On the Ratification of the Agreement on the Use of Navigation Seals for Tracking Shipments in the Eurasian Economic Union

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The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 15, 2023 No. 211-VII SAM.

To ratify the Agreement on the Use of Navigation Seals for Tracking Shipments in the Eurasian Economic Union, concluded in Moscow on April 19, 2022.

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

K. TOKAEV

agreement on the use of navigation seals for tracking shipments in the Eurasian Economic Union

The Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union, hereinafter referred to as the Member States,

Based on the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014 and the Treaty on the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union of April 11, 2017,

Recognizing the need to develop economic integration within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter referred to as the Union),

Striving to expand the use of modern technical and technological solutions in the organization of transportation across the territories of the Member States, as well as to minimize the application of customs and other types of state control measures in respect of goods transported through the customs territory of the Union,

Desiring to ensure the legal turnover of goods in the internal market of the Union,

have agreed on the following:

Article 1

For the purposes of this Agreement, concepts are used that mean the following::

"activation of the navigation seal" – the installation of the applied navigation seal for control in the information system of the national operator and the beginning of monitoring of the tracking object;

"deactivation of the navigation seal" – removal of the applied navigation seal from control in the information system of the national operator and completion of monitoring of the tracking object;

"closing the sealing element of the navigation seal" is the activation of a system for monitoring the integrity of the sealing element of the navigation seal using the capabilities of the national operator's information system, which can be carried out either remotely or using a special device;

"supervisory authority" is a state body (organization) of a Member State, whose functions, in accordance with the legislation of that Member State, include the exercise of state control (supervision).;

"monitoring of a tracking object" is the process of receiving and processing information (including information about emergency situations and/or unauthorized actions) received from a navigation seal;

"navigation seal" is a technical device consisting of a sealing element and an electronic unit, operating on the basis of navigation satellite system technologies and providing the transmission of information related to the tracking object.;

"applying a navigation seal" is a process that involves physically attaching a navigation seal to the locking devices of doors and closing systems of cargo spaces (compartments) of a vehicle (container) containing tracking objects, either to another location of the vehicle (taking into account the specifics of the type of vehicle and transportation technology), or to the the tracking object and the closure of the sealing element;

"national operator" is a legal entity of a Member State designated in accordance with the legislation of that State as a national operator providing tracking of shipments of tracking objects using navigation seals.;

"tracking object" – goods (products), vehicles;

"Transportation tracking" is a process that includes the activation of a navigation seal, the monitoring of a tracking object, the deactivation of a navigation seal, and the transmission of data obtained during the monitoring of a tracking object.;

"opening of the sealing element of the navigation seal" is the disconnection of the integrity control system of the sealing element of the navigation seal using the capabilities of the information system of the national operator, which can be carried out either remotely or using a special device.;

"removing the navigation seal" is a process that involves opening the sealing element of the navigation seal and physically removing it from the locking devices of doors and closing systems of cargo spaces (compartments) of a vehicle (container) or other place of the vehicle (taking into account the specifics of the type of vehicle and transportation technology) in which the tracking objects are located, or from the tracking object itself.

Other concepts used in this Agreement are applied in the meanings defined by The Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014 and international treaties within the Union.

Article 2

1. This Agreement defines the basis for regulating the use of navigation seals in the Union for tracking shipments of tracking objects across the territories of two or more Member States (hereinafter referred to as tracking shipments across the territories of Member States) and the mechanism for organizing such tracking.

2. The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the tracking of the following shipments:

started on the territory of one Member State and completed on the territory of another Member State;

initiated in the territory of a Member State, carried out in the territories of two or more Member States and completed in the territory of the Member State in which they were initiated;

initiated outside the customs territory of the Union, carried out in the territories of two or more member States and completed in the territory of one of the Member States;

initiated in the territory of one Member State, carried out in the territories of two or more member States and completed outside the customs territory of the Union;

initiated outside the customs territory of the Union, carried out in the territories of two or more Member States and completed outside the customs territory of the Union.

3. The provisions of this Agreement may be applied in solving other tasks determined by the Eurasian Economic Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission).

4. When using navigation seals for tracking shipments, forms of customs and other types of state control, as well as measures ensuring such control, during the transportation of tracking objects across the territories of the Member States, are applied by decision of the supervisory authority in cases determined based on the principle of selectivity of such forms and measures, including using the system risk management, in order to minimize the inspection (inspection) of the contents of cargo containers of vehicles.

At the same time, the use of customs escort simultaneously with the use of navigation seals is not allowed, except in cases of tracking transportation.:

alcoholic beverages classified in commodity items 2203 00, 2204, 2205, 2206 00, 2207, 2208 the unified Commodity Nomenclature of foreign economic activity of the Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter referred to as the EAEU Customs Code), tobacco, tobacco products classified in commodity items 2401, 2402, 2403 of the EAEU Customs Code;

goods in respect of which special economic measures are applied by one or more Member States;

goods in respect of which the amount of enforcement of the obligation to pay customs duties and taxes exceeds the amount equivalent to 500 thousand US dollars.

The information obtained during the tracking of shipments is used to minimize control measures by customs and other regulatory authorities.

The procedure for exchanging information on measures and forms of control taken during transportation between regulatory authorities in order to monitor state control (supervision) of goods (products) transported in accordance with this Agreement across the territories of the Member States using navigation seals is determined by the Commission.

Article 3

1. In the Union, navigation seals are used to track the shipments of the following tracking objects specified in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of this Agreement:

1) goods transported in accordance with the customs procedure of customs transit by road and (or) rail modes of transport;

2) goods in respect of which special economic measures are applied by one or more Member States (exported from the customs territory of the Union in accordance with the customs procedure for export, as well as transported between Member States within the framework of mutual trade), transported by road and (or) rail modes of transport, except in cases where such transportation is not carried out on the territory of the Member State to which the specified special economic measures are applied;

3) alcoholic beverages classified in commodity items 2203 00, 2204, 2205, 2206 00, 2207, 2208 Customs Code of the EAEU, tobacco, tobacco products classified in headings 2401, 2402, 2403 of the Customs Code of the EAEU, exported from the customs territory of the Union in accordance with the customs procedure for export or transported between the member States in within the framework of mutual trade in automobile and (or) railway modes of transport;

4) other tracking objects transported by road and (or) rail modes of transport, determined by the Commission.

2. International treaties within the Union or the Commission may determine:

1) goods and (or) categories of goods, cases and (or) conditions when the transportation of goods in accordance with the customs procedure of customs transit is not subject to tracking using navigation seals;

2) cases when navigation seals are used to track tracking objects specified in subitems 1-3 of paragraph 1 of this Article or determined by the Commission in accordance with subitem 4 of paragraph 1 of this Article, during their transportation carried out by other modes of transport than the modes of transport specified in these subitems;

3) persons responsible for providing the tracking object with the required number of navigation seals (including depending on the tracking objects or the modes of transport by which they are transported);

4) conditions for tracking shipments across the territories of the Member States and/or the use of the results of such tracking by regulatory authorities.

3. In order to ensure the tracking of shipments of tracking objects specified in subparagraph 2 of paragraph 1 of this Article, the Member States that apply special economic measures shall provide the Commission with information on such tracking objects.

The Commission, no later than 10 working days from the day following the day of receipt of such information, ensures that it is posted on the official website of the Union in the form of a register. The form of the register, the composition and the procedure for the submission by the Member States of information on goods in respect of which special economic measures are applied by the Member States shall be determined by the Commission.

Article 4

1. Tracking of shipments across the territories of the Member States is provided by national operators using information systems.

2. In accordance with the legislation of the Member States, the functions of tracking shipments through the territories of the Member States may be assigned to the State bodies (organizations) of the Member States. In this case, the provisions of this Agreement concerning national operators shall apply to such government agencies (organizations).

3. The Member State determines the national operator or the executive authority of the Member State (hereinafter referred to as the authorized operator (body)), which is authorized to interact with the regulatory authorities of this state and authorized operators (bodies) of other Member States, and informs the Commission about them.

The Commission shall, within 10 working days from the day following the day of receipt of such information, bring it to the attention of the Member States.

4. The procedure for interaction in a Member State between national operators and an authorized operator (body) of that Member State, as well as the composition of the information they exchange, shall be determined by the legislation of that Member State, subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 12 of this Agreement.

Article 5

1. The national operator ensures the operation of the information system used to track shipments across the territories of the Member States on an ongoing basis for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The national operator is responsible for non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of this obligation in accordance with the legislation of the Member State in which it is designated as the national operator.

2. The information systems of national operators used to track shipments across the territories of the Member States should ensure:

creating a unique transportation number;

receiving information from the navigation seal and processing information about its condition and geographical coordinates of the location;

accounting and storage of information related to such transportation, determined by the Commission (including information on the facts of activation and deactivation of the navigation seal), as well as information received from the navigation seal and processed by the information system, for each monitored transportation across the territories of the Member States.;

information interaction with the information system of the authorized operator (body) in whose territory the national operator operates, and the transmission in real time to its information system of information determined in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 4 of this Agreement (if in a Member State the national operator and the authorized operator (body) are different persons);

real-time transmission to the information system of the authorized operator (body) of the Member State through whose territory the tracking objects will be transported, of the information determined by the Commission in accordance with the second paragraph of paragraph 2 of Article 12 of this Agreement (if in the Member State the national operator and the authorized operator (body) are one face);

information interaction with information systems of authorized operators (bodies) of other Member States (if the national operator and the authorized operator (body) are one person in a Member State);

real-time information interaction

with the information systems of the regulatory authorities of the Member State in whose territory the national operator operates (if the national operator and the authorized operator (body) are one person in the Member State).

The legislation of the Member States may establish additional requirements for the information systems of national operators, including in terms of their information security.

3. The information and information specified in the fourth paragraph of paragraph 2 of this Article shall be kept for at least 3 years or for a longer period provided for by the legislation of the Member States. The specified storage period is calculated from the day following the day of deactivation of the navigation seal used in tracking a particular shipment.

Article 6

1. Navigation seals that meet the requirements determined by the Commission are used to track shipments across the territories of the Member States.

2. Navigation seals registered in the information systems of the national operators of the Member States may be used in the territories of all Member States, regardless of which national operator of the Member State will monitor the transportation.

3. The number of navigation seals used for tracking transportation across the territories of the Member States is determined based on the number and (or) design features of the cargo spaces (compartments) of the vehicle (container) in which tracking objects are located, or tracking objects, if they are imposed directly on such objects.

4. Navigation seals may be used by regulatory authorities in accordance with international treaties within the Union for the purpose of identifying tracking objects or cargo spaces (compartments) of a vehicle (container) containing tracking objects, in order to prevent their removal from sealed cargo spaces (compartments) of a vehicle (container) or embedding in such cargo spaces. rooms (compartments) without leaving visible traces of their opening.

Article 7

1. The navigation seal used to track shipments across the territories of the Member States must contain the following information:

the unique identification number of the navigation seal;

information about the national operator in whose information system it is registered.

2. For the period of tracking a particular shipment, the navigation seal must contain:

A unique transportation number generated in the information system of the national operator, which, in accordance with Article 9 of this Agreement, monitors transportation.;

the registration number of the transit declaration (in respect of goods placed under the customs procedure of customs transit), the registration number of the goods declaration (in respect of goods under customs control) or the number (numbers) of transport (transportation) documents (when transporting goods of the Union within the framework of mutual trade of the member States);

information from the customs declaration (if any);

information on the conduct of customs control in respect of goods and vehicles of international transportation when goods are placed under the customs procedure of customs transit, as well as electronic documents issued based on the results of its conduct, including photographs obtained during customs control using an inspection and inspection complex (if available), and acts of customs inspection (if available);

electronic documents (information) accompanying the transportation of goods (customs declaration (if any), transport (shipping) documents, invoice, vehicle registration certificate (tractor and trailer);

electronic documents (information) confirming compliance with prohibitions and restrictions in accordance with Article 7 of the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union.

3. The Commission, depending on the purposes of using navigation seals and the type of transport by which tracking objects are transported, may determine other electronic documents (information) that the navigation seal must contain for the period of tracking a particular shipment.

4. The Commission determines:

the structure of the unique transport number and the requirements for the organization of the storage of electronic documents and (or) information from documents contained in the navigation seal for the period of tracking a particular transport;

the composition of information from electronic documents and (or) information from documents specified in paragraphs five, six (except for the customs declaration) and seven of paragraph 2 of this Article and (or) determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article;

structures and formats of electronic documents and (or) information from the documents specified in paragraphs five, six (except for the customs declaration) and seven of paragraph 2 of this Article and (or) defined in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article;

uniform measures to protect the information contained in the navigation seal.

Article 8

1. Navigation seals used for tracking shipments through the territories of the Member States shall be applied and removed in the customs territory of the Union, as well as outside the customs territory of the Union.

Places of application and removal of navigation seals in the customs territory of the Union, persons applying (removing) navigation seals and present at such application (removal), operations for the application (removal) of navigation seals in the customs territory of the Union and the procedure for their commission, including the procedure for the transfer of documents (information) specified in paragraph 2 of Article 7 and (or) the storage of such documents (information) determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 7 of this Agreement, as well as the procedure for destroying (erasing) previously recorded information, They are determined by the Commission or by the legislation of the Member States in cases provided for by the Commission.

2. Navigation seals applied outside the customs territory of the Union, registered in the information systems of national operators and meeting the requirements determined by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 6 of this Agreement, may be used to track shipments across the territories of the Member States.

3. One navigation seal is used in relation to the tracking object along its entire route (transportation) through the territories of the Member States to the place of delivery in the territory of one of the Member States (during transportation specified in paragraphs two to four of paragraph 2 of Article 2 of this Agreement) or to the place of export of the tracking object from the customs territory of the Union. (in the case of transportation specified in paragraphs five and six of paragraph 2 of Article 2 of this Agreement).

4. The activation and deactivation of the navigation seal is carried out by the national operator, and if such a navigation seal is applied by decision of the regulatory authority, with the permission of such regulatory authority.

If a navigation seal registered in the information system of a national operator of a Member State other than the Member State in whose territory such transportation is being monitored is used to track shipments across the territories of the Member States, the actions of the regulatory authorities and national operators necessary to activate and deactivate the navigation seal and the procedure for their implementation shall be determined by the Commission.

Article 9

1. Tracking of shipments across the territories of the Member States along the entire route (transportation) of tracking objects is carried out by the national operator of the Member State in whose territory such tracking begins (hereinafter referred to as the national operator tracking transportation across the territories of the Member States).

2. To ensure tracking of shipments across the territories of the Member States by the national operator tracking shipments across the territories of the Member States, if a navigation seal registered in the information system of the national operator of another Member State is used to track shipments across the territories of the Member States, a hardware and software complex is used to enable activation and deactivation of the navigation seal. the information system of the specified national operator and the routing of information, received from such a navigation seal, into its information system, and if this is determined by the Commission, also routing such information to the information systems of authorized operators (bodies).

3. The authorized operator (body) of a Member State, whose national operator monitors transportation across the territories of the Member States, unless otherwise determined by the Commission, is obliged to provide in real time to authorized operators (bodies) of other Member States, through the territories of which tracking objects will be transported, information determined by the Commission. in accordance with the second paragraph of paragraph 2 of Article 12 of this Agreement.

4. Authorized operators (authorities) of the Member States through whose territories tracking objects will be transported (transported), collect, process, transmit information about such transportation (including the transfer of information to the regulatory authorities of their Member State) and other actions necessary to ensure its tracking on the territory of their Member State, based on information received in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article.

Article 10

1. The navigation seal may be removed en route (transportation) through the territories of the Member States without termination of monitoring of the tracking object in cases determined by the Commission.

2. Operations to remove navigation seals en route (transportation) through the territories of the Member States without termination of monitoring of the tracking object and their subsequent imposition, actions of national operators, authorized operators (bodies) and regulatory authorities involved in such removal, and the procedure for their commission are determined by the Commission.

3. The cases in which it is allowed to replace the navigation seal en route (transportation) of the tracking object through the territories of the Member States, operations to replace the navigation seal, actions of national operators, authorized operators (bodies) and regulatory authorities involved in such replacement, and the procedure for their commission shall be determined by the Commission.

Article 11

1. Cases that have arisen en route (transportation) through the territories of the Member States and are classified as emergencies shall be determined by the Commission.

2. An unauthorized action en route (transportation) through the territories of the Member States is the removal of a navigation seal, in which the opening of the sealing element occurred without using the capabilities of the information system of the national operator in which it is registered, or in violation of the procedure defined by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 10 of this Agreement for operations to remove the navigation seal en route. following (transportation) without stopping the monitoring of the tracking object.

3. Actions of the national operator monitoring transportation across the territories of the Member States in the event of an emergency and (or) the implementation of an unauthorized action, national operators, authorized operators (authorities) of other Member States to whom information about the occurrence of an emergency and (or) the implementation of an unauthorized action has been transmitted, regulatory authorities upon receipt of the relevant information and the procedure for their commission are determined by the Commission.

Article 12

1. Information interaction between authorized operators (bodies) is carried out using the integrated information system of the Union.

2. The Commission determines:

information exchanged by authorized operators (authorities) for each monitored shipment;

the procedure for information interaction between authorized operators (authorities), including when activating and deactivating navigation seals in the case provided for in the second paragraph of paragraph 4 of Article 8 of this Agreement, as well as in the event of an emergency and (or) unauthorized action, replacement or removal of navigation seals en route (transportation);

rules for the implementation of the general process and technological documents regulating information interaction between authorized operators (authorities).

Article 13

1. As part of the interaction between the regulatory authorities of a Member State and the authorized operator (body) of that State:

The authorized operator (body) ensures that the regulatory authorities of its member State have access to its information system.;

The authorized operator (body) informs the supervisory authority of its member State of the information defined by the legislation of that state, including about the object of tracking, about the occurrence of an emergency situation and (or) the implementation of an unauthorized action.

2. The procedure for interaction (including information) between the regulatory authorities of a Member State and the authorized operator (body) of that state, including when activating and deactivating navigation seals in the case provided for in paragraph two of paragraph 4 of Article 8 of this Agreement, in the event of an emergency and (or) unauthorized action, replacement or removal of navigation seals. seals en route (transportation), as well as the composition of information exchanged between the authorized operator (authority) and regulatory authorities, They are determined by the legislation of the Member States.

3. The legislation of the Member States may define the procedure for interaction of regulatory authorities with national operators of their Member State that are not authorized operators (bodies).

Article 14

Interstate information interaction of regulatory authorities in relation to tracking objects, the transportation of which is monitored in accordance with this Agreement, is carried out using the integrated information system of the Union in accordance with the procedure determined by the Commission.

Article 15

The national operator tracking the transportation across the territories of the Member States informs the persons responsible for providing the tracking object with navigation seals about the tracked transportation contained in its information system.

The composition of the information provided by the national operator to the person responsible for providing the tracking facility with navigation seals is determined by the legislation of the Member State, the national operator of which provides transportation tracking.

Article 16

1. Prices (tariffs) for the services of a national operator (imposition (removal) of navigation seals, provision of tracking of shipments across the territories of the Member States, provision of information, provision of the tracking object with the required number of navigation seals, other services determined by the Commission) are determined in accordance with the legislation of the Member State in which such national operator is defined. Prices (tariffs) for the services of the national operator should be economically reasonable.

The suppression of violations of antimonopoly legislation by national operators in the territories of the Member States is carried out by the relevant state authorities of the Member States.

2. The relationship between national operators, including the use of navigation seals registered in the information system of a national operator other than the national operator tracking transportation across the territories of the Member States, and the reimbursement of costs for such use, is governed by contractual relations between national operators.

Article 17

1. Prior to the creation and commissioning of the software and hardware complex, the implementation of paragraph 2 of Article 9 of this Agreement is ensured through the implementation of temporary integration technical solutions adopted by authorized operators (bodies) with the participation of national operators in accordance with the requirements determined by the Commission.

2. Prior to the entry into force of the Commission's act on the introduction of a common process within the Union that ensures the exchange of information between authorized operators (bodies) using the integrated information system of the Union, information interaction between authorized operators (bodies) is ensured through the implementation of temporary integration technical solutions adopted by authorized operators (bodies) with the participation of national operators based on requirements, determined by the Commission in accordance with paragraphs two and three of paragraph 2 of Article 12 of this Agreement.

Article 18

1. The Commission shall ensure, within 180 calendar days from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the exercise of the powers of the Commission provided for in subparagraphs 1 and 3 of paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 of Article 3, paragraph four of paragraph 2 of Article 5, paragraph 1 of Article 6, paragraph 4 of Article 7, paragraphs 1 and 4 of Article 8, Article 10, paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 11, paragraphs 2 and 3 of paragraph 2 of Article 12 and paragraph 1 of Article 17 of this Agreement.

2. The Member States shall ensure the implementation of paragraph 3 of Article 4 of this Agreement within 30 calendar days from the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

3. Authorized operators (bodies) shall ensure the development of temporary integration technological solutions provided for in Article 17 of this Agreement within 90 calendar days from the date of entry into force of the Commission's acts provided for in paragraphs two and three of paragraph 2 of Article 12 and paragraph 1 of Article 17 of this Agreement.

4. The Member States shall notify the Commission of the readiness of their authorized operator (body) to adopt temporary integration technical solutions provided for in Article 17 of this Agreement within 10 calendar days from the date of receipt of such information from their authorized operator (body).

5. Tracking of shipments across the territories of the Member States in accordance with this Agreement is introduced by a decision of the Commission, which is taken after the implementation of the measures provided for in paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article, in stages within the time limits provided for in paragraph 6 of this Article, or within the time limits provided by the Commission in respect of tracking objects determined by the Commission in accordance with subparagraph 4 of paragraph 1 Article 3 of this Agreement.

6. Tracking of shipments across the territories of the Member States begins to be carried out:

1) upon the expiration of 10 calendar days from the date of entry into force of the Commission's decision provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article.

in respect of goods transported in accordance with the customs procedure of customs transit (with the exception of those that are not traceable using navigation seals in accordance with subparagraph 1 of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of this Agreement):

by road and (or) rail transport of goods in respect of which special economic measures are applied by one or more Member States (except in cases when such transportation is not carried out on the territory of the Member State to which the specified special economic measures are applied), as well as alcoholic beverages classified in headings 2203 00, 2204, 2205, 2206 00, 2207 and 2208 of the Customs Code of the EAEU, tobacco, tobacco products classified in headings 2401, 2402 and 2403 of the Customs Code of the EAEU;

by road transport of goods classified in commodity items 4303, 6101 – 6106, 6110, 6401 – 6405, 8517, 8519, 8521, 8525, 8526 – 8528 Customs Code OF THE EAEU;

2) upon the expiration of 10 calendar days from the date of entry into force of the Commission's decision provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article in respect of the tracking objects specified in subparagraphs 2 and 3 of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Agreement.;

3) upon the expiration of 180 calendar days from the date of entry into force of the Commission's decision provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article in respect of goods transported in accordance with the customs procedure of customs transit by road other than those specified in subparagraph 1 of this paragraph (with the exception of those not traceable using navigation seals in accordance with subparagraph 1 of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of this Agreement);

4) upon the expiration of 180 calendar days from the date of entry into force of the Commission's decision provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article in respect of goods transported in accordance with the customs procedure of customs transit by rail, classified in commodity items 4303, 6101 – 6106, 6110, 6401 – 6405, 8517, 8519, 8521, 8525, 8526 – 8528 Customs Code of the EAEU, as well as in relation to other goods determined by the Commission;

5) upon the expiration of 480 calendar days from the date of entry into force of the Commission's decision provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article in respect of goods transported in accordance with the customs procedure of customs transit by rail other than those specified in subparagraph 4 of this paragraph (with the exception of those not traceable using navigation seals in accordance with subparagraph 1 of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of this Agreement).

7. Unilaterally, in accordance with the legislation of a Member State, tracking of shipments in respect of:

tracking objects specified in subitems 1-3 of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Agreement – before the start dates of tracking the transportation of such tracking objects in accordance with this Agreement, determined in accordance with paragraph 6 of this Article.;

other tracking objects – before the start dates of tracking the transportation of such tracking objects in accordance with this Agreement, established by the Commission when determining such tracking objects in accordance with subparagraph 4 of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Agreement, but not later than 480 calendar days after the date of entry into force of the Commission's decision provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article.

Article 19

By mutual agreement of the Member States, amendments may be made to this Agreement, which are formalized in separate protocols and are an integral part of this Agreement.

Article 20

Reservations to this Agreement are not allowed.

Article 21

Disputes related to the application of this Agreement are resolved in accordance with the procedure established by the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014.

Article 22

This Agreement is an international agreement concluded within the framework of the Union and is included in the law of the Union.

Article 23

This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of receipt by the depositary, through diplomatic channels, of the last written notification on the completion by the Member States of the internal procedures necessary for the entry into force of this Agreement.

Done in Moscow on April 19, 2022, in one original copy in Russian.

The original copy of this Agreement shall be kept at the Eurasian Economic Commission, which, as the depositary of this Agreement, will send each member State a certified copy thereof.

For the Republic

Armenia

For the Republic

Belarus

For the Republic

Kazakhstan

For the Kyrgyz Republic

For the Russian

The Federation

I hereby certify that this text is a complete and authentic copy of the Agreement on the Use of Navigation Seals for Tracking Shipments in the Eurasian Economic Union, signed on April 19, 2022 in Moscow.:

for the Republic of Armenia - Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan;

for the Republic of Belarus - President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko;

for the Republic of Kazakhstan - by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K. K. Tokayev;

for the Kyrgyz Republic - President of the Kyrgyz Republic S. N. Japarov;

for the Russian Federation - President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

The original copy is kept at the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Director

Legal Department

Of the Eurasian Economic Commission

V. I. Taraskin

President

Republic of Kazakhstan

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