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January 26, 2012 New Year Reception CCBLR 1
Welcome to the New Year Reception of
THE BELGIAN-LUXEMBOURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR RUSSIA AND BELARUS!
Solvay Brussels Campus, January 26, 2012
Mr Jacques van Rijckevorsel, CCBLR President, Member of the Executive Committee Solvay
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THE CONTEXT
• Economic Crisis
• Russia joins the WTO
• Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan customs union takes root
• New Belgian Government
• Upcoming Russian elections
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• Organize seminars and conferences offering exclusive networking possibilities
• Distribution of East Inform newsletter
• Organization of trade Missions to Russia and Belarus/receiving missions in Belgium and Luxembourg
• Intermediation between Belgian, Luxembourg, Russian and Belarusian business communities and the competent authorities (a.o. visa formalities, customs and duties, problems with payment procedures, certification issues, etc.)
+ Services on Demand (assistance choosing Russian legal/HR; tailored business trips…)
CCBLR’s MISSION
Helping companies to develop their business in Russia and Belarus since 1974
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14 HONORARY MEMBERS
• AGC GLASS EUROPE SA• AHLERS• AIR PRODUCTS• BEKAERT • BNP PARIBAS FORTIS• FIAT SERVICES BELGIUM • FIB BELGIUM • INFORMACORP• LHOIST SA• LINDAB ASTRON
BUILDINGS• SCR – SIBELCO• SGS BELGIUM• SOLVAY• SSL BENELUX
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CCBLR - KEY PARTNERS
• MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES OF BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, RUSSIA & BELARUS
• ABH/ACE BELGIAN FOREIGN TRADE AGENCY• FIT FLANDERS INVESTMENT AND TRADE • AWEX (WALLONIA EXPORT & INVESTMENT)• BRUSSELS INVEST & EXPORT• RUSSIAN AND BELARUSIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY,
RUSSIAN LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, LUXEMBOURG CC, BECI, VOKA, BELGIAN CHAMBERS
• AGORIA• LUXINNOVATION• ESSENSCIA• INDUSTRIALIST ROUND TABLE RUSSIA-EU• UNIVERSITIES (GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIALIZED DEPARTMENTS)• ING BANK
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EAST INFORM
• official newsletter of the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce for Russia and Belarus
• monthly via the website and via the Email • send per Emails to 2.800 Belgian, Luxembourg,
Russian & Belarusian enterprises / regional administrations
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SOME CCBLR EVENTS IN 2011
• New Year Reception CCBLR + Presentation of the Tatarstan Region (about 265 participants, Brussels)
• Organization of 3 workshops and VIP dinner in presence of HRH Prince Philippe, deputy Prime Minister of Russia Shuvalov, several Ministers (200 participants, Moscow)
• General Assembly of CCBLR + Presentation of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region (77 participants, Brussels)
• Belarusian delegation in Gent (Belgium)• Our Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Mission to Nizhniy Novgorod (LUKOIL,
RUSVINYL) with the seminar on plastic cluster (20 companies, Russia)• Conference "Business Climate in Russia: do’s and don’ts when doing
business in Russia" in cooperation with Transparency International Belgium• International Forum on High Technologies and Innovations (137
participants, Brussels)• Economic Mission to "Skolkovo“ (Moscow)
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New Year Reception CCBLR organized in cooperation with BNP Fortis
(about 265 participants)
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Belgian Economic Mission, led byHRH Prince Philippe of BelgiumWorkshop on Modernization of the Russian Economy, organized by CCBLR on April 4, 2011
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Our Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Mission to Nizhniy Novgorod(LUKOIL, RUSVINYL) 2011
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FORUM “RUSSIA – EU”:TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES:
ENERGY, NANO-, BIO-, AVIA- AND AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES
NOVEMBER 16, 2011
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CCBLR PROGRAMME 2012
• New Year Reception + Presentation of the Ulyanovsk Region• Conference on Customs Union Belarus-Kazakhstan-Russia• Mission to Rostov on Don and Krasnodar • Conference with delegations of Russian and Belgian ports• Conference “Doing business in Russia” on a topic of high priority
for the players in the trade with Russia• General Assembly CCBLR + Presentation of “Skolkovo (Russian
Silicon Valley)” in Brussels • Conference “Taxes, VAT, Customs law: recent developments”• Trade Mission to Ulyanovsk / Dimitrovgrad• Forum “Russia – EU / Transfer of Technologies: Automotive and
Nanotechnologies” in Brussels• Forum “Russia – EU / Transfer of Technologies: Pharmacy and
Healthcare” in Moscow
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January 26, Brussels
• CCBLR New Year Reception’s ProgrammeMr Jacques van Rijckevorsel, CCBLR President, Member of the Executive Committee SolvayH.E. Guy Trouveroy, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Russian FederationH.E. Alexander Romanov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of BelgiumH.E. Andrei Yeudachenka, Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the Kingdom of BelgiumH.E. Vildan Zinnurov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Ulyanovsk region with the official presentation of the investment projects of Ulyanovsk Region, Invitation to the Belgian-Luxembourg Mission to Ulyanovsk Region on October 01 – 05, 2012
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February 16, Belgium
• Conference on Customs Union Belarus-Kazakhstan-Russia in collaboration with Russian and Belarusian Embassies, Russian Federal Customs, SGS and Law Firm SALANS LLP
Sponsoring is welcomed
NEW VAT & LEGISLATION :
What change for our enterprises with this union?
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March 19 - 23, Russia
• Multisectoral trade mission to south of RussiaKRASNODAR, NOVOROSSIYSK, ROSTOV-ON-DON
in cooperation with Lukoil on the topic: New Electric power Energy
(Please find Registration form at the entrance)
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April 26 (tbc), Antwerp
• Conference ”Development of Relations between Russian and Belgian Ports and to discuss about access of Russia in WTO” with delegations of Russian and Belgian ports and BLP at ING Bank Antwerp
PARTICIPANTS-SPEAKERS (tbc):
BE PORTS OF: Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Oostende,Brussels, Liege, Ghent
RU PORTS OF: Astrakhan (Central Cargo Port Ltd), Arkhangelsk,Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Ust-Luga, Novorossiysk, Volgograd,Nizhny Novgorod
Sponsored by
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May (tbc), Brussels
• Conference: “Doing business in Russia and Belarus” on a topic of high priority for the players in the trade with Russia and Belarus with the participation of BMI-SBI
Sponsoring is welcomed
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* Presentation of Mr Lifshitz on Forum on Hightech on November 16, 2011
June (tbc), Brussels
SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR STARTUPS IN SKOLKOVO Fund*:
•No VAT or profit tax for up to 10 years if profit is <$10M/year and turnover is <$30M/year
•14% unified social tax rate for residents
•Refund of import customs duties and VAT expenses paid during import to the RF customs territory
•OECD tech regulations apply
• General Assembly CCBLR + Skolkovo presentation
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September (tbc), Brussels
• Conference on certification, taxes, VAT, customs law: recent developments With the participation of Nautaduthill, SGS, etc
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Sponsoring is welcomed
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October 1–5, RussiaAWEX-CCBLR
• Trade Mission to Ulyanovsk & Dimitrovgrad
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November, Brussels
FORUM “TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES:
AUTOMOTIVE AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES ”
Sponsoring is welcomed
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December (tbc), Moscow
SEMINAR “RUSSIA – EU”TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES:PHARMACY AND HEALTHCARE
+ visit exhibition and Belgian stand at “Zdravokhranenié” Moscow
Sponsoring is welcomed
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Thank you very muchfor your attention!
CCBLR Contact:Arkady Arianoff500 avenue Louise 1050 Brussels
BelgiumHot Line 7/7: +32 473 94 86 55Tel: +32.473.94.86.55 Fax: +32.2.353.13.11 [email protected]