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The Department noted that the group of experts confirmed that Russia had violated certain provisions of the General Agreement on the limitation of imports of railway material. The 1994 Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
"This is the first request that Ukraine addresses to the world. World Trade Organization to deal with the commercial aggression of Russia zoram, unjustified and discriminatory, actions against goods of Ukrainian origin ", – Deputy Minister Natalia Mykolska.
In its view, Russia improperly suspended the validity of the certificates of conformity issued to Ukrainian producers, limited the issuance of new certificates and did not recognize the certificates issued in the customs authorities of the Customs Union.
According to the report, within the confines of the case, Ukraine argued that the suspension of certificates of compliance (14 orders) and the rejection of the request The panel of experts has agreed with Ukraine that by enacting 14 regulations on the suspension of certificates of conformity, Russia has applied the procedure of conformity assessment so that the procedures of assessment of compliance are respected. the conditions of market access for Ukrainian, Russian and European railway manufacturers were not the same, which was discriminatory for Ukraine.
In addition, a group of experts confirmed but Russia failed to fulfill its obligations (in accordance with Article III: 4 of the GATT 1994 (National Scheme) concerning non-recognition of certificates issued to Ukrainian producers in other countries of the Customs Union, which creates benefits for domestic producers.] In addition, a group of WTO experts acknowledged that Russia had failed to comply with its obligations under Article I: 1 of the GATT 1994 (General Emergency Mechanism) At the same time, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade stated that Experts did not confirm the existence of systematic restrictions on imports from Russia, citing the fact that during the given period (April 2014 – December 2016) the security situation in Ukraine n & # 39; Was not comparable to that of other countries.
"In other words, in Russia did not carry out inspections due to the presence of the territory of Ukraine "anti-Russian sentiment and security threats to Russian citizens", which are the result of hostilities that Russia itself has triggered ", – explained in the department.The ministry states that it performs a detailed analysis of the report" at the interministerial level ". the possibility of his appeal.
The case opened in 2015 on the complaint of Ukraine.
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