The President has signed the Federal Law On the Ratification of the Protocol between the Governments of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus on Amendments to the Agreement on Payment and Remittance of Customs Duties (Other Levies, Taxes and Charges of Equivalent Effect) on the Export of Crude Oil and Certain Petroleum Products from the Territory of the Republic of Belarus Out of the Customs Union, of December 9, 2017, as well as Certain Aspects of its Enforcement.
The Protocol was signed in Astana on May 29, 2014.
Among other things, the Protocol specifies the distribution of revenue from customs duties and penalties paid on exports of crude oil and certain petroleum products between the budgets of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.