Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the introduction of temporary autonomous trade measures for Ukraine supplementing the trade concessions available under the Association Agreement

The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, was signed by the Parties in two parts, in March and June 2014. The Association Agreement has been provisionally applied in some parts since 1 November 2014. The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) has been provisionally applied since 1 January 2016.

One of the objectives of the Agreement is to establish conditions for enhanced economic and trade relations leading towards Ukraine's gradual integration with the EU Internal Market, including by setting up a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area as stipulated in Title IV (Trade and Trade-related Matters) of the Agreement, and to support Ukraine's efforts to complete the transition into a functioning market economy by means of, inter alia, the progressive approximation of its legislation to that of the Union.

In order to increase the existing trade flows concerning the import of certain agricultural products from Ukraine into the Union, and to foster bilateral trade and economic cooperation with the Union, it is appropriate to grant additional autonomous trade preferences for Ukraine.

EUR-Lex: COM(2016)631: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2016:631:FIN

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