Maria Knyazeva. The European Union is still considering the possibility of revision of the already signed agreement on free trade between the EU and Ukraine, said the European Commissioner for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations Johannes Hahn.

The Russian side stressed that the risks to its economy from the agreement remain due to the fact that Ukraine has begun to apply a number of decisions of the contract in terms of standardization, technical regulations and phytosanitary standards.

Trilateral contacts at the political level, the EC-Russia-Ukraine under the agreement have the opportunity to resume shortly, reported first by the EC.

"The European Union has been and remains open to the discussion of possible fears. However, there is no opportunity to revise the Treaty, which has already ratified a significant number of EU countries ", - reported in Khan speech, published on the Internet office of the EC.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament in September 2014 ratified the Association agreement between Kyiv and Brussels, However, the use of a free trade agreement has been postponed until 1 January 2016. Throughout the period of implementation of this consensus, Russia has promised not to impose measures to protect its economy, including import duties on items from Ukraine.

Concerns on the Russian side caused five blocks of questions. the 1st concerns the liberalization of customs tariffs between Ukraine and the EU, the second block is associated with a technical regulation, third - veterinary and phytosanitary measures, the customs administration and the fifth with energy.

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