CUSTOMS UNION AGREEMENT

of December 12, 2008

About conditions and the mechanism of application of the tariff quotas

The government of the Republic of Belarus, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Russian Federation which are hereinafter referred to as with the Parties

for the purpose of assistance to deepening of economic integration and fair competition,

being guided by the universally recognized norms and rules of international trade,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

The concepts used in this agreement mean the following:

"similar goods" - goods which on the functional purpose, application, quality and technical characteristics are completely identical to the goods imported on single customs area within the tariff quota or (for lack of such completely identical goods) goods which have the characteristics close to characteristics of the goods imported on single customs area within the tariff quota, allowing to use it for the functional purpose similar to purpose of the goods imported on single customs area within the tariff quota and can be replaced in the commercial relation with it;

"import customs duty" - the obligatory payment levied by customs authorities in case of commodity importation on single customs area;

"single customs area" - the territory consisting of customs areas of the states of the Parties;

"The single commodity nomenclature of foreign economic activity" - the commodity nomenclature of foreign economic activity based on harmonized commodity description and coding system of World Customs Organization;

"Common customs tariff" - the code of rates of the customs duties applied to the goods imported on single customs area from the third countries, systematized according to the Single commodity nomenclature of foreign economic activity;

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