January 5th 2015, the Embassy has expressed its
concerns to the Coca-Cola company and the U.S. Department of State about the
posting in social media by Coca-Cola’s Russian office of a map of Russia that
included the illegally occupied Crimea.
The Embassy has expressed its concerns to the
Coca-Cola company and the U.S. Department of State about the posting in social
media by Coca-Cola’s Russian office of a map of Russia that included the
illegally occupied Crimea. The Embassy emphasized that Coca-Cola’s actions
violate the official U.S. position condemning Russia’s illegal occupation of
Crimea, which is and has always been an integral part of Ukraine, and urged the
company to immediately correct the mistake.
The Cabinet of Ministers of
Ukraine has approved a list of measures for 2016 the implementation of which
aims at increasing Ukraine's positions in the World Bank's Doing Business
rating.
The list is approved by
cabinet resolution No. 1406 of December 16, 2015 and posted on its official
website.
The Justice Ministry is
instructed to create the service for registering companies online within 24
hours, introduce the registration of value added tax payers synchronously with
the registration of companies.
It is planned to reduce time
and spending on the enforcement of court rulings, introduce the relaxed
mechanism for hearing cases under minor financial claims and expand the
opportunities for the alternative settling of disputes.
The cabinet plans to draw up a
bill that would allow borrowers to trust ownership rights to property to
creditors to secure the fulfillment of the claims of the creditors (ownership
right is returned to the debtor when the debtor fulfills liabilities to the
creditor).
The government also plans to
introduce free access to the state register of movable property pledges and set
the clear time limits for the moratoriums to satisfy claims of creditors for
bankruptcy procedures.
The cabinet also approved
measures to increase Ukraine's rating in the following areas: protection of
investors, recovery of a commercial insolvency, procedures to get connected to
the electrical grid, building regulations, registration of a property, international
trade and tax regulations.
As reported, Ukraine climbed
from 87th to 83rd position in Doing Business-2016.
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