Originally published by ECTA daily // 14 June 2018
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is an international
organisation of regional economic integration having an
international legal standing. The EAEU founded under the Treaty on
the Eurasian Economic Union (dated 29 May 2014) entered into force
on 1 January 2015.
The purpose of EAEU formation is to ensure free movement of
goods, services, capital, and workforces as well as to implement a
coordinated, agreed or unified policy in economic sectors.
Current EAEU members are Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
All EAEU countries participate in all major international
treaties regarding trademark protection: the Paris Convention, Nice
Agreement of ICGS, Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks,
Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks
and Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement. In addition, Russia,
Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Kazakhstan are World Trade