This document summarizes the key achievements and ongoing reforms in Ukraine in relation to its Association Agreement with the EU after the first year of implementation. Some of the major reforms and achievements discussed include: - Establishing a single national institution for food safety and quality standards as well as another for standardization to facilitate export of goods. - Adopting an energy sector reform plan to diversify Ukraine's energy and restructure its national gas company in accordance with the EU's third energy package. A new gas market law also took effect. - Entering the final stage of implementing a visa liberalization action plan to obtain visa-free travel to the EU. - Ongoing constitutional, anti-cor

1. The ongoing
challenges
and reforms
in the
context of
European
Integration
Chernihiv
September 21, 2015Government Office for European Integration

2. The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement:
first year achievements
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The EU
programmes
Horizon
2020 COSME
Creative
Europe
Single European Sky: Final stage of
the political consultations on the EU-
Ukraine Single Sky agreement.
Sanitary and phytosanitary
regulations: the creation of a
single institution authorized to
conduct compliance with quality
standards and food safety.
Technical regulation: a single
national institution responsible for
standardization and recognized on
the international level.
Accelerated procedure for
goods export.
Economy
DCFTA
Transport
Energy
The adoption of the Energy Sector Reform
Plan based on the Third Energy Package
(diversification of the Ukraine's energy sector
and the restructure of "Naftogaz Ukraine"
until 2017.
A new Law on gas market (in effect since
October 1st, 2015).
Electronic public procurement
system ProZorro.
Visa Liberalization
Ukraine is entering the final
implementation stage of the Visa
Liberalization Action Plan and expects a
positive decision on Visa Liberalization
regime from the EU side in the next year.

3. 3
Crucial Reforms
• The Association Agreement embraces changes in a variety of sectors. Today
the talk will be about the most (un)popular reforms processes and their link to
the European Integration.
These are:
Constitutional
reform
Fight against
corruption
Deregulation and
access to the European
markets

4. 4
Changes to the Constitution
Why is it relevant to amend the Constitution?
- The changes to constitution is a key element for other reforms to succeed.
European experience:
Each European country developed its own
path for decentralization and delegation of
competences to the local authorities due
to its specific cultural and political context.
However, it is long-run process which
takes years.
For instance, Poland carried out its public
administration reform which involves
decentralization during four year 1996-
2000.

5. Fight against corruption
Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2014
Improvement of anti-corruption
legislation:
 The Draft Law "On Amendments to the
Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine on
specific seizure of assets in order to
eliminate its usage for corruption
purpose.“ which is in accordance to the
Directive 2014/42/EU of the
European Parliament and of the
Council of 3 April 2014 on the
freezing and confiscation of
instrumentalities and proceeds of
crime in the European Union.
 70 newly elected detectives started its
work at the National Anti-Corruption
Bureau.

6. Deregulation
Commissioner for
Enterprise Taras
Kachka provides a
transparent dialogue
between business
and the State Fiscal
Service of Ukraine.
The aim is to reduce a regulatory burden
for small and medium size enterprises.
Reducing the
licensing
authorities
How?
Providing online
administrative
services
Protecting
business
from unfair
treatment
Business Ombudsman Algirdas Šemeta
is the first point of contact for international
companies in case of corruption. The
creation of such Ombudsman Council
arose from the joint agreement between
the Ukrainian Government, Ukrainian
Chamber of Commerce and the EBRD, the
ACC as well as the European Business
Association.

7. Thank you for the attention!
Nataliya Hnydiuk
Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine,
Director of the Government Office for European Integration