Zelenskyi Approved Agreement on “Transport Visa-Free” Regime with EU: What Does It Mean?

This will mean that Ukrainian carriers will no longer need to obtain permits for bilateral and transit transportation to all EU Member States. The transport visa-free regime will be effective before June 30th, 2023.

The relevant decree appeared on president’s website on September 16th.

“It is hereby ordered to approve the agreement between Ukraine and the European Union on freight transportation by road executed on June 29th, 2022 in Leon.

"The aim of this Agreement is to temporarily facilitate road freight transport between and through the territory of the European Union and Ukraine by granting additional rights of transit and carriage of goods between the Parties to operators established in one of the Parties, following the repercussions of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the significant disruptions it brings for all transport modes in the country. This Agreement shall not be construed as having the effect of diminishing or otherwise rendering the conditions of market access to international road transport services between the Parties more restrictive as compared to the situation existing on the day preceding the day of entry into force of this Agreement", the annex to the decree reads.

In addition, it is noted that this agreement contains measures to simplify the recognition of driver’s licenses.

This Agreement shall apply to the transit and international carriage of goods by road between the Parties for hire or reward and is without prejudice to the application of the rules established by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport multilateral quota system within the International Transport Forum. The carriage of goods by road within a Member State of the European Union or between Member States of the European Union is outside the scope of this Agreement. Transit through the territory of the other Party for the carriage of goods between third countries is not covered by this Agreement.

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