This topic was discussed at the briefing of the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan. According to him, a series of “deregulation” decisions designed to liberalize the market of regular suburban, intercity and interregional bus transportation has been prepared.
The Head of the Better Regulation Delivery Office Oleksiy Honcharuk participated in this event. In his speech, he noted that the existing regulation of bus transportation services was complicated and non-transparent and, as a result, almost 60% of the market in the shadow economy. And this means the non-compliance of safety standards, poor quality of services and the non-payment of taxes.
According to him, the introduction of European principles of effective regulation, the refusal of limiting a number of bus trips and the introduction of strict control over the observance of safety standards will allow to legalize shadow transportation services, and most importantly, increase their safety and minimize corruption risks.
“The number of trips on the route from Kyiv to Odessa or Poltava should be determined not by an official, but by the market,” Honcharuk said and added that the BRDO Office provided the expert support in preparing draft decisions and would promote them in the future.
Currently, these drafts are being discussed by the public. Then they will be sent for approval and submitted to the Government for consideration.