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Ukraine is reforming its customs system in accordance with the EU standards. At the same time, Ukraine continues to use its own regulations introduced long before the signing of the Association Agreement with the EU and before it submitted its application to join the EU. From the point of view of the European integration process, these provisions are temporary.

Adaptation of new civil service employees is a process that requires a lot of attention, because it creates an effective basis for the future work of the employee. 

First and foremost, it is an opportunity to learn the goals and values of the particular state body, with the tasks, ethics, rules. It is the understanding of these things that allows newcomers to feel “in the right place”, feel less stress, and therefore start performing their duties faster and more efficiently. 

Experts of the EU4PFM project participated in the expert discussion "Do NCTS, AEO, and єЧерга ensure fast and easy border crossing?", which took place on July 27, 2023.

The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the State Customs Service, the EU4PFM and RST projects of the Ministry of Finance, the Association of Customs Brokers, and several other organizations.

EU4PFM, in collaboration with the State Tax Service, has developed a new IT system for the administration of tax disputes.

Public Institution Central Project Management Agency (hereinafter – CPMA) (Republic of Lithuania) is planning to procure the Development of Help Desk for NCTS including support (hereinafter – Goods).

By Dragan Jeremić, International Key Expert on IT, EU Public Finance Management Support Programme for Ukraine (EU4PFM)

With the support of the EU4PFM project, new equipment, including servers and firewalls, has been installed.

By the order of the Ministry of Finance and with the financial support of EU4PFM, the State Institution "Open Public Finance" has been working on the development of two IT systems since the beginning of 2023: "State Budget - Ministry of Finance" and "Automated information system for online interaction with spending units."

Interview with EU4PFM Project Team Leader Jurgita Domeikienė, and International Key Expert on Taxes Paulius Majauskas

On July 13, the Verkhovna Rada supported the draft law "On Amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine regarding the use of customs declarations and the electronic transit system, provided for by the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure, for transit under the terms of this Code", which introduces the possibility of internal transit of goods using NCTS, by analogy with transit through the Union transit, provided for by the EU Customs Code.