According to the World Bank Doing Business rating, which annually assesses conditions of doing business, Ukraine moved from 96th to 83rd position. In 2015 Ukraine managed to improve its indicators in several categories. Thus, Ukraine showed a positive development in…

On 30 September 2015, the Law of Ukraine in relation to changes in the area of public procurement due to compliance with the international standards and adoption of measures to fight corruption dated 15 September 2015 became effective. The changes…

On 23 October 2015, the Resolution of the National Bank of Ukraine No. 718 dated 22 October 2015 came into force. This Resolution abolishes some of currency restrictions established by the Resolution of the National Bank of Ukraine No. 581…

By the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 747 dated 26 August 2015 the Regulation on preparatory works and the Regulation on construction works were united in asingle legislative act, namely the Regulation on preparatory and construction…

On 1 October 2015, the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 756 dated 2 September 2015 became effective. This Resolution amended the Procedure for state tests, state registration and renewal of registration, publication of lists of pesticides and agrochemicals…

On 16 October 2015, the joint order of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance on electronic exchange of information became effective. Due to this order the process of business registration will be completed within 24 hours. As…

On 5 October 2015, the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 773 dated 30 September 2015, pursuant to which licensing for export of some ferrous metals in 2015 was abolished, was officially published. As of now, no licensing is…

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On 15 September 2015, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) announced the first official version of Recommendations on approaches for calculation of fines for competition law infringements (Recommendations). The provisions of these Recommendations will be later taken as a basis…

Pursuant to the Notification of the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade dated 10 September 2015, the special duties on import of cars (regardless of their country of origin or export), which were introduced in 2013 for a term of three…