Action 3.Improvement of legal and economic conditions for international trade

Develop e-commerce infrastructure to facilitate export of retail goods through Internet by harmonizing Ukrainian e-commerce regulations with EU regulations, including the adjustment of standards for electronic identification and trust services to EU standards; create conditions for the development of a system for the online settlement of trade disputes and procedures for the online identification of reliable retail web platforms

Finalize the procedure of joining the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin, including: information campaign among companies concerning trade cooperation opportunities with the member states of the Convention; negotiations on amending existing preferential trade agreements with the member states of the Convention

Improve the effectiveness and operation of joint intergovernmental bodies (commissions, working groups, sub-committees) with the participation of Ukraine and its partner countries aiming at protecting national interests, business interests, and markets in focus:

- ensure access to the information on their activities through: mutual exchange of information among joint intergovernmental bodies (between Ukraine and its partner countries) in respect of amendments to the legislation in part of procedural and other import requirements aiming at publishing this information;

- preparation of countries’ overviews including problems that Ukrainian companies are facing on their markets and integration of this information into the information and analytical decision-making support system based on IT technologies for international trade

Implement the project for the “one-stop-shop” set up dedicated to issues of customs clearance

Ensure the publication of trade information according to the Trade Facilitation Agreement

Identify and implement priority projects to develop and modernize transport and logistics infrastructure as well as to satisfy the needs of priority sectors listed in the Export Strategy of Ukraine (Strategic Trade Development Roadmap) 2017-2021 that are related to the transport infrastructure in the following key areas:

- project “Transport Corridor:

- Silk Road”; 

- Inland waterways (river ports);

- Ukrainian railways; Regional airports

Ensure the implementation of Export Strategy of Ukraine (Strategic Trade Development Road Map) 2017-2021; elaborate and approve sectoral, cross-sectoral and regional pilot strategies

Prepare a set of measures for the markets in focus

Prepare annual and mid-term plans for the ongoing participation of Ukraine in the WTO bodies (including key performance indicators to assess the effectiveness of the protection of economic national interests)