and adopt decisions  on the appeals filed by conformity assessment bodies 
to revise the decisions taken by the accreditation body in respect of these conformity assessment bodies; and, 
(v) to consider and adopt decisions on complaints from physical or juridical persons of 
member States on the activities of accreditation bodies, as well as on the activities of accredited conformity assessment bodies.  
40. In addition, the EAEU Treaty sets the principles  of accreditation within the EAEU such as:  
- harmonization of rules and approaches in the field of accreditation with international 
standards; 
- ensuring objectivity, impartiality and competence of the accreditation bodies of the 
member States; 
- ensuring of the confidentiality of informat ion obtained during the accreditation; and, 
- inadmissibility of combination of accreditation functions with functions of state control 
(supervision) by the same authority of th e member State, except for carrying out 
monitoring the activities of accredited conformity assessment bodies of the member States (including certification bodies, testing laboratories (centers)). 
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 
41. The CU Agreement on Sanitary Measures of  11 December 2009, the CU Agreement on 
Veterinary and Sanitary Measures of 11 December 2009 and the CU Agreement on Plant 
Quarantine of 11 December 2009 were incorpor ated into the EAEU Treaty.  Therefore, the 
above-mentioned CU Agreements will be terminated as of 1 January 2015, when the EAEU Treaty enters into force.  
42. The EAEU Treaty contains a number of new pr ovisions that define additional areas of 
integration in the field of SPS measures and provides for adoption of the common rules at the 
EAEU level on:  
(i) rules and methodologies of laboratory testing when carrying out veterinary control 
(surveillance);  
(ii) circulation of veterinary drugs;  (iii) coordinated approaches for identification, registration and traceability of animals and 
products of animal origin;  
(iv) procedures of cooperation between the member States when conducting temporary 
sanitary, veterinary and sanitary and quarantine phytosanitary measures; and, 
(v) laboratory support of quarantine phytosanitary measures.  JOB/ACC/41 
 
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  43. These rules are aimed at enhancing interaction between the authorized bodies of the 
EAEU member States in the field of application of SPS measures, which is necessary for ensuring sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary safety and free movement of goods throughout the territory 
of the Customs Union. 
Monetary Policy 
44. The main objective of the section on monetary policy of EAEU Treaty8 is to deepen economic 
integration, develop cooperation in the monetary and financial sphere, ensure free movement of 
goods, services and capital in the territories of the member States, enhance the role of national 
currencies of the member States in foreign trade and investment transactions, as well as to provide mutual convertibility of these currencies. 
45. The Agreement on Coordinated Principles of Monetary Policy of 9 December 2010 is fully 
incorporated into the EAEU Treaty, which states that the member States will conduct the 
coordinated monetary policy.  The coordination of the exchange rate policy of member States will be performed by a separate body, which will be co mposed of heads of national (central) banks of 
the member States. 
46. The EAEU Commission is not delegated with a decision-making authority in the area of fiscal 
and monetary policy that will remain under the competence of the member States.  
Regulation of Financial Markets 
47. The main objective of the section on regulation financial markets of the EAEU Treaty
9 is to 
create conditions for free movement of capital and financial services between the member States.  
48. The Agreement on Free Movement of Capital of 9 December 2010 and Annex V to the 
Agreement on Trade in Services and Investments of 10 December 2010 among Parties of the 
Single Economic Space are fully incorporated into the EAEU Treaty. 
49. In accordance with the EAEU Treaty, the member States will pursue harmonization of their 
national legislation on regulation of financial markets with the purpose to provide for mutual 
recognition of licenses in the banking and insu rance sectors, and in the securities market.  
In addition, upon harmonization of their regulations in the financial sector, the member States will 
decide on the competence of a supranational author ity on regulation of financial markets, which is 
envisaged to be created in 2025 with the location in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 
Trade in Services 50. The main objective of the EAEU Treaty is to create conditions for free movement of services 
and investments within the EAEU.  
51. The provisions of the Agreement "On Trade in  Services and Investments among Parties of 
the Single Economic Space" of 9 December 2010 with the new provisions related to creation of the 
Single Services Market have been incorporated into the EAEU Treaty.   
52. In order to create conditions for free movement of services and investments within the 
EAEU, the member States carry out gradual liberalization of national regulation in their territory.  
As part of liberalization, the member States aspire to create a Single Services Market in the 
services sectors, which will be approved by th e Supreme Eurasian Economic Council based on the 
proposals of the member States.  
53. The Single Services Market provides the following guarantees to investors and services 
providers:  
                                               
8 Section XIV "Monetary Policy" and Annex 15 "Protocol on Measures Aimed at Coordinated Monetary 
Policy". 
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  - free movement of services; 
- freedom of establishment; and,  
- mutual recognition of licenses and qualifications. 
54. In sectors which will not be subject to the Single Services Market, the member States shall 
grant to each other national treatment.  At the same time, each EAEU member State is entitled to 
reserve the right to maintain the exemptions from  national treatment regime and reservations on 
market access in accordance with their individual lists of exemptions, based on its national 
interests.   
55. The relevant provisions of the EAEU Treaty10 do not apply to trade in services and 
investments between the member States and third countries.   Policy in trade in services and 
investments with third countries remains under the national competences.  
Competition  
56. The relevant provisions of the EAEU Treaty establish common principles and rules of 
competition aimed at detection and interception of anti-competitive actions on the territories of 
member States, and actions leading to negative impact on competition on the trans-boundary 
markets on the territories of two or more member States.   
57. The Agreement on Common Principles and Ru les of Competition of 9 December 2010 has 
been fully incorporated into the Section XVIII "General Principles and Rules of Competition" and 
Annex No. 19 "Protocol on General Principles and Rules of Competition" of the EAEU Treaty.  
58. Major provisions stipulated by the EA EU Treaty are as the following:  
- coordinated business activities, horizontal and vertical agreements, abuse of dominant 
position are prohibited; 
- penalties for violation of competition rules for violation of competition rules and procedures 
for implementation of state price regulation are established; and,   
- anti-competitive action of state bodies are prohibited. 
 59. The EAEU Treaty provides for additional co mpetence of the EAEU Commission, including 
request for information, preparation of reports and publication of its decisions.  The Commission 
requests information from state bodies of the member States, local executive bodies, other bodies or organizations performing relevant functions, juridical persons and individuals, including confidential information, necessary for conducting control over observance of common competition 
rules on trans-boundary markets.  
60. The EAEU Commission shall also submit to the Supreme Council an annual report on the 
state of competition on trans-boundary markets and measures, taken to prevent violations of 
common rules of competition.  The approved report and all decisions on cases of violation of 
common competition rules shall be published on the official website of the Commission. 
Government Procurement 
61. The main objective of the section on government procurement of the EAEU Treaty
11 is to 
provide for economic efficiency of government procurement conducted in member States, and to ensure transparency and non-discriminatory access of suppliers of member States to electronic procurement systems of other member States. 
62. The Agreement on State (Municipal) Procurement of 9 December 2010 was fully 
incorporated into the EAEU Treaty .  Therefore, the rules on accord ing national treatment to goods 
and services, originated in other member States as well as the right of member States to set 
exemptions from the national treatment regime, remain in force within the EAEU. 
                                               
10 Section XV "Trade in Services, Establishment, Activity and Investing" and Annex 16 "Protocol on 
Trade in Services, Establishment, Activity and Investing". 
11 Section XXII "Government (Municipal) Procurement" and Annex 25 "Protocol on Regulation of 
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  Special Economic Zones 
63. Article 27 of the EAEU Treaty provides that co nditions of establishment and functioning of 
free (special) economic zones and free warehouses are stipulated by international agreements within the framework of the EAEU. 
64. The CU Agreement on Issues of Free (Special) Economic Zones on the Customs Territory of 
the Customs Union and Customs Procedure of Free Customs Zone and the Agreement on Free 
Warehouses and Customs Procedures of Free Warehouse were not incorporated into the 
EAEU Treaty.  Therefore, the above-mentioned Ag reements remain in force after 1 January 2015, 
when the EAEU Treaty will become effective.  The provisions of the Agreements for exemptions 
from customs duties and VAT for imported goods, will be effective until 1 January 2017, as stipulated in the relevant chapter of the draft WPR. 
Industrial Policy 
65. The EAEU Treaty12 establishes basic principles and objectives of industrial policy within the 
EAEU, and key instruments that member States can use for industrial cooperation, as well as 
provides common rules for granting industrial subsidies within the EAEU. 
66. The EAEU Treaty incorporated all the provisions of the Agreement on Common Rules for 
Granting Industrial Subsidies between the Republic  of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Belarus and the 
Russian Federation of 9 December 2010 (hereafter - the SES Agreement).  
67. The EAEU Treaty provides for voluntary approval of specific subsidies by the 
EAEU Commission at the initiative of a member State starting from January 2017, replacing the provision on mandatory pre-approval of specific subsidies by the Commission stipulated in the 
SES Agreement. 
68. Moreover, the notification procedures on industrial subsidies have been slightly modified.  
In particular, as of 1 January 2017, member States shall every three months, no later than the 
30
th of the month following the reported quarter, notify each other and the Commission on the 
subsidies granted at all levels.  
69. The EAEU Treaty does not contain provisions on the Conciliation Commission that is aimed 
to consider all disputes arising from interpretati on or implementation of the provisions of the 
SES Agreement.  In accordance with the new provisio ns of the Treaty, in case if the dispute is not 
resolved through negotiations and consultations, member States can appeal to the EAEU Court.    
Intellectual Property 
70. The main objective of the relevant provisions of the EAEU Treaty13 is to regulate relations in 
the sphere of protection and enforcement of in tellectual property rights within the Eurasian 
Economic Union.  
71. The EAEU Treaty contains general provisions on cooperation in the sphere of intellectual 
property rights; provides for national treatment granted by member States to each other; and 
enforcement measures on effective protection of intellectual property rights.   
72. The Agreement on Common Principles of Regulation in the Sphere of Protection of 
Intellectual Property Rights of 9 December 2010 ha s been fully incorporated into the EAEU Treaty. 
In addition to provisions on copyright and rela ted rights, trademarks, geographical indications, 
patents and enforcement, Annex 26 to the EAEU Treaty stipulates new provisions on  trademarks 
and appellations of origin of the EAEU, selective achievements, layout designs of integrated circuits 
and know-how.   
                                               
12 Section XXIV "Industry" and Annex 28 "Protocol on Common Rules for Granting Industrial Subsidies". 
13 Section XXIII "Intellectual Property" and Annex No. 26 "Protocol on Protection and Enforcement of 
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  73. In particular, the EAEU Treaty stipulates that member States will register trademarks and 
appellations of origin of the EAEU in accordance wi th the international treaty that is planned to be 
concluded within the EAEU.  General provisions on selective achievements, layout designs of integrated circuits and know-how set out the mini mum standards of protection to be provided by 
each member State.  
Agriculture 
74. The aim of the Section on "Agro-Industrial Complex" of the EAEU Treaty is to deepen 
integration within the EAEU through implementati on of coordinated agro-industrial policy by 
member States.  
75. Provisions of the SES Agreement on Common Ru les for the State Support of Agriculture of 
9 December 2010 with all the four annexes were incorporated into Annex 29 "Protocol on State 
Support Measures to Agriculture" to the EAEU Treaty.  
76. The EAEU Treaty contains provisions on object ives in the field of coordinated agricultural 
policy and covers basic areas of coordinated agricu ltural policy.  Furthermore, the EAEU Treaty 
contains new competences of the EAEU Commission, which include the following:  
- Coordination of information sharing on member States' agriculture sector development 
programmes;  
- Monitoring of member States' agriculture sector development;  
- Assistance in conducting consultations an d negotiations between member States on 
harmonization of legislation in the sphere of agro-industrial complex, including regulation on state support to agriculture;  
- Preparation of state policy review in the sphere of agriculture and state support to 
agriculture, including recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of state support in the EAEU;  
- Coordination of joint scientific and innovative activities in the sphere of agriculture; and,  
- Promotion of a level playing field for competition between the member States in the sphere 
of agriculture. 
77. In conclusion, it should be noted that all new elements and changes of both 
substantive and editorial nature introduced to the EAEU Treaty, have been duly reflected in 
the relevant chapters of the draft Working Party Report on the accession of  the Republic of 
Kazakhstan to the WTO14.  
 
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