On June 16, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine and other laws of Ukraine on unification of military equipment and other goods declaration procedures to European and North Atlantic standards". The bill was developed to implement the Government's Priority Action Plan for 2023 and will be sent soon to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration.

The aim of the bill is to simplify the procedure for moving across the customs border of Ukraine of military equipment and other goods of the Armed Forces of Ukraine traveling abroad for military exercises or for other temporary purposes, as well as the armed forces of the EU and NATO member states sent to Ukraine for a similar purpose.

Amendments to the Customs Code, in particular, provide for:

introduction into national legislation of the appropriate form of declaration (Form 302), which is widely used in the EU and NATO member states;

simplification of the procedure for declaring military equipment and other goods of subdivisions of the armed forces of EU and NATO member states, which are admitted to the territory of Ukraine in accordance with the procedure established by law;

exemption from obtaining permits of state export control for military and dual-use goods, permits necessary for the movement of medicines, products produced using GMOs, exemption from passing state control of food products when moving military equipment and other goods through the customs border of Ukraine using Form 302.

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