Decrees adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of
Ukraine on July 7, 2015 to improve deregulation services in seaports were
published and entered in force on Friday, July 24. Minister of Infrastructure Andrii Pyvovarskiiannounced
at a press briefing.
In particular, the aforesaid documents cancel
commission control on board, introduce an automated radiological control of
cargoes and e-document flow in ports, simplify a procedure of drawing
up documentation for yachts. Apart from that, equal access to port
infrastructure is provided for all port operators by introducing a unified
tariff. A novelty, which was peculiarly approved by the European Business
Association, pertains to the approaches to the assessment of ballast waters.
"These measures bring Ukrainian legislation
to compliance with European norms and afford to prevent possible corruption.
The European Business Association supports the introduced by the Ministry of
Infrastructure deregulatory steps and offers to jointly initiate changes in
customs procedures, namely, control over duration of customs procedures and
cutting the number of documents submitted by the cargo carriers," noted
coordinator of the EBA Logistics Committee Julia Malich.
"The changes called to simplify doing
business in ports have been enacted due to the government efforts incredibly
fast, despite a lot of populism. For business an economic effect from
deregulation will bring billions of hryvnyas. The companies will save these
funds, as they won't have to pay for the vessels to stand idle and to pay
bribes in ports," said Andrii Pyvovarskii.
According to the Minister, his Ministry has
taken all necessary measures to upgrade deregulation services in the ports.
Now, it is the turn of the State Fiscal Service to implement an e-customs concept,
develop a single approach to determine the customs value, to establish a single
Treasury account etc.
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