Russia's Ministry of Finance reported on a Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Council meeting, attended by Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, that progressed Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) strategic work including legal harmonisation and development of the common financial market. The Council approved key macroeconomic policy guidelines for EAEU member states for 2026–2027 for submission to the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (SEEC) and advanced recommendations to align member states’ securities and insurance regulation. Work continued on a draft action plan for implementing the EAEU’s “Eurasian Economic Path” declaration through 2030 and for the period to 2045, with 342 actions agreed so far. The implementation report on the 2024–2025 macroeconomic guidelines cited increases in mutual trade of 8.1%, industrial production of 4.5%, and investment in fixed assets of 7.5%. For financial regulation, the Council adopted a recommendation to harmonise core concepts and definitions in securities market regulation and set requirements for intermediaries (brokers), and approved a recommendation on harmonising rules for admitting insurance organisations to the EAEU common financial market; it also supported a draft SEEC regulation introducing a differentiated, multi-level approach to harmonising regulation across the common financial market. The Council additionally approved a draft SEEC resolution endorsing liberalisation plans for mutual trade in construction project management services, adopted a decision to phase in two-dimensional Data Matrix barcodes for labelling natural fur garments, and approved a draft concept for developing tourism within the EAEU.

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