Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a federal law "On ratification of Agreement on the peculiarities of customs transit of goods transported by rail on the customs territory of the Customs Union," the Kremlin press service reports.
The federal law was passed by the State Duma on 24 September 2010 and approved by the Federation Council on Sept. 29, 2010.
The federal law ratifies the agreement signed in St. Petersburg May 21, 2010.The signing of the Agreement was due to the need of the legal framework of the Customs Union within EurAsEC.
The Agreement contains rules other than those stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation, and is subject to ratification in accordance with paragraph A of paragraph 1 of Article 15 of the Federal Law "On international treaties of the Russian Federation."