European Commission

The European Commission has adopted a transitional mechanism for trade with Ukraine instead of “trade visa-free regime”
The European Commission has approved a transitional implementing act to replace the “trade visa-free regime”, which expires on June 6.

Negotiations with the European Commission on “trade visa-free travel” continue
The Ukrainian government plans to reach an agreement with the EU on the extension of the “trade visa-free regime” by June 5.

The European Commission presented new sanctions against Russia to ambassadors: the discussion took place without meeting controversy
The European Commission has presented to the EU member states a draft of the 17th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, which includes restrictions on vessels associated with the so-called shadow fleet.

The EU has created a European Agriculture Council to support farmers
The new body will provide high-level advice for the development of Europe’s agricultural sector.

EU countries demand from the European Commission to strengthen the rules for the import of LNG from Russia
Several EU member states are demanding that the European Commission introduce reporting rules on LNG imports from Russia.

The European Commission is preparing new sanctions against Russian vessels
The new EU restrictions will be directed against the so-called shadow tanker fleet of the Russian Federation.

European Commission: Ukraine may receive the first tranche of frozen assets of the Russian Federation in May
In order to be able to use the frozen sovereign assets of Russia, it remains to agree on the proposals of the European Commission and the high representative of the EU.

Analysts: agricultural exports at the borders with the EU fell to the lowest level since the beginning of the war
The rate of transfer of wagons with grain at the borders with the EU fell to the lowest level since the beginning of the war. At the same time, the number of shipments of agricultural products to Black Sea ports is growing.

The European Commission will propose to limit grain imports from Russia and Belarus
Next week, the European Commission will propose to limit grain imports from Russia and Belarus.

The economic effect of the “solidarity corridors” reached 125 billion euros
Last year, the export of Ukrainian products through the “solidarity corridors” showed good results.