Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and Justice Minister, has acknowledged that the European market stays open to Ukrainian items and that there are at present no plans to droop the EU-Ukraine free commerce regime.

Supply: Stefanishyna in a remark to European Pravda following her go to to Brussels

Particulars: Stefanishyna mentioned that through the go to, a substantive dialogue started on discovering a long-term resolution within the area of commerce.

As reported earlier, on 22 Might the European Fee adopted a listing of transitional measures relating to Ukrainian exports to the EU. These will come into drive on 6 June 2025, as soon as the present autonomous commerce measures for Ukraine – often called the "commerce visa-free regime" – expire.

Stefanishyna defined that that is an interim resolution which can assist keep away from the worst-case state of affairs and obtain a sustainable decision inside the framework of the EU-Ukraine free commerce settlement.

Quote: "There isn’t any discuss of suspending free commerce: the EU market stays open to Ukrainian items. We’ve agreed to work shortly and constructively in the direction of a long-term resolution."

Extra particulars: Stefanishyna famous that the EU understands how essential it’s for Ukraine, throughout wartime, to have predictable and clear commerce situations and the significance of agricultural exports for the nation's financial stability.

"There’s clear political will to discover a balanced resolution by the tip of July 2025," she acknowledged.

Background:

• As European Pravda reported again in late April, the European Fee doesn’t plan to increase the "commerce visa-free regime", which stays in impact till 5 June. Nonetheless, it would guarantee a clean transition to a brand new scheme, below which all commerce liberalisation phrases will likely be enshrined within the EU-Ukraine free commerce settlement.
• It’s value noting that the European Parliament has voted to introduce a preferential regime for the export of metal and iron from Ukraine ranging from 6 June 2025.

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