Kazakhstan to open access to state procurement contracts for Customs Union in 2014
15:50, 3 June 2013
MINSK. June 3. KAZINFORM Companies of the Customs Union member states will get access to Kazakhstan's state procurement contacts based on the national regime starting from 1 January 2014, Premier of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov said at the plenary meeting of the SES Business Forum on 31 May.
The issue concerns an agreement on state and municipal purchase contracts within the Single Economic Space (SES). "With this agreement Kazakhstan, starting from 1 January 2014, will open an access to its state procurement contracts for the companies of the Customs Union," Serik Akhmetov said.
Economic integration should be based on equality and pragmatism, the Kazakhstani PM stressed. With this, he emphasized the importance of developing these conditions especially in the transport sector. Cancelation of withdrawals and restrictions for national forwarders can be of the main focus here, BelTA reports.