Eurasian Economic Community

Eurasian Economic Community Евразийское экономическое сообщество
Regional organisation
2000–2014
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Location of the EAEC in 2014
Capital		Moscow (Commission)
Political structure		Regional organisation
Member states		Belarus  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Russia  Tajikistan
Secretary General
History
•	Established	10 October 2000
•	OCAC merger	25 January 2006
•	Customs Union	1 January 2010
•	Single Economic Space	25 January 2012
•	Terminated	31 December 2014
•	EEU established	1 January 2015
Succeeded by Eurasian Economic Union
Today part of		Eurasian Economic Union

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The Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC or EurAsEC) was a regional organisation between 2000 and 2014 which aimed for the economic integration of its member states. The organisation originated from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on 29 March 1996, with the treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Community signed on 10 October 2000 in Kazakhstan's capital Astana by Presidents Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan, Vladimir Putin of Russia, and Emomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan.Uzbekistan joined the community on the 7 October 2005, however later withdrew on the 16 October 2008.

During the 14 years, the EAEC implemented a number of economic polices to unify the community. The Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia was formed on the 1 January 2010, and later renamed the Eurasian Customs Union. The four freedoms (goods, capital, services, and people) were fully implemented by 25 January 2012, with the formation of the Eurasian Economic Space.

On 10 October 2014, an agreement on the termination of the Eurasian Economic Community was signed in Minsk after a session of the Interstate Council of the EAEC. The Eurasian Economic Community was terminated from 1 January 2015 in connection with the launch of the Eurasian Economic Union. While the Eurasian Economic Union effectively replaces the community, membership negotiations with Tajikistan are still ongoing. All other EAEC members have joined the new union.