Andrii Pyvovarsky discussed with EU Commissioner feasible liberalization of road transport

On September 14, Infrastructure Minister Andrii Pyvovarsky had a bilateral working meeting with European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport Violetta Bulc in the framework of his visit to Brussels.

At the meeting, the Minister informed about the current state of the infrastructure in Ukraine, the implementation process of European directives within national law. Andrii Pyvovarsky paid special attention to bills on railway transport and on inland waterway transport, which are designed to meet the best European practices, including on the organization of transport security.

The sides discussed key issues of future cooperation. According to Andrii Pyvovarsky, new key goal for Ukraine is the integration of the national transport system into the European transport network, "the issue of liberalization of the road transport sector comes to the fore due to the introduction of a free trade zone. We believe that the new terms of transport services will be a good stimulus for the development of trade relations between Ukraine and Belgium. Ukrainian side is interested in the liberalization of transport of goods by road, thus I hope to start consultations on preparing a relevant agreement between Ukraine and EU member states," the Minister noted.

In addition, Andrii Pyvovarsky addressed Violetta Bulc with a proposal to review the terms and simplify the procedure for submitting applications for participation in the projects supported by the European Union.

Particular attention was paid to the question of signing the EU-Ukraine agreement on common aviation area. According to Violetta Bulc, the European Union is interested in the settlement of the legal conflicts that arose over the question of Gibraltar, and rules out the adoption of new legislative initiatives in the aviation sector. Andrii Pyvovarsky drew the attention of Violetta Bulc to the fact that Ukraine is actively working on bringing the national legislation in the field of civil aviation in line with European standards and this work will improve the safety of air transportation.