Угода про асоціацію між Україною та ЄС: ретроспектива та реалії сьогодення
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2016
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ТОВ "Юрінком Інтер"
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In the article some historical aspects of the adopting process of the Association Agreement
between Ukraine and the EU has been discussed, as well as the effect of its base (fundamental) provisions of the current state and prospects of relations between Ukraine, the European Union and the Russian Federation in connection with the entry into force of this Agreement.
Thus, Ukraine has long sought in the European community and this question after the independence of our state is actually discussed in society and academia. At the state level the negotiations with the EU regarding the possible integration into Europe and signing the Association Agreement have been began in 2007. However one of the most important stages in the integration process was the signing of the Agreement on Association between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European atomic energy Community and their member States, on the other hand, in 2014. The signing of this Agreement was preceded by a number of historic rounds of talks on political, economic and legal issues. The Association
agreement between Ukraine and the EU defines a qualitatively new format of relations on the principles of «political association and economic integration» and serves as a strategic guidance system of socio-economic reforms in Ukraine. Under the Agreement the deep and comprehensive free trade area between Ukraine and the EU would define the legal framework for the free movement of goods, services, capital and partly of labor between the parties to the Agreement, as well as the regulatory approach, aimed at gradually entering the national market to a common market of the EU. Draws attention to the fact that the establishment of a comprehensive free trade zone, should occur gradually over a transitional period not exceeding 10 years from the date of entry into force of this Agreement. Thus, it should be noted that the Association Agreement is a pioneering document, in this, the breadth of areas of public life have been covered, and it has the depth and detail provisions. The Agreement with the EU is certain to promote the European aspirations of Ukraine, but it also contains important commitments of our country for the development of advanced and sustainable democracy and a market economy. Ukraine has committed itself before the European and international community regarding the conduct of large-scale internal reforms in all spheres of political, economic and social life of the country. So, the Government of Ukraine approved the action Plan on implementation of Association Agreement for 2014—2017, realization of which should contribute to the fulfillment of undertaken obligations to ensure the rule of law, respect for human rights, fighting corruption, reforming the judicial and law enforcement systems, public finance management, public procurement. Also prepared the Plan of measures
on implementation of the economic part of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU 2016—2019.
In addition, an important step towards the practical implementation of the Agreement was
the signing by Ukraine and EU in November 2014 joint statement on the start of its provisional application. Thus, the application of the provisions concerning creation of free trade zone was delayed in time according to the joint decision taken by representatives of the EU, Ukraine and Russian Federation. Under this arrangement until January 1, 2016 for Ukraine operated a regime of unilateral trade preferences from the EU. But now economists are talking about a slight increase in Ukrainian exports to the EU, due to a number of factors.
Thus, take advantage of the regime introduced the liberalization of bilateral trade had the
opportunity a minor part of the Ukrainian producers. At the same time in this period for Ukraine and the Russian Federation continued to operate a free trade regime, implemented in the framework of the CIS.
Today, the Russian Federation considers that the opening the Ukrainian market for European
goods from the January 1, 2016, will promote the uncontrolled entry to the Russian market of goods from the EU, which will adversely affect the domestic producers and the national economy. In this regard, the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin signed the decree on cessation from 1 January 2016 to the Treaty on the free trade zone of the CIS in Ukraine.
Thus, with the entry into force of the provisions of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU on the free trade zone, terminates the relevant Agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. But this does not mean that exhausted the legal framework for trade and economic cooperation of Ukraine with Russia, and that draws attention.
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євроінтеграційні процеси, Угода про асоціацію між Україною та ЄС, зона вільної торгівлі, політична асоціація, економічна інтеграція, process of European integration, Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, free trade area, political association, economic integration
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Шереметьєва О. Угода про асоціацію між Україною та ЄС: ретроспектива та реалії сьогодення / Ольга Шереметьєва // Юридична Україна. – 2016. – № 1–2. – С. 42–48.