It is a preparatory stage for the main, assessment mission, which will assess Ukraine’s readiness to accede to the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure in 2022.

Representatives of the State Customs Service, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, and the Office of Reform Support under the Ministry of Finance, the National Bank of Ukraine, and EU4PFM experts took part in the work on the mission program.

The main attention was paid to the assessment of legislative and organizational support of a common transit in Ukraine. Representatives of the Ministry of Finance said that Ukraine has adopted all the legal frameworks necessary to ensure a common transit regime at the national level. In addition, upon accession to the Convention, the Convention will become part of the legislation of Ukraine, and the provisions of the Convention will take precedence over the national legislation of Ukraine.

Meetings were held with the national project implementation team for Ukraine’s accession to the Convention, including the NCTS support service.

“Ukraine is already using a New Computerized Transit System (NCTS) at the national level. It has made significant progress in preparing and is likely to accede to the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure and thus begin the international application of the NCTS in 2022, said Michael Rathje, Head of the Preliminary Evaluation Mission of the Signatories to the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure, of the Transit Division of the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission (DG TAXUD). This will have a positive impact on the trade and movement of goods for Ukraine, the EU, and other countries of the Convention. Traders should already be joining the NCTS and familiarizing themselves with its functions, as this will make their job easier when the system is used for international trade. ”

Meetings were held with the national project implementation team for Ukraine’s accession to the Convention, including the NCTS support service.

As earlier reported, the evaluation mission of the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission (DG TAXUD) is tentatively scheduled for February 2022.

On November 23-24, the mission will study the application of NCTS at customs of departure (at the border) and customs of destination, and on November 25 will hold meetings with representatives of business and financial institutions and a briefing for the media.