EEC to draft a list of checkpoints on Customs Union border

15:40, 29 June 2012

MOSCOW. June 29. KAZINFORM The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) will develop a list of checkpoints on the external border of the Customs Union. This decision was made at a session of the EEC Board on 28 June, BelTA learnt from the Secretariat of Customs Cooperation Minister of the EEC Vladimir Goshin.

The list will be posted on the official website of the Eurasian Economic Commission. It will contain information on the location and type of checkpoints on the Customs Union external border, their status, specialization, rules and working hours. "The publication on the EEC official website of the list of checkpoints will streamline and optimize cargo traffic. The list will also be helpful for individuals crossing the Customs Union border by their own cars," Vladimir Goshin said.

The decision of the EEC Board contains an instruction to the governments of the Customs Union member states to submit the necessary information to the EEC within two months, after that the information will be posted on the EEC official website within a three-day period, BelTA reports.