In May, the first preliminary EU assessment mission was completed, following which the first official report was presented. This was reported by the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine.
This report is the foundation for further action to complete the transposition of EU regulations; clarification of translations and correlation tables, as well as for further audit of the national quality infrastructure.
Read MoreOn April 3, 2021, the new Procedure for filling in and issuing by the Customs Service of Ukraine of the certificates for transportation (origin) of goods EUR. 1 or EUR-MED came into force. It has been approved by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine dated March 02, 2021 № 139 (registered at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on March 22, 2021 with the № 355/35977). The Order has been published in the Official Newspaper dated 02.04.2021 № 25.
Read MoreWithin the Program ,,Acceleration of Private Investment in Agriculture of Ukraine”, which is implemented together with the World Bank, there is a preparatory work for the construction of border inspection points (BIP). Within the Program there will be ten such points built by the end of 2023.
Read MoreUkraine ranks third of chicken exporters to the EU, reports UNN with reference to EU statistics.
Thus, in January-February 2021, Ukraine exported 13,2 thousand tons of chicken to the EU and ranked 3rd among the largest suppliers of chicken meat to the European Union.
Read MoreStarting from April 13, 2021 the new rules of export and import between Ukraine and the CIS countries are valid. It is connected with the fact that the Agreement on cooperation in the field of veterinary medicine, signed in 1993 within the CIS countries, is not valid. This is due to the expiration of the Agreement on Cooperation in Veterinary Medicine, signed in 1993.
Read MoreThe Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the draft Law ,,On Amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine related to the correspondence of procedure of determining the country of origin of goods in line with the Customs Code of the European Union” worked out by the Ministry of Finance and the State Customs Service.
Read MoreCooperation between Ukraine and Azerbaijan in veterinary medicine, phytosanitary and food safety are the main items discussed during the Ukrainian-Azerbaijanian consultations, the State Food and Consumer Service reports. Ukraine and Azerbaijan have already agreed on 7 forms of veterinary certificates, including certificates for export to Azerbaijan of forage, raw materials of animal origin, meat, meat and dairy products, fish and fish products.
Read MoreThe State Customs Service has launched the HelpDesk for business.
The beta version is already available at https://help.customs.gov.ua. The system was developed and implemented with the support of the EU Public Financial Management Program (EU4PFM). The first sphere to support the new HelpDesk will be NCTS.
Read MoreFollowing the results of seven months of work of the previous EU assessment mission, the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine presented a final report on the readiness of Ukraine's quality infrastructure for the conclusion of the ACAA Agreement, the so-called ,,industrial visa free regime”.
Read MoreDuring the four plenary days, from March 16 to 19, 2021, the Verkhovna Rada considered amendments to the draft law № 2194 on the simplification of land turnover procedures. The deputies managed to consider more than a thousand amendments. The consideration will be continued after the resumption of the Parliament’s sessions - more than two thousand amendments from the deputies are to be considered.
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