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The first few months of the customs union’s operation has shown clear advantages to doing business in a single customs territory, although it has also exposed some drawbacks to rapid integration. How long will exceptions from free trade remain within the customs union? What other steps are being taken to form a single economic space? When can we expect full unification of non-tariff regulation measures?
The event covers a wide range of issues surrounding customs regulation and the practice of applying customs regimes. A key theme of the conference is the development of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, which will include changes in customs legislation, customs clearance at the border, and protection of intellectual property rights. Along with this theme, court practice in customs disputes will be covered, with some examples of tackling complaints in the field of customs law.
The conference is aimed at international business, Russian and international companies, public organizations and mass media.
Address: Marriott Royal Aurora Hotel (11/20, Petrovka)
ProgramModerator: Galina Dontsova, senior manager, group head for customs and external trade, Ernst & Young
9:00 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 - 11:50 Session 1. Customs Union - the first results and prospects
• Words of greeting. Konstantin Chaika, State Secretary, Deputy Head of Federal Customs Service of Russia
• The customs union: an analysis of practices and accumulated experience. Natalia Slyusar, Head of Legal Department, Customs Union
• Improvement of the Russian Federation’s customs legislation. Plans and prospects. Alexander Kogan, Vice Chairman of the Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes
• Federal Law on customs regulations in the Russian Federation - a brief overview of the main provisions. News for business. Vladimir Ivin, Head of Analytical Department of the Federal Customs of Russia
• Problems of improving the mechanism of interaction of business and government officials in the area of customs policy. Andrei Kuznetsov, Managing Director for International Affairs RSPP
• Questions and answers
11:50 - 12:20 Coffee Break
12:20 - 14:20 Session 2. Practical aspects of the new customs legislation
• Practical aspects of collection and payment of customs duties. New rules in determining the customs value. Rustam Khakimov, deputy Head of Federal Customs Revenues and tariff regulation of the Federal Customs Service of Russia
• Protection of intellectual property rights - the prospects of unification in the Customs Union - Sergei Shurygin, head of security control of goods containing intellectual property of the Office of trade restrictions, currency and export control, Federal Customs Service of Russia
• Non-tariff measures. Prospects for the unification of the customs union - Sergei Zhelonkin, deputy chief of the Office of the control of specific goods trade restrictions, currency and export control, Federal Custom Service of Russia
14:20 - 15:10 Coffee Break
15:10 - 17:30 Session 3: Practical aspects of the new customs legislation
• Non-tariff barriers and ways to overcome them when importing electronics. Alexander Onischuk, president RATEK
• Regional integration in the EurAsEC and the accession to the WTO. Alexei Portansky, Director, Information Bureau on Russia's accession to the WTO
• Advanced information technology in the Customs Union. Preliminary information and electronic declaration. Alexei Drushlyakov, Deputy Chief of customs clearance and customs control; Alexei Timofeev, Deputy Chief of Information Technologies of the Russian Federal Customs, Yelena Bormotova, Head of Information Technology customs, Federal Custom Service of Russia.
• EurAsEC: the new realities for the business. Wilhelmina Shavshina, deputy head at the advisory counsel on customs regulation of the State Duma Committee on budgets and taxes, Head of Foreign Trade Regulation at the international legal practice, DLA Piper, PhD in Law
• Simplified procedures: additional risks for the state or additional business opportunities. Galina Balandina, partner at Pepeliaev Group, Galina Dontsova, senior manager, head of customs and foreign trade practices, Ernst & Young
17:30 - Final banquet
Payment: 14 000 rubles + VAT
Regarding conference agenda please contact Polina Kvar-Kuzmina.
Regarding sponsorship opportunitites please contact Olga Makarova or Mikhail Levikov.
Regarding information support please contact Elena Artemieva
Regarding registration please contact Ольге Шевкуненко Телефон: 7 495 234 3223 (доб. 42 26)
Telephone: 7 495 234 3223
