On August 22, the Verkhovna Rada adopted in its entirety the draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine on the Implementation of Certain Provisions of the Customs Code of the European Union" (No. 10411).

The adopted changes are significant in scope. They bring Ukraine closer to the full application of EU customs legislation and actually complete the implementation of the main part of EU customs law (EU acquis) into Ukrainian legislation. The next large-scale changes to the customs legislation of Ukraine will be the adoption of the new Customs Code of Ukraine, which will be completely based on the EU Customs Code.

The main changes envisaged by the draft law:

- introduction of the concept of customs representation, similar to the one operating in the EU countries, with the division of types of representation into direct and indirect, separation of duties and responsibilities of the subject of foreign economic activity and its customs representative;

- gradual transition over 18 months of enterprises engaged in foreign economic activity to a system of authorizations similar to the one in effect in the EU: introduction for customs brokers, keepers of customs warehouses, temporary storage warehouses and others of a single system of criteria and conditions for all customs authorizations;

- introduction of the European model of types of customs warehouses and expansion of the range of services;

- expanding the possibility for AEOs to confirm the adequacy of their financial status;

- introduction of the European approach to the application of customs regimes;

- bringing the provisions of the Customs Code of Ukraine into compliance with EU regulations regarding the delivery, presentation of goods, as well as their storage under customs control;

- abolition of the need to call the customs officer to carry out the movement of goods between the objects of the enterprise, for which different authorizations have been obtained (for example, between the customs warehouse and the authorized consignor or consignee within the same territory of the enterprise);

- development of post-customs control and its combination with customs audit measures;

- improvement of provisions regarding the promotion of protection of intellectual property rights during the movement of goods across the customs border of Ukraine.

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