The Association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union begins to run from November 1, in abbreviated form, without the section on the creation of a " deep and comprehensive free trade area ".
The question of the FTA, according to the consensus reached in September in Brussels by representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the EU removed from the agenda, at least until December 31, 2015. In this period, the regime of free trade within the CIS is stored, and Kyiv is entitled to duty-free access of a number of Ukrainian items on the EU market, while European exports to Ukraine are still subject to duties, reports TASS. On the eve of the " temporary use " of the contract, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the head of the European Council and the European Commission Herman van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso issued a joint statement in which he called the document " a key tool for implementation with the assistance of the EU is very necessary reforms in Ukraine in the coming years." The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on September 17, made a report, according to which Moscow hopes that Ukraine and the European Union will not violate consensus about the postponement of the establishment of a free trade zone, and reserves the right to without delay respond to a failure to comply with this agreement. The Russian Prime Minister Medvedev D. A. also said that he had signed a decree according to which Moscow will introduce fees for Ukrainian subjects, if Kiev violate the consensus of the Treaty of Union with the European Union.


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