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Deepening EU-Ukrainian Relations

Deepening EU-Ukrainian Relations

Michael Emerson | Veronika Movchan

(2018)

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Abstract

For Ukraine, the signing of the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic geopolitical significance. Emblematic of the struggle to replace the Yanukovych regime at home and to resist attempts by Russia to deny its ‘European choice’, the Association Agreement is a defiant statement of Ukraine’s determination to become an independent democratic state.

The purpose of this Handbook is to make the complex political, economic and legal content of the Association Agreement readily understandable. This second edition, published two years into the Agreement’s implementation, adds new value, charting Ukraine’s progress in putting the Agreement into effect.

Two teams of researchers from leading independent think tanks, CEPS in Brussels and the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER) in Kyiv, collaborated on this project, with the support of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). This Handbook is one of a trilogy examining similar Association Agreements made by the EU with Georgia and Moldova
These Handbooks offer a one-stop guide to the Association Agreements – the authors have painstakingly analysed the incredibly complex Agreements to deliver a compact and accessible overview to all those who need to grasp their contents. The national teams also shed light on the salience of the content for domestic reforms. Even though the Handbooks are not meant to be read like a book, the reader who does so is rewarded with a panoramic overview of the sheer scale and ambition of the AA-DCFTA. The Handbooks offer a plethora of pivotal insights into the Agreements while at the same time they throw up a number of important questions. A ‘bible’.
Kataryna Wolczuk, Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham
Michael Emerson is Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.

Veronika Movchan is Academic Director at the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER), Kyiv.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Deepening EU-Ukrainian Relations Cover
CONTENTS v
List of Tables, Figures and Boxes vi
Abbreviations viii
Preface xi
Summary 1
Part I. Political Principles, the Rule of Law and Foreign Policy 13
1. Political principles 14
2. Rule of law and movement of people 25
3. Foreign and security policy 33
Part II. Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area 40
4. Market access for goods 41
5. Trade remedies 54
6. Customs services 58
7. Technical standards for industrial goods 67
8. Food safety regulations 80
9. Services 91
10. Public procurement 103
11. Intellectual property rights 116
12. Competition policy 127
13. Statistics 135
Part III. Economic Cooperation 140
14. Macroeconomic context and financial assistance 141
15. Financial services 149
16. Transport 162
17. Energy 173
18. Environment 186
19. Digital sector 198
20. Consumer protection 206
21. Company law 211
22. Agriculture 217
23. Employment and social policy 226
24. Education, training and culture 236
25. Science, technology and space 240
26. EU agencies and programmes 246
27. Cross-border cooperation 251
28. Civil society 258
Part IV. Legal and Institutional Provisions 264
29. Dispute settlement 265
30. Institutional provisions 270