The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a new version of the step-by-step plan to accelerate deregulation. The Interagency Working Group on Accelerated Review of State Regulatory Instruments for Business (IWG) to cancel or optimise instruments, developed jointly with experts and taking into account business requests. These changes are aimed at easing the conditions for entrepreneurs and creating a favourable environment for business development in Ukraine.
What does the plan contain to accelerate deregulation?
- 100 tasks and 140 step-by-step measures aimed at simplifying the conditions for doing business in construction, energy, agriculture, land relations, transport, logistics, information and electronic technologies, foreign economic activity, manufacturing, etc.
- clear deadlines for the executive authorities to cancel, simplify or improve the instruments they manage – permits, approvals, conclusions, etc. Or prepare and submit to the Government or support the Parliament consideration of draft decisions – if the decision to cancel or optimise instruments is within the competence of these public authorities.
The plan to accelerate deregulation cancels outdated, irrelevant state regulatory instruments, for example:
- requirements for identifying enterprises and organizations involved in the procurement and storage of seeds for the reserve fund, as well as suppliers (producers) of seeds and approving applications of agricultural producers for obtaining seeds from the reserve fund. The cancellation of these instruments is due to the absence in the legislation of the procedure for determining such enterprises and such approval, as well as the lack of legislative consolidation of the purpose of such approval and how district state administrations can influence the receipt of seeds from the reserve fund;
- permission to construct reclamation systems and individual engineering infrastructure facilities. The cancellation of the instrument is due to the fact that the relevant Law of Ukraine “On Land Reclamation” does not provide for such a permit, and the Procedure for Performing Preparatory and Construction Works, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 13.04.2011 No. 466, provides for the issuance of a general construction permit issued free of charge by the relevant state architectural and construction control authority.
- permission to place electric heaters in premises for keeping animals and poultry is cancelled as an irrelevant fire control measure in the livestock and poultry sector;
- approval of a project for planting vineyards for winemaking; approval of the use of foreign technological documentation was cancelled in order to create favourable conditions for the development of the wine production market.
The expected total economic effect of the cancellation of the above-mentioned state regulatory instruments is over UAH 73 million.
At the same time, the total projected economic effect of implementing the IWG’s decisions is UAH 15.7 billion.
According to the plan, the central executive authorities should carry out a significant part of the work by the end of 2024.
The document was approved for the implementation of the Regulatory Environment Improvement reform under the Ukraine Facility, as well as plans to implement the European Commission’s recommendations on the 2023 EU Enlargement Package and the Government’s priority actions for 2024.
As a reminder, the Interagency Working Group on Accelerated Review of State Regulatory Instruments for Business has reviewed 1,323 regulatory instruments for business during its work. Of these, 456 were recommended for cancellation and 584 for simplification. So far, 122 instruments have been cancelled. The IWG includes representatives of the Ministries of Economy, Digital Transformation, Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Justice, Finance.
Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) joined the work of the IWG within the EU4Business: SME Policies and Institutions Support (SMEPIS) project, implemented by Ecorys in a consortium with GIZ, BRDO and Civitta with the financial support of the European Union. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of SMEPIS and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.