MOSCOW, March 1 - The possible creation of a free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union could lead to the imposition of protective measures by the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Trade Minister Andrei Slepnev told reporters.

"There is a legal aspect here and an economic one. From the legal point of view, there are no problems with the existence of two free trade areas. We have a number of countries in which there are not two but several dozen agreements on free trade," Slepnev said in response to a question about whether there could be two free trade areas for Ukraine with the EU and within the CIS.