On Friday, the Government of Ukraine approved amendments to Annex XVII-3 (Rules applicable to telecommunication services), Annex XVII to the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, creating the legal framework for the internal market regime in the telecommunications services sector, including with regard to roaming in public mobile networks, provided for by the draft decision of the Ukraine-EU Association Committee in Trade Configuration, Taras Melnychuk, a representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada, wrote on his Telegram channel.
“We are moving towards Roam like home with the EU. Today, we approved a document that will allow Ukraine to conclude an agreement with the European Union this year,” Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said, commenting on this decision on his Telegram channel.
At the same time, he said that joining the EU roaming space means not only the abolition of call charges, but also modern, transparent European rules in the field of telecommunications.
It is envisaged that the legislation in the field of telecommunications services in Ukraine, in particular with regard to roaming, will be supplemented taking into account current changes in EU legislation.
As First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko commented on the document, this government decision is one of the stages in the implementation of the updated Priority Action Plan agreed by the Ministry of Economy and the European Commission to strengthen the implementation of the Free Trade Area Agreement. The main focus of this plan is the integration of Ukraine into the internal market of the EU.
“The approval of the decision of the Ukraine-EU Association Committee in Trade Configuration will create conditions for Ukraine to receive an internal market regime in the field of roaming. This year, this area will be a pilot project for the full legal integration of Ukraine into internal European regulation,” the press service of the Ministry of Economy quoted Svyrydenko.
