The world trade organization has ruled against Russia in favor of Ukraine
the world trade organization (WTO) recommended Tuesday that Russia led some of his measures that block imports of Ukrainian railway equipment, in line with global trade rules in the final decision on the dispute between the two countries.
"Ukraine won a WTO appeal. Requirements of Ukraine are satisfied almost completely by the Appellate body of the WTO and Russia's demand rejected," - commented on Facebook ex-trade representative of Ukraine Natalia Mykolskiy.
In 2015 Ukraine has considered a number of measures Russia had restricted imports of railway equipment and its parts. Considering the dispute for almost three years, the panel of the WTO in 2018 has denied Ukraine the most part of its requirements, recognizing the validity of the relevant actions of Russia. However, Ukraine has appealed.
the Case concerned a Russian procedures compliance of Ukrainian railway equipment of the Russian rules. Part of the problem lay in the fact that the conflict between Moscow and Kiev meant that Russian inspectors did not want to travel to Ukraine.
measures of the Russian Federation have affected the supply of products of Kryukov railway car building works (Poltava region), Dnipropetrovsk switch plant, "azovobschemash" (Donetsk oblast) and Kharkiv machinery plant "fed", in connection with the export of railway products from Ukraine declined from $ 1.7 billion in 2013 to 51 million in January-July 2015.
the document, published on the website of the WTO, the Appellate body of the organization in one of his last sentences before ceases to function, said that some of the measures Russia do not conform to the trade rules.
"This is a mixed solution which is more advantageous for Ukraine", - said the trade representative in Geneva.
In the previous WTO ruling in this case stated that the measures Russia was justified in military action between the two former Soviet republics.
, the Appellate body disagreed on Tuesday, saying that the Commission had to consider the situation in which was based manufacturers of equipment and not Ukraine in General.
the Ministry of economic development said that are satisfied by the decision of the appellate body of the WTO dispute initiated by Ukraine against Russia on imports of Ukrainian railcars and rail equipment.
"Russia intends to fully and timely execute the decisions of the body of WTO dispute resolution. Such performance will be carried out in accordance with the Treaty on the Eurasian economic Union and will not lead to the admission of unsafe railway products on the territory of Russia", — said the Russian Ministry of economic development.
the Ministry explained that the WTO Appellate body fully upheld the conclusions of the arbitration panel about the absence of any systematic violations of the rules of the WTO Agreement on technical barriers to trade of the Russian Federation.
Russian-Ukrainian ruling is one of four that the Appellate body will issue after its formal dissolution in December, when the expired term of office of two of its three members.
United States block the appointment to the WTO appellate body in the course of two years, with the result that they have too few members to make decisions. However, two members of the appeals Board was allowed to stay to make a decision on some outstanding cases.