RA State Revenue Committee should secure fulfillment of obligations before EU and WTODecember 2, 2010 - 19:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During the December 2 sitting of the RA government, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan instructed the RA State Revenue Committee to secure the fulfillment of Armenia’s obligations before the EU, WTO and countries, with which the country has agreements on free trade. As per the instruction, the Committee should ensure that the customs duties for imported cigarettes do not exceed 15% starting from January 1, 2011, what is in compliance with the WTO requirements, the RA governmental press service reported. According to Sargsyan, there were cases when customs duties made 17-18%. “Our studies indicate that Armenia is able to meet this requirement,” he said. The Prime Minister’s second instruction referred to bilateral agreements on free trade. This one refers to alcoholic beverages. “We should fulfill the obligations envisaged under these agreements during import of alcoholic beverages. Armenia will also comply with its obligations before the EU, fulfilling these international obligations. It means that the agreements signed with the EU, including those on loan and grant assistance, will come into force, and we, as a state, guarantee that these regimes will be applied in Armenia from January 1,” said Sargsyan. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |