Russia’s PM urges to mark all goods in EAEU territory

ALMATY, February 2. /TASS/. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev believes that member-states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia) should make a gradual transition to marking of all goods. "We will sign an agreement on goods marking today, which is called to improve control over the turnover of goods in the territory of the Union. Traceability will make it possible to significantly improve operations of the common market, increase the collection of taxes and bring the whole sectors of the retail trade out of the shadows," Medvedev said on Friday. "It is important to extend marking to new groups of goods step-by-step until all commercial products are covered," he said. "The work should be complemented with new initiatives," the prime minister noted. "The need is imminent to go deeper in other topics - nuclear energy, research and technology cooperation, healthcare, environmental protection, tourism and sports," Medvedev said. Read more