ArmInfo. The State Duma ratified the Protocol on amending the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on cooperation in the supply of natural gas, oil products and rough natural diamonds to Armenia dated December 2, 2013.
The protocol was signed in Moscow on October 4, 2019. It provides that the export of Russian oil products (in particular, motor gasoline with an octane rating of less than 95, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, liquid oil paraffin) with the exception of natural gas to the territory of the Republic of Armenia is carried out without applying a temporary periodic customs declaration, established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. At the same time, temporary customs declarations for the relevant goods, the actual export of from the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia for which were not made, and submitted for 2019 in accordance with the protocol, are considered non-submitted.
The protocol begins to be applied temporarily after 15 days from the date of receipt by the Russian side of a written notice by the Armenian side on its implementation of the domestic procedures necessary for the protocol to enter into force, and comes into force on the date of receipt by the Armenian side of a written notice to the Russian Federation on its implementation of the domestic procedures necessary the entry into force of the protocol.
The document is aimed at simplifying the registration of export of Russian oil products to Armenia, according to the conclusion of the State Duma committee on energy, TASS reports.
Earlier, ArmInfo, referring on the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, reported that according to the indicative balance for 2020, Russia will supply 155 thousand tons of motor gas, 155 thousand tons of diesel fuel, 10.2 thousand tons of jet engine fuel and 2.2 thousand tons this year to Armenia liquid oil paraffin. Deliveries will be made in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on cooperation in the supply of natural gas, oil products and rough natural diamonds to the Republic of Armenia dated December 2, 2013.
