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Food Regulation in the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia

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The chapter discusses the regulation of food markets in the Eurasian Economic Union of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation (the Union), five countries that lead regional integration in the region of the Former Soviet Union. The first part presents a brief overview of the regional co-operation in the post-Soviet world and highlights basic principles of the legislative and regulatory harmonization that are essential for understanding the concept of the regional food law. The contribution of the region to the globe agriculture is also discussed. The second part lays out general approach to technical regulation and sanitary measures adopted in the Union while the third details essential food regulations and explains basic principles of their interpretation. In the final part, two practical cases on food labeling and registration of foods for special dietary use are discussed to provide examples of practical application of technical regulations in the Union.

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  1. 1.

    FAOSTAT (2016).

  2. 2.

    CIS Executive Council (2013).

  3. 3.

    Goskomstat (1990).

  4. 4.

    FAO (1989).

  5. 5.

    Russia and Ukraine contributed 47 % and 22 % respectively in 1988 (Goskomstat, 1990).

  6. 6.

    Georgia was the last to join in 1993 and the first to leave the CIS in 2008.

  7. 7.

    CIS (1994).

  8. 8.

    CIS (1995).

  9. 9.

    EurAsEC (2000).

  10. 10.

    CU Commission (2007).

  11. 11.

    Isakova et al. (2012).

  12. 12.

    CU Commission (2007).

  13. 13.

    CU Commission (2011).

  14. 14.

    The ministers’ responsibilities are assigned in the areas of integration and macroeconomics, economics and financial policies, industry and agriculture, trade, technical regulation, customs, energy and infrastructure and antitrust regulation.

  15. 15.

    WTO (1994). Currently, only the Russian Federation is a member of the WTO. Both Belarus and Kazakhstan are seeking the WTO membership, and the CU legislation in most cases is drafted in compliance with WTO agreements.

  16. 16.

    The Customs Union Commission (2009a, b, c).

  17. 17.

    WTO (1994).

  18. 18.

    CU Commission (2010a).

  19. 19.

    Eurasian Commission (2012b).

  20. 20.

    CU Commission (2008a).

  21. 21.

    CU Commission (2008b, 2010b).

  22. 22.

    CU Commission (2006).

  23. 23.

    CU Commission (2010c).

  24. 24.

    Eurasian Commission (2012a).

  25. 25.

    Koreshkov (2014).

  26. 26.

    For Example, the International Organization of Standardization (ISO).

  27. 27.

    Zazhigalkin (2014).

  28. 28.

    Fortin (2009).

  29. 29.

    Augustin and Sanguansri (2012).

  30. 30.

    Codex Alimentarius (1989).

  31. 31.

    EU Parliament (2008).

  32. 32.

    EurAsEC (2007).

  33. 33.

    Foods for special use make up an important category of products designed for consumption by specific population groups, and for specific purposes.

  34. 34.

    Abbey et al. (2014).

  35. 35.

    In 2013, the Russian Federation initiated work on drafting new CU technical regulation dedicated exclusively to food-contacting materials. It is not yet clear how the new law would interact with the existing regulation TR TS 005/2011 as both would cover the same safety aspects of food-contacting materials.

  36. 36.

    TNS Global (2014).

  37. 37.

    World Bank (2012).

  38. 38.

    OECD (2014).

  39. 39.

    The Government of the Russian Federation (2010).

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  2. Amway Corporation, Sushevskiy Val 18, Moscow, 123018, Russian Federation

    Anatoly Kutyshenko

  3. Federal Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety Research Center, Ustyinskiy proezd 2/14, Moscow, 109240, Russian Federation

    Victor Tutelyan Sc.D, MD, PhD

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Petrenko, A., Kutyshenko, A., Tutelyan, V. (2016). Food Regulation in the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. In: Steier, G., Patel, K. (eds) International Food Law and Policy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07542-6_53

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