January 26, 2012New Year Reception CCBLR1 Welcome to the New Year Reception of THE BELGIAN- LUXEMBOURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR RUSSIA AND BELARUS! Solvay

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


THE CONTEXT

• Economic Crisis

• Russia joins the WTO

• Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan customs union takes root

• New Belgian Government

• Upcoming Russian elections


• 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


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


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


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


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)


New Year Reception CCBLR organized in cooperation with BNP Fortis

(about 265 participants)


Belgian Economic Mission, led byHRH Prince Philippe of BelgiumWorkshop on Modernization of the Russian Economy, organized by CCBLR on April 4, 2011


Our Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Mission to Nizhniy Novgorod(LUKOIL, RUSVINYL) 2011


FORUM “RUSSIA – EU”:TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES:

ENERGY, NANO-, BIO-, AVIA- AND AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES

NOVEMBER 16, 2011


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


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


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?


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)


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


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



* 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


September (tbc), Brussels

• Conference on certification, taxes, VAT, customs law: recent developments With the participation of Nautaduthill, SGS, etc

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October 1–5, RussiaAWEX-CCBLR

• Trade Mission to Ulyanovsk & Dimitrovgrad


November, Brussels

FORUM “TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES:

AUTOMOTIVE AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES ”



December (tbc), Moscow

SEMINAR “RUSSIA – EU”TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES:PHARMACY AND HEALTHCARE

+ visit exhibition and Belgian stand at “Zdravokhranenié” Moscow



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]


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