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Russian Deputy PM A.L.Overchuk pays courtesy call on Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene www.montsame.mn

On October 22, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation A.L. Overchuk paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister of Mongolia L.Oyun-Erdene in the framework of his visit.
Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene thanked the Russian Deputy PM for his visit on the threshold of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Russia.
In turn, Russian Deputy PM A.L.Overchuk noted how the peoples of the two countries have had a close relationship and overcome various challenges throughout the years, and expressed that the active support provided from the side of Mongolia during the difficult years of World War II will never be forgotten by the Russian people.
The sides agreed that matters involving loans and properties that have been awaiting resolution for many long years should be resolved on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations which will be marked on November 5, and start a new century of economic cooperation between the two countries. They also exchanged views on organizing mutual high-level visits and virtual meetings, and highlighted the possibility of discussing some large-scale projects and programs that could be implemented.
At the end of the meeting, the two sides noted the large potential to develop economic cooperation between the two countries as well as between Mongolia and the Eurasian Economic Union, and agreed on cooperating in matters such as digital governance, improving the infrastructure of border checkpoints, developing free economic zones, easing customs checks, and creating correlation between standards.
They also expressed their confidence that the joint studies being carried out on establishing a Free Trade Agreement between Mongolia and the Eurasian Economic Union will be completed in the near future
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How New Labor Law Impacts Your Business In Mongolia www.mongoliaweekly.org

(PwC Mongolia) The revised Labour Law (the “New Labour Law”) was adopted on 2 July 2021 and will come into force next year. The proposal for revising the Labour Law was submitted to the Parliament on March 28, 2018. Furthermore, there had been huge expectations of the revised Labour Law, which replaced the current law after 22 years. With this Tax and Legal Alert, we highlight the key changes in the New Labour Law and its impact on business and payroll calculations.
Application
The New Labour Law will come into force on 1 January 2022. An employment agreement concluded prior to the adoption of the New Labour Law shall be valid for a period agreed upon by the parties. However, if the employment agreement is amended in accordance with the New Labour Law, the legal status and labour conditions of the employee should not be deteriorated.
Key changes
1. Base salary of employees during the probation and apprenticeship period
2. Allowance during a non-compete period
3. Employment deemed to be continuous while employees on a leave
4. Extra pay for night works
5. Annual leave loading
6. Severance pay
7. Limitations on work hours
8. Shift-works
9. On-call schedule
10. Roster shifts
11. Employers’ obligation to provide pay slips to employees
12. Employees’ obligation to pay back study costs
13. Reimbursement for employees who use personal tools and items for work
14. Paternity leave
15. Employing a person with disabilities
Further actions to be taken
Employers are recommended to take the following measures in relation to the New Labour Law:
Update/amend/renew key employment documents such as employment contracts and labor/HR policies/manuals;
Develop/update an employee data protection policy;
Conduct a payroll cost analysis to see impact and budgeting for 2021 and onwards.
Download: Revised Labour Law and its impact on business and payroll compliance
Download: Шинэчилсэн Хөдөлмөрийн тухай хууль болон цалин хөлсний тооцоололд орсон зарим өөрчлөлтүүд
Download: 修 订后的《劳动法》及其对商业和薪资合规性 的影响
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China-Mongolia bilateral trade expected to reach new highs when pressure eased www.news.mn

China and Mongolian bilateral trade is facing a big impact posed by the sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks in some parts of North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the strict but necessary preventative measures on the border. However, with the joint efforts on both sides that are now under close communication, the pressure on the border is expected to ease, possibly lifting bilateral trade volumes to new historic highs, the Mongolian ambassador to China told the Global Times.
Talking to the Global Times on the sidelines of the First BFA Global Economic Development and Security Forum in Changsha, Central China’s Hunan Province, the Mongolian ambassador to China, T.Badral, said on Wednesday that the latest local outbreak in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has greatly impacted bilateral trade and transportation of goods.
Currently, there are 13 border ports between China and Mongolia, of which six are open for movement of goods and another two are being used for exports of coal and other minerals.
While the two main ports for coal and mineral exports are working as normal, there are rising pressures on border traffic with the implementation of the strict epidemic preventative measures.
The daily number of trucks transporting coal between Mongolia and China is about 500 and it is expected to reach 600. But this is far from enough given the fact that before the COVID-19 pandemic, over 2,000 trucks crossed the border.
Mongolia has around more than 3,000 Mongolian drivers engaged in cross-border transportation of coal. In order to continue with transportation under the existing COVID-19 border restrictions, drivers must take nucleic acid tests twice a day, one in Mongolia and the other in China, Badral said, an indication that cross-border transport has been done under relatively low efficiency.
Despite the challenges, the ambassador said that both sides are now discussing various options to speed up coal transportation such as using self-driving vehicles to prevent infections at the border.
Also, in order to add to the current transport capacity, Mongolia has proposed additional options for coal transportation, including using coal containers in a closed circuit transport to decrease the risk and prevent COVID-19 outbreaks at major border ports of Mongolia and China, as well as helping increase the volume of coal exports to China, T.Badral said.
Moreover, Chinese and Mongolian governments agreed last year to consider opening railway transports at major border points.
Currently, both sides have already reached common ground on building cross-border railways at the Ganqimaodu port in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and a joint declaration is expected to be signed soon before the railway project starts, he said. For the project to be completed around 20 kilometers of railways need to be linked.
This railway is very important for bilateral trade as it is close to the mines and once it starts to operate it is expected to cut down the current transportation costs by three times, Badral said. Transportation operations are expected to open next year.
After the opening of the railway, exports of coking coal from Mongolia to China are expected to increase by 10 to 20 million tons, an increase of 50 percent from the current 32 million tons per year.
While both sides are looking into the possibilities for quicker border traffic under strict epidemic prevention, China and Mongolian bilateral economic and trade ties will be further deepened and consolidated.
The Mongolian ambassador expects the trade flow to reach a $10-billion historic target next year.
In addition to coal, Mongolia is also exporting iron ore to China. Badral expects to increase exports in the future, which will have more possibilities once the transport capacity on the border is upgraded.
The ambassador said that Mongolia is ready to increase the export of food products, such as dairy and meats, as well as wool and cashmere to China as part of its commitment of diversifying its exports to China and beyond.
Source: Global Times
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Gazprom and Mongolia discuss progress of feasibility study for gas pipeline project www.news.mn

On 22 October. a meeting of the joint working group of Gazprom and the Government of Mongolia on the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the project for pipeline gas supplies from Russia to China across Mongolia took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The meeting was headed by Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and S.Amarsaikhan, Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia. The parties discussed the progress of the feasibility study for the Soyuz Vostok gas pipeline project and heard a briefing on its preliminary results.
It was noted that the Government of Mongolia has already taken a number of measures to provide the project with state support. These include quotas for the hiring of foreign labor by the Gazoprovod Soyuz Vostok special-purpose vehicle, as well as the possibilities of using the regulatory frameworks of Russia and Gazprom during design and construction. In addition, the Mongolian Government has made a decision in principle to reserve land plots for the facilities of the gas pipeline.
Thus far, Mongolian contractors have completed in due time the required on-site surveys, engineering & environmental mapping, and route analysis for the gas pipeline, including its crossing points with the existing utilities.
The meeting participants agreed upon the routing plan proposed by the special-purpose vehicle for use during the development of the feasibility study.
On December 5, 2019, Gazprom and the Government of Mongolia signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The document provides for a joint assessment of the feasibility of the project for pipeline gas supplies from Russia to China across Mongolia.
In April 2021, the feasibility analysis regarding the construction project for the Soyuz Vostok gas trunkline was approved. The Soyuz Vostok gas pipeline will become an extension of Russia’s Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline in Mongolian territory.
In the course of the feasibility analysis, the basic technical and technological parameters of the project were established. These include the optimal route for the gas pipeline in Mongolian territory, the pipeline’s length and diameter, the working pressure, and the number of compressor stations.
The feasibility study regarding the construction project for the Soyuz Vostok gas trunkline includes a detailed breakdown of the associated investment and operating costs. The study is being prepared by the Gazoprovod Soyuz Vostok special-purpose vehicle.
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Mongolia’s daily Covid-19 toll fall to single digits www.news.mn

More than 10 percent of Mongolia’s population has been infected with Covid-19, according to the Health Ministry. Mongolia, with a population of around 3.4 million, registered 1095 new Covid-19cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 350,604.
The Central Asian country has reported 6 more deaths of Covid-19 in the past day, marking the first time daily toll fell to single digits since the country’s outbreak worsened in early September. So far, 1,666 Mongolian lost their lives due to coronavirus infections.
The resurgence of the virus has continued due to the highly contagious Delta variant, although more than 70 percent of the population has received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
Mongolia reported its first imported Covid-19case in March 2020 and confirmed its first locally transmitted case in November.
Some 400,000 Mongolians have received a booster shot so far. The ministry has said that at least 50 percent of the population needs a booster.
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China-Mongolia border port handles 8,000 China-Europe freight trains www.english.www.gov.cn

HOHHOT — Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, has logged 8,000 China-Europe freight trains since the cross-border railway service via this port was launched in 2013, according to the local railway authorities.
The 8,000th train passing through the port has departed from Putian city in East China's Fujian province for Malaszewicze in Poland, carrying export goods of daily necessities.
The port in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region now serves 53 China-Europe freight train routes. The routes begin in more than 40 cities across China and end in 60 destinations across 10 countries.
As of Oct 19, a total of 2,172 trains have passed through the port this year, up 16.4 percent year-on-year.
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COVID-19: 1,095 new cases, six deaths reported www.montsame.mn

The Ministry of Health reported that 1,095 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past 24 hours. Specifically, 808 cases were confirmed in Ulaanbaatar city, with 287 cases in rural regions.
As of today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mongolia stands at 350,604.
Furthermore, six new COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, raising the country’s death toll to 1,593. Currently, 11,592 people are receiving hospital treatment for COVID-19 whilst 10,599 people with mild symptoms of COVID-19 are being isolated at home.
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Russia is ready to boost coal & gas supplies to China, but says problems with transportation remain www.rt.com

Beijing has been in talks with Moscow on increasing fossil fuel deliveries to China. However, despite Russia’s readiness to cooperate, transportation problems may hinder the efforts, the Russian ambassador to China says.
“The Chinese economy is quite rapidly recovering from the [Covid-19] pandemic crisis [but] there are certain imbalances that no one hides here. And, according to the forecasts that we see in the open press, ahead lies a cold winter; the northeast, which is closer to us, may well face a certain deficit. For this reason, yes, they really ask us to consider the possibility of increasing supplies. We are, of course, ready,” Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov told journalists this week.
“In addition to coal, we [have] a new product that emerged last year – natural gas. Last year we supplied it in a trial mode through the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, bringing the supply to about 5 billion cubic meters. This year we planned to increase it to 10 billion cubic meters, since we cannot bring everything to full capacity yet,” Denisov said. He noted that although the Russian authorities have greenlighted the boost in deliveries, certain issues remain.
“This is not so much a government issue as a question of companies – mining and transporting companies. Certain difficulties we have are not so much in volumes, but in transport capabilities and equipment of border crossings,” he said.
The official explained that there are significant problems in the cross-border road transportation of goods due to the tightening of sanitary and epidemiological controls: Before the pandemic, 120 vehicles at a time were allowed to pass through the border crossings, but now only 40.
Denisov noted that the newly-built Blagoveshchensk-Heihe cross-border road bridge and the railway bridge at the Nizhneleninskoye-Tongjiang border crossing could significantly ease the delivery process. However, neither bridge crossing has been launched yet.
“Both sides – both the Chinese and ours – are now thinking about how to organize the launch of these two bridge crossings. The railway bridge would probably help a lot in the coal business,” Denisov stated.
Authorities of several provinces in China, mainly in the northeast of the country, have been trying since mid-September to cope with interruptions in electricity and heating which have arisen due to shortages and the high cost of coal, as well as rising prices for natural gas. To avoid power outages, 20 provinces in China imposed restrictions on electricity consumption last month, both for industrial enterprises and households. As a result, China has been trying to stabilize the situation by increasing fossil fuel imports. In September alone, the import of coal rose by 76% in annual terms, amounting to 32.88 million tons.
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Mongolian coal drivers queue at Chinese border www.news.mn

A long line of trucks outside the tiny coal town of Tsagaan Khad has been reduced to a trickle, held up by China and Mongolia’s strict coronavirus measures, leaving the drivers stranded without pay or company. Some 3,500 increasingly wretched drivers have been quarantined in camps of 40 people while they wait.
B.Undrakh told AFP he spent 42 days waiting without making a delivery, having been quarantined outside capital Ulaanbaatar after one member of his group tested positive. After returning to Tsagaan Khad, the 43-year-old faced another 28 days of waiting. On the Chinese side, they are not allowed out of their cabs, or even to open windows.
Drivers are tested for Covid-19 in Mongolia then bussed over the Chinese border in masks and hazmat suits, where they undergo yet another test.
Mongolia’s vast South Gobi province is home to 12 billion tonnes of coal reserves — a key supplier to Chinese iron ore smelters. Last year, Mongolia exported over 35 million tonnes of coking coal to China — this year so far is less than a third of that.
But now many drivers are considering finding other work. There is already a shortage of drivers, with numbers down by around half according to Tsagaan Khad officials, and the impact on the small town has been devastating.
The main street is empty, with canteens and shops closed. Strict virus measures are necessary to keep trade flowing, officials say.
Source: Agence France-Presse
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Fifa criticised over handling of sexual harassment case in Mongolia www.news.mn

Fifa has been criticised over its handling of complaints of sexual harassment and physical assault in girls’ football after it emerged it had not publicly announced a worldwide ban given to a coach.
B.Uchralsaikhan, a former manager of Mongolia’s under-15 girls’ team, received the sanction from Fifa in August after an investigation by the Mongolian Football Federation found he had sexually harassed and physically assaulted youth team players during the East Asian Football Festival in South Korea in 2019. B.Uchralsaikhan has denied committing “sexual crimes”.
The international players’ union Fifpro has raised concerns, telling the Guardian: “It is not enough to privately ban individuals. In an industry where professionals frequently move clubs and countries, this simply allows perpetrators to take up roles elsewhere. To keep players safe we need a system whereby persons of concern are immediately suspended and a notice of this is publicly available.
“If, after investigation, individuals are banned this must be internationally expanded and recorded. Players, clubs, leagues and federations should be able to access these records to protect themselves and those for whom they are responsible.”
A Fifa spokesperson explained that “given the serious nature of these cases which are often criminal in nature, all sanctions are communicated in the first instance by the respective investigating body”. Fifa added that decisions taken by its independent ethics committee were “communicated at their discretion”.
B.Uchralsaikhan was first suspended from all football-related activities in August 2019 by the Mongolian Football Federation’s disciplinary body, which reported the matter three months later to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
The AFC told the Guardian that Buuveibaatar’s “sanction was extended worldwide by Fifa in August 2021” but football’s world governing body initially responded to the Guardian’s questions about the case by making no mention of its ban.
It said that “in line with due process” it had referred the case to the AFC after carrying out a preliminary investigation. Later it confirmed the suspension had been extended worldwide after “an investigation and subsequent decision by the AFC disciplinary and ethics committee”.
The allegations against B.Uchralsaikhan came to light in August 2019 when the MFF’s vice-president Kh.Azjargal received a letter from Kawamoto Naoko, the head coach of the under-15 girls’ team, which alleged that B.Uchralsaikhan had sexually harassed and physically assaulted players in South Korea and abused team members during a trip to Japan earlier that year.
B.Uchralsaikhan was sacked a week later by the MFF’s then general secretary, but it is understood he continued to work for the MFF until the end of November. He posted a picture of himself on Facebook with Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, who visited Mongolia to mark the MFF’s 60th anniversary on 16 October. The caption said: “The biggest boss of the sector came and I was able to talk to him for five minutes!”
Source: Guardian
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