European Parliament will consider the issue of Ukrainian agricultural exports on May 8

A little more than a month remains until the expiration of the autonomous trade preferences granted unilaterally by the European Union in the summer of 2022 in response to the full-scale war launched by Russia. They provided the opportunity to trade with the EU on a duty-free and quota-free basis, and have become a very important support for our economy.

This was reported in the Telegram channel by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Danylo Getmantsev.

“According to the latest information, the European Commission does not plan to extend the autonomous trade preferences regime after June 5, but at the same time intends to ensure a smooth transition to a new scheme, where the terms of trade liberalization will be fixed in the free trade agreement between Ukraine and the EU. The terms and details of what is proposed, including “It is currently unknown to what extent the autonomous trade measures granted to us with the start of a full-scale war will remain,” the parliamentarian noted.

According to him, given the procedural aspects, there is really little time left for coordination.

“The European Commission’s proposal, whatever it may be, still has to be agreed and approved by other European institutions,” Danylo Getmantsev clarified.

He emphasized that in May, according to the schedule, the European Parliament will meet from May 5 to 8, then there will be a short plenary week on May 21-22, and the next meetings will be in mid-June. On the evening of April 30, the final agenda for the next week was approved, and it seems that we may have time to jump into the “last car of the train.”

“For the afternoon session on May 8, one of the last issues included is “Suspension of certain parts of EU Regulation 2015/478 on the import of Ukrainian products into the European Union.” “So, there is a certain chance, but I honestly don’t understand why economic policy should be so “valid”,” Danylo Hetmantsev concluded.

Tags: Ukraine, EU, agricultural products