On November 10, 2026, the EEC Board approved guidelines covering three key stages: filing an application with the authorised organisation, issuing the certificate and subsequently verifying its authenticity. The document applies both to preferential certificates — used to obtain tariff benefits under trade agreements — and to non-preferential ones, confirming the country of origin for other purposes.
Currently, the issuance of documents on the origin of goods is organised at the national level. In Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, certificates are issued by chambers of commerce and industry, in Kazakhstan — by the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs. The EEC proposes to harmonise approaches to creating electronic databases of issued certificates and developing digital services based on them.
The guidelines are non-binding and are addressed primarily to authorised organisations and government agencies of the union countries. On their basis, states will be able to create new information systems or upgrade existing ones. Exporters do not switch to the electronic format automatically with the adoption of the document — no single deadline for a full transition has been set.
The adoption of the guidelines is provided for by the roadmap for implementing the Eurasian Economic Path declaration, which defines the directions of EAEU development until 2030 and for the period until 2045. The document is also linked to the Agreement on a harmonised system for determining the origin of goods exported from the EAEU customs territory, signed on December 4, 2023.
On November 3, 2026, the EEC Council approved special rules for determining the origin of goods to which union states apply separate regulatory measures. These rules will take effect simultaneously with the agreement — after ratification procedures are completed in all member states.
For exporters, the practical result of digitalisation is less paperwork and simpler confirmation of the origin of goods when supplying to third countries. The criteria for determining origin themselves are set by international agreements and rules, not by digitalisation guidelines. The next step is the development and launch of national information systems in each EAEU country based on the agreed approaches.
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