EBA REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS

The Second Quarter of 2009 is over and now it’s time to summarize
the results of the EBA activities for the past three months.

We are pleased to say that the EBA activities focusing on achieving our shared goals and providing the full range of services for the EBA member-companies became even more effective, interesting and fruitful not only in the terms of launching of the new projects (such as EBA B2B Bulletin Board), holding special events (EBA in Print, EBA Cinema and many others) but also in terms of achieving challenging lobbying targets on advocating our members’ interests.

With a constant focus on important concerns of the EBA member companies, our intense lobbying efforts always aim to promote ideas, proposals and approaches developed by our vast community. We are pleased to say that as the result of our common work:

  • EBA Proposals Regarding Amending the Phytosanitary Rules Were Supported by the Main State Plant Quarantine Inspection of Ukraine;
  • EBA Efforts Establishing “0” VAT Rate for International Forwarding Services Were Supported by the Parliament;
  • Standard on Insulation Materials that Can Be Used in Ventilated Facades Is Not Applied to Glass Wool Insulations;
  • EBA Met MP Serhiy Terekhin to Lobby for Legislative Amendments Expected by Business Community;
  • EBA presented the list of primary actions towards improved business operations to the Government chaired by the Prime Minister and wide business community during an extended meeting devoted to entrepreneurship od Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU);
  • Corporate Profit Tax Losses of 2008 are to be Included Into 2009;
  • Antimonopoly Committee Decided In Favour of Transparent Competition in Boryspil Airport;
  • Transition Period for Implementing Food Label Requirements is Prolonged till 1 January 2010;
  • Parliament Considers Increasing Threshold for Concentration Based on the EBA Proposals;
  • Double-Check on the Border is Cancelled;
  • New Medical Drugs Mark-ups Regulation was Introduced;
  • Because of the EBA Lobbing Efforts Only 20% of the Medical Drugs Market is Regulated;
  • The Draft Law Covering the EBA Proposals on Improving Enforcement Proceeding was Adopted by the Parliament as a Basis;
  • Parliament adopted the Law of Ukraine on Basics of Public Private Partnership.

Understanding the importance of strong dialogue between the Government and the business-community especially in the turbulent times Ukraine is going through right now, European Business Association organised a number of events featuring top-rank Ukrainian and EU officials and prominent individuals like:

  • Anders Aslund, Swedish economist and high level expert on economic transition from centrally planned to market economies;
  • H.E. Jacques Faure, Ambassador of France;
  • Mariann Fischer Boel, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development;
  • Ulrike Hauer, Head of Trade and Economic Section of the Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine;
  • H.E. Ronald Keller, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
  • Hryhoriy Nemyria, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine;
  • Serhiy Omelianets, Chief Advisor of the VR’s Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Chornobyl Cleanup;
  • H.E. Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine;
  • Hans-Gert Pottering, President of European Parliament;
  • Valeriy Pyatnitsky, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine;
  • Victor Pynzenyk, Former Minister of Finance;
  • Anatoliy Semynoha, Head of the VR’s Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Chornobyl Cleanup;
  • Victor Suslov, Head of the State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets of Ukraine.

It is worth mentioning that in general over the period of three months the EBA organised around 150 events including EuroDebates, EuroDrinks, Round Tables and Seminars with officials, networking parties and varied social, business and sport events.

And of course the EBA team will not stop there. We will continue doing our best to extend the range of the EBA activities and ensure that each initiative of the EBA business-community is heard by the Government of Ukraine resulting in new EBA lobbying progresses and successes.

We wish to express our deep gratitude to our members for supporting the EBA and contributing to its development. We are sure that together we can achieve our shared goals and make a huge difference for our country.

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