The Netherlands has fully completed the process of ratification of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union and sent ratification documents to Brussels. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko posted this on Twitter.
The instrument of ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement signed by the King of the Netherlands was published on the Dutch government's website on Wednesday and will take effect on June 15.
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko had a phone call with President of the European Council Donald Tusk. Poroshenko congratulated Tusk on ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement by the Dutch Senate.
Completion of the procedure for ratifying the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is only the beginning of the way of changes and reforms that Ukraine must make, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said at the Cabinet’s meeting on Wednesday, Ukrinform reports.
In the framework of the working visit to Strasbourg, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko took part in a solemn ceremony of signing the document on visa liberalization with the EU for Ukrainians.
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli says that the EU hopes for the completion of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement ratification by the Netherlands until the end of June.
The Senate of the Netherlands (the upper house of the Dutch parliament) received the latest documents to consider the ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and confirmed that the debates would be held on May 23.
The decision of the European Parliament to increase the tariff rate quotas for Ukrainian agricultural products would allow additionally receiving around $200 million in sales volumes, Ukraine's Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has reported.
The European Parliament’s International Trade Committee has approved regulations to trade preferences to Ukraine to export some types of products to the EU countries.
April 6, the European Parliament has voted for the legislative resolution, allowing visa-free short-term travels to the EU countries for the Ukrainian citizens.
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko says Ukraine will receive the international macro-financial assistance worth EUR 600 million from the European Union as soon as next week.
April 6 is the valid date of voting by the European Parliament on the decision to grant a visa-free regime for Ukrainian citizens, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said.
Ukraine will receive the second tranche of macro-financial assistance from the European Union within the next few weeks, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli said at a business forum in Kyiv.