The Chair of the Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the EU Ivanna
Klympush-Tsintsadze and the First Deputy Chair of the Committee Vadym
Halaychuk met with Magda Kopczyńska, Director General of the
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission.
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze thanked the EU for its help in creating
Solidarity lanes. They were initiated by the European Commission in May
2022 to preserve Ukraine’s trade routes and transport goods in both
directions — from Ukraine and to Ukraine. The total value of trade through
the Solidarity lanes is estimated at approximately 139 billion euros,
including over 46 billion euros of Ukrainian exports and over 93 billion
euros of imports.
The Chair of the Committee also noted that emerging challenges, such as
the blocking of checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border and protests of
Polish agricultural producers are quite difficult to solve at the
bilateral level. The situation requires the involvement of Brussels. “The
more we produce, the more we can export, the more we can support our
economy,” said the Chair of the Committee. Ukraine's goal is at least to
regain its pre-war level of exports.
The parties discussed legal approximation in the field of transport. Magda
Kopczyńska noted that Ukraine should prioritise legislation in the area of
transport to bring Ukraine closer to the standards of the European Union.
Ukraine has been granted preferences in trade with the EU and transport
connections with the European Union. At the same time, it strives to meet
the standards of the European community in this domain. Ivanna
Klympush-Tsintsadze said that the Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into
the EU is working on the fastest possible adaptation of Ukrainian
legislation to EU law. The Committee provides opinions not only on draft
laws prepared for the first reading but also on those finalised for the
second reading. It also reviews draft laws, defined as priorities for the
integration of Ukraine into the European Union.
The Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the EU held a meeting with Magda Kopczyńska
Published on25 March 2024, at 14:12
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