The Ministry of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure (MCDI) has signed a protocol with the Norwegian Ministry of Transport on “transport visa-free travel”, which will allow cargo transportation without permits.
“Previously, Ukrainian cargo carriers, regardless of the class of environmental friendliness of vehicles, could travel to Norway only with a permit. Now for trucks of Euro-5 standard and above is introduced permit-free passage”, – are quoted in the message on the government portal the words of the Deputy head of the Ministry of transportation Sergey Derkach.
The simplified regime begins to operate on September 1 and will apply to both bilateral and transit traffic.
It is specified that this liberalization of freight traffic is introduced at least until June 30, 2024.
As for vehicles of low class of environmental friendliness, as noted by the Ministry of Transport, during the meeting it was possible to agree on permits for the next year. “Ukrainian carriers will be able to get 250 universal permits and 50 – from/to third countries,” the ministry said.
Ukrainian carriers have been able to work in the zheimme of “trnasportnaya bezviz” with the EU countries since last year. In June 2023, Ukraine agreed on the same regime for road freight transportation with Northern Macedonia.
