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18 March 2021, 09:38
Constitutional norms on EU and NATO membership shall work, to be the last precaution against a change of course
The Chair of the Committee Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze stated this
during the online presentation “Ukraine 2020-2021: Unjustified
Expectations, Unexpected Challenges”, organized by the Razumkov Center.
The Center's experts prepared a large-scale report on results of the
previous year in various spheres and directions of both domestic and
foreign policy of Ukraine, as well as forecasts for 2021.
Regarding the achievements in the field of European integration, the Razumkov Center experts noted that in 2020 Ukraine had demonstrated some progress in concluding the Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Goods (ACAA), or the so-called “industrial visa-free”. This agreement should strengthen the competitiveness of Ukrainian industrial exports. Following the Ukraine-EU Summit held in early October 2020, the parties agreed to update the Association Agreement. In particular, in the part of increasing duty-free tariff quotas for Ukraine's exports to the EU.
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze noted that this relative progress should be regarded as a sequence of policies that had been achieved on the basis of previous developments. “The mentioned achievements are the result of a sequence of policies that have been achieved on the basis of previous developments — joining the NATO Enhanced Capabilities Program or some things that were finalized this year in relation to European integration on the basis of the achievements of 2014 - 2019”.
In the context of European integration, the Razumkov Center experts consider the decision of the Parliament on so-called localization of industrial production to be contradictory. Experts note that on one hand, Ukraine expects a positive assessment of the EU in fulfilling the tasks of reforming the public procurement system. And on the other hand, the Parliament adopts the draft law “On Public Procurement”, which establishes (for a period of 10 years) a list of goods for which the localization requirement is mandatory in the process of public procurement. First of all, these are engineering products that significantly violate the principle of non-discrimination enshrined in the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU. These and similar problematic issues, experts say, will be the subject of discussions between the parties during 2021.
The Chair of the Committee stressed the importance of the consistency of the policy in the field of European and Euro-Atlantic integration. “It is gratifying when our colleagues say that there is a continuity of the policy of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, and I would really like this continuity to last, and that our constitutional provisions on the EU and NATO membership really work, not to be the last barricade and the last safeguards against the change of the course, but the signposts”, — Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze concluded.
Regarding the achievements in the field of European integration, the Razumkov Center experts noted that in 2020 Ukraine had demonstrated some progress in concluding the Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Goods (ACAA), or the so-called “industrial visa-free”. This agreement should strengthen the competitiveness of Ukrainian industrial exports. Following the Ukraine-EU Summit held in early October 2020, the parties agreed to update the Association Agreement. In particular, in the part of increasing duty-free tariff quotas for Ukraine's exports to the EU.
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze noted that this relative progress should be regarded as a sequence of policies that had been achieved on the basis of previous developments. “The mentioned achievements are the result of a sequence of policies that have been achieved on the basis of previous developments — joining the NATO Enhanced Capabilities Program or some things that were finalized this year in relation to European integration on the basis of the achievements of 2014 - 2019”.
In the context of European integration, the Razumkov Center experts consider the decision of the Parliament on so-called localization of industrial production to be contradictory. Experts note that on one hand, Ukraine expects a positive assessment of the EU in fulfilling the tasks of reforming the public procurement system. And on the other hand, the Parliament adopts the draft law “On Public Procurement”, which establishes (for a period of 10 years) a list of goods for which the localization requirement is mandatory in the process of public procurement. First of all, these are engineering products that significantly violate the principle of non-discrimination enshrined in the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU. These and similar problematic issues, experts say, will be the subject of discussions between the parties during 2021.
The Chair of the Committee stressed the importance of the consistency of the policy in the field of European and Euro-Atlantic integration. “It is gratifying when our colleagues say that there is a continuity of the policy of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, and I would really like this continuity to last, and that our constitutional provisions on the EU and NATO membership really work, not to be the last barricade and the last safeguards against the change of the course, but the signposts”, — Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze concluded.