Simplifying business: Government abolishes two outdated instruments of state regulation

As part of its deregulation reform, the Government continues to simplify the conditions for doing business. At its meeting on February 25, 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine abolished two more outdated and duplicative state regulation instruments, which essentially repeated the procedures within the environmental impact assessment.

Thanks to amendments to Resolutions No. 300 of March 13, 2002, and No. 209 of March 28, 2018, in particular, it is no longer necessary to approve:

• plans of measures for the protection of the environment and the protection of the population and territories from emergencies (previously, they were agreed with the State Environmental Inspection, the State Emergency Service, and local state administrations).

• standards for the maximum permissible level of impact of physical and biological factors of stationary sources of pollution on atmospheric air (previously agreed with the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service).

In the manufacturing industry alone, more than 50,000 businesses shall feel the reduction in administrative burden due to this decision.

The basis for the development of the act was a request from the Business Problems Dashboard and a decision by the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Accelerated Review of State Regulation of Economic Activity. In addition, the regulatory act has been updated in accordance with the requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On Administrative Procedure.”