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8 of December, 09:34

ECE has not received a response from the EC on a proposal on cooperation
(EEC) until not received (EC) any response to the proposal sent in the last month of summer, on cooperation between the Eurasian economic Union (EEU) and the European Union, said Last news the head of Department of integration development the ECE Viktor Spassky.

"in the last month of summer we sent a letter from our Commission to the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker's initiative to launch the process of cooperation in different spheres. In particular, in the field of technical regulations. But we have not received as long as any response, " He said on the sidelines of the conference Doing Business with Eurasian Union

He has noticed that such dialogue is necessary for both parties, because the lack of it complicates the process of cooperation between the European and Eurasian businesses. In particular, there are a number of projects, for Example, in the field of pharmacology who have the opportunity to experience the difficulties in starting within the EEU, because of the delays in the negotiations.

"for this reason we hope to get an answer as soon as possible", He said.

According to diplomatic practice, the response to a similar query takes a month. However, Brussels remains silent and gives answers indirectly through the press. Thus, the European Commissioner for trade Cecilia Malmstrom in November in the conversation for a number of media said that the formalization of the European Union's relations with the EEU is only possible in the case of the full implementation of the Minsk agreements.

The European Union expects from Russia of abandoning economic sanctions against Ukraine because of a free trade zone with the EU. Thus, the EU tries to bring the issue of technical regulations and standards 2 economic associations in the political arena.

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