The Russian side proposes Ukraine and the EU to postpone for a few years zeroing duties in their mutual trade, stipulated by the agreement on unity, more than 140 items, said the head of the RF Ministry of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev.

" This is presumably 144 commodity positions that are most sensitive for us, " said the speaker at the meeting of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin with members of the government.

Ulyukaev said That the Russian side has prepared a number of proposals to the Ministerial meeting of Russia, Ukraine and the EU under the agreement on Ukraine's European integration. The meeting is scheduled for September 12. Russia, for example, propose a draft Treaty on the entry into force of the Treaty on the Union of Ukraine and the EU.

The proposal is to move on a few years zeroing of the customs tariff of Ukraine and the EU on a number of items will enable Ukraine to prisposablivalis to new conditions." It generally meets the interests of Ukraine ", - said Putin.

A number of proposals caseosa technical regulation and phytosanitary surveillance. According to the speaker, Russia proposes to apply European rules for trade of Ukraine with the EU and to keep the current rules in trade relations between Russia and Ukraine." in the field of customs regulation is proposed to maintain the order of information exchange between the customs services, preserving the form and the procedure for obtaining the relevant certificates, " he said.

according to him, the parties managed to reach agreements on issues of phytosanitary surveillance and customs administration. As for zero customs tariffs, the Europeans propose to assess the damage and take appropriate decisions after the fact.

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