A. Lukashenko approved draft agreements within the framework of the Customs Union

June 28, Minsk /BelTA/. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has approved draft agreements within the framework of the Customs Union. This was reported to BelTA by the press service of the Belarusian leader. By Decree No. 335 of June 28, 2010, the Head of State approved, as a basis for negotiations, the draft Agreement on the exemption from the application of certain forms of customs control by the customs authorities of the Customs Union member states. In addition, by Decree No. 336 of June 28, 2010, the draft Agreement between the governments of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia on the specifics of using international transport vehicles carrying passengers, as well as trailers, semi-trailers, containers and railway rolling stock carrying goods and (or) baggage, for domestic transportation within the customs territory of the Customs Union was approved as a basis for negotiations. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov is authorized to conduct negotiations on the draft agreements and sign them upon reaching an agreement within the approved projects. In accordance with the decrees, the agreements will be applied provisionally from the date of entry into force of the Treaty on the Customs Code of the Customs Union of November 27, 2009, until their entry into force. -0-