Euro-Asia Economical committee (EAEC) will develop unified rules of production and turnover of alcohol in the countries of the Custom Union (CU) in the first quarter of 2013, declared Andrey Slepnev, Minster of Trade of EAEC. That will create equal conditions for concurrence of alcohol products. The question is important as Belarus and Kazakhstan producers propose to take off the limits of supply in terms of the Union and Custom Union accordingly. Russian market is the biggest among ex-USSR markets (60% of alcohol sales every year). Russian producers and suppliers from “Far-foreign” countries dominate at it and the share of nearest neighbors doesn't overpass 10%. At the latest meeting of EAEC Kazakhstan producers remarked that during the importation and transit process through Russia there are facts of “over-attention” to all the transportation and covering documents from the Russia responsible organs. More than this from the 1st of January 2013 a new rule is implemented for the transportation of alcohol drinks with alcohol content more than 25% - every vehicle should be licensed. This rule is not implemented in the other countries of CU, that is why the question is discussed at EAEC. Unified rules are still not put into life as the excise rates of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are not harmonized yet, even though such an agreement was signed in August 2012. It means that Russian alcohol excise correction will be done in a way that Belarus and Kazakhstan will increase their rates accordingly by 2020. An international group for the development of the agreement concerning the unified rules of turnover of alcohol products in the region the Custom Union will be created, reports Mr. Slepnev. Besides every part has already presented a project of such rules. "Implementation of unified rules in the sector will increase the sales of the UC countries products in Russia, - the Director of a Kazakhstan transport company “Betta-Snab” Maras Bekkaliev explained to RBK, - as Russian demand of Kazakhstan wine and brandy grows especially in the border zones”. Source - www.rg.ru