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Improving Customs Transit Systems

In the Islamic Countries

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4.1.3.3

EAEU Customs Legal framework

The Agreement on Accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Treaty on the EAEU was signed in

December 2014 and entered into force in August 2015. The Kyrgyz Republic is a member of the

Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), and its national legislation is fully compliant with the treaties

and acts of the EAEU (including the Treaty on the Customs Code of the Customs Union - Decision

of Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community on November 27, 2009 No. 17). The

Customs transit agreement in the EAEU

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, are very similar to those provided for by the EU

Convention on Common Transit.

4.1.3.4

Bilateral and regional agreements

In April 1994, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus,

Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and

Uzbekistan agreed to establish a free-trade zone. According to the agreement, imports of goods

produced within the CIS having respective certificates of origin are not subject to any customs

or value-added taxes in the Kyrgyz Republic. However, this exemption does not cover excise

goods (such as alcohol and tobacco); furniture; video, TV and IT equipment and any accessories

to such electronic equipment

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In July 2019, the European Union and the Kyrgyz Republic initialed an Enhanced Partnership

and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA) in the margins of the 15th EU-Central Asia Ministerial

Meeting, in Bishkek. This agreement comes in addition to the trade preferences already

unilaterally offered by the EU to the Kyrgyz Republic through the Generalised System of

Preferences Plus (GSP+), together with the implementation by the Kyrgyz Republic of 27

international conventions related to human rights, labor rights, protection of the environment

and good governance

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In 2017, total EU-Kyrgyz trade amounted to 459 million euros. In 2016, the European Union

granted Kyrgyzstan GSP+ status

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This opened up new potential for economic relations between

the two partners and offered opportunities for Kyrgyzstan to increase and diversify its exports

and to strengthen its economy. The GSP+ scheme offers Kyrgyzstan zero customs duties on over

6,200 EU tariff lines

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4.1.3.5

International Legal Conventions

International conventions in the field of customs matters, ratified by the Republic of Kyrgyzstan:

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Eurasian Customs Union formed by Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Armenia

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https://www.export.gov/article?id=Kyrgyz-Republic-Trade-Agreements

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http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2046

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http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2017/january/tradoc_155235.pdf

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6 https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage_en/4079/EU-Kyrgyz%20Republic%20relations