The Agreement on the Liberalisation of Freight Transport between Ukraine and the EU has been extended for another year with the possibility of its automatic extension until the end of 2025. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced the agreement between our country and the European Commission on transport visa-free travel.
As a result, road freight transport from Ukraine to the EU and vice versa - from the EU to Ukraine - will no longer require special permits.
The updated agreement also provides for a number of mutual obligations regarding the availability of licenses for the transport and labelling of trucks.
"Ukraine demonstrates practical results of integration into the EU's economic and logistics space. The prolongation of the 'transport visa-free regime' is one of these steps. It will ensure positive dynamics of exports to the EU countries, which will make us more economically sustainable. In addition, permit-free freight transport will speed up the receipt of goods and components by Ukrainian entrepreneurs for the development of domestic production," said Denys Shmyhal.
The Head of Government noted that over the year and a half of the relevant agreement, Ukraine had exported 48% more goods to the EU than in the same period before its signing. The Government expects this positive trend to continue.
"We are grateful to our partners for such a step of solidarity, which will benefit our country and the countries of the united Europe," the Prime Minister said and added that the continuation of the transport visa-free regime was another important step towards integration into the economic space of a united Europe as a prerequisite for our country's membership in the EU.