Review of Decisions Adopted by the EEC Council on April 22–23 Regarding Labeling and Traceability of Goods Using Identification Means
From April 22 to April 23, 2021, a meeting of the EEC Council was held at which decisions were made regarding issues of labeling and traceability of goods by means of identification (hereinafter referred to as “Solutions"):
- Decision No. 41 “On uniform mechanisms of cryptographic protection when marking goods by means of identification in the Eurasian Economic Union”;
- Decision No. 42 “On the action plan for the creation, operation and development of the integrated information system of the Eurasian Economic Union for 2021”;
- Decision No. 43 “On the introduction of identification labeling of alcoholic products”;
- Decision No. 44 “On the introduction of identification labeling of tobacco (nicotine-containing) products.”
Following the meeting, the EEC Council agreed on the following provisions:
- determined lists of nicotine-containing and alcoholic products for which it was considered inappropriate to introduce labeling by means of identification within the EAEU;
- established the deadline for the application of uniform methods of cryptographic protection from January 1, 2023.
On May 19, 2021, the Decisions were published on the EAEU website.
For more details about each Solution, see the review we prepared.
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| Danil Gavrin | Kamila Urazalina Senior Lawyer, Customs
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