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Overall, the alignment of Ukraine with the acquis on intellectual property law is at an early stage of preparation. The country should continue aligning its legislation with the EU acquis and in particular improve its enforcement record in this area. The fight against counterfeit products should be stepped up across…
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Ukraine is at an early stage of preparation in the area of fisheries.Ukraine’s finalised state strategy for the fisheries and aquaculture development until 2030 should be adopted. The country should establish and manage a fleet register and a data collection framework. Ukraine must ensure the balance between the fishing capacity…
Ukraine is at an early stage of preparation in the area of agriculture and rural development. Steps have been taken to align to some of the EU acquis, notably as set out under the AA/DCFTA, which provides for the gradual approximation of policies and legislation. Ukraine will have to fully align with the EU acquis…
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Ukraine is at an early stage of preparation in the field of social policy and employment. It still needs to address significant shortcomings in its labour legislation. Approximation with the EU acquis on health and safety at work is limited. Undeclared work and wage arrears need to be addressed. There is also a need to improve social dialogue. Ukraine’s legislation is not aligned with EU gender equality legislation and needs further alignment with EU legislation on non-discrimination in employment. The labour inspections system needs to be improved.
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At present, in the specific area of own resources, the country is at an early stage of preparation, but it is a plausible assumption, considering its degree of administrative capacity, that Ukraine should not have major difficulties in meeting the requirements of the own resources system in the medium-term.
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Ukraine is at an early stage of preparation for implementing the EU acquis and applying European financial control standards. Full alignment with the EU acquis will require reform of the ACU in order to make its independence explicit in the Constitution, broaden its mandate and apply international standards in its…
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Ukraine is at an early stage of preparation in the area of environment and climate change. Ukraine has made important steps in recent years in building its environmental regulatory framework and some steps to reform of its institutional framework and climate acquis. Gaps in the level of legislative alignment have…
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Ukraine is at an early stage of preparation in the free movement of workers. It will need to align its legislation in a comprehensive way with the relevant EU acquis and EU case law. It will also need to strengthen its administrative capacity, inter-institutional cooperation and ability to coordinate internationally.…