Agreement on the single commodity nomenclature of foreign economic activity of the Commonwealth of Independent States

of November 3, 1995

The governments of the State Parties of the Commonwealth which are hereinafter referred to as - Contracting Parties,

based on the Agreement on creation of the free trade area of April 15, 1994, Single methodology of customs statistics of foreign trade of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States of December 9, 1994,

aiming at unification of forms of customs documentation and simplification of customs procedures,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

For implementation of measures of tariff and non-tariff regulation of foreign economic activity, enhancement of maintaining the statistical recording and exchange of statistical information Contracting Parties accept the single Commodity nomenclature of foreign economic activity of the Commonwealth of Independent States (the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the CIS) which is integral part of this agreement and based based on the Harmonized commodity description and coding system of World Customs Organization.

Article 2

1. The Customs Service of the Russian Federation performs maintaining the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the CIS, including:

monitors changes and amendments of the international basis of the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the CIS, explanations and other decisions on interpretation of this basis;

brings the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the CIS into accord with its international basis;

performs maintaining and storage of reference copy of the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the CIS;

develops together with Customs Services of other State Parties of the Commonwealth of the explanation and at the request of Council of heads of Customs Services of the State Parties of the Commonwealth approves classification decisions on interpretation of the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the CIS;

provides publication of the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the CIS, explanations to it;

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