The European Union and Russia have advanced in the negotiations on non-judicial decision two or three claims in the framework of world trade organization, said the Minister of economic development of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev on the results of the tripartite Ministerial meeting of the EU-Russia-Ukraine. "There is the debate initiated by the European side, There is a debate initiated by the Russian side, we continued to provide pre-trial resolution of these issues, at least two or three of them," Ulyukayev said. according to him, Russia, EU and Ukraine have formulated the mandate for professionals for practice in customs and technical regulation and sanitary control, reports news Agency. Professionals are required to prepare materials by July, he added. First it was claimed that action in the WTO against Ukraine and the EU filed in connection with the duties on ammonium nitrate, and similarly in connection with anti-dumping measures against Russian welded pipes. First source said that the Russian Federation has decided to consult the European Union and Ukraine on certain elements of their trade policy. In March the Ministry of economic development reported that the Russian Federation has postponed the filing of a lawsuit to the world trade organization Ukraine on the duties on ammonium nitrate, hoping not to bring the case to court. In January, the European Commission declared the anti-dumping duties on imports of welded steel pipes from Ukraine and have imposed final Duties for the Russian Federation, Belarus and China. Duties for Russian factories OMK group determined in the amount of 10, 1%, for plants of TMK group - 16, 8%, other Russian organizations - 20, 5%. The fees for Belarusian refineries - 38, 1%, Chinese - 90, 6%.
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