B2G Platform
AmCham Ukraine brings together industries’ leaders to learn about the latest developments and opportunities on the ground and to further improve the investment environment in Ukraine together with responsible stakeholders. To push pro-growth agenda forward, the Chamber created a strong Policy platform that covers key spheres of the economy. The Chamber B2G activities revolve around the work of 21 sector-specific Policy Committees, 12 Working Groups, 4 Clubs and Hubs. The Policy platform fosters the dialogue between the Chamber member companies and state authorities as well as stakeholders in politics, business and civil society.
Committees
Agriculture
The committee’s mission is to support and promote development of a market-based Agricultural sector as the core for the overall development of Ukraine’s economy
Banking & Financial Services
The main purpose of the committee is to actively participate in the Ukrainian banking system development and promotion of high-quality banking standards and values as well as support and development of initiatives of the Ukrainian government and local banking association towards establishment of local banking environment harmonized with the best international banking practices
Competition
Committee’s activities are devoted to the improvement of antimonopoly regulation in Ukraine in accordance with international standards in order to promote economic competition and facilitate doing business
Consumer Goods (Personal & Household Care)
The committee’s mission is to provide necessary support and expertise to the current players of FMCG market as well as bring new investors through contribution to establishment of favorable regulatory environment for consumer products businesses
Customs
The committee has been established to contribute to development of the customs legislation that would be simple, modern and adaptable
Energy
The main purpose of the committee is to promote the further development and modernization of Ukraine’s energy sector by attracting investment, in support of the vision of a more energy self-reliant Ukraine
Working Groups
Clubs & Hubs
Compliance Club
Compliance Club members discuss challenges and opportunities for the introduction of effective compliance system, in particular establishment of a compliance system in Ukraine considering the positive experience of foreign countries
Corporate Social Responsibility Hub
The platform for building B2B relationships and expanding the network of like-minded CSR professionals for future cooperation and best practices sharing
Diplomatic Insiders Club
The platform aimed at providing diplomatic community with insights and updates on the latest economic trends, legislative and regulatory initiatives, impacting the international business community operating in Ukraine
Healthcare Marketing HUB
Healthcare Marketing HUB is launched to share the innovative ideas, developments of the healthcare sphere’s vectors and tracking new market trends among industry professionals from leading companies
Success Stories

Policy Win: The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Adopted Resolution #1300 on Health Technology Assessment

Policy Win: The Parliament Adopted Draft Law #3176 Allowing Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine to Purchase Gas for Balancing Needs on the Exchange

Policy Win: The Parliament Adopted Draft Law #1182-1-d "On Inland Water Transport" in the Second Reading

Policy Progress: Draft Law #2289 Aimed at Unblocking the Import of Innovative Plant Protection Products for Research and State Testing was Passed in the First Reading

Policy Win: Pension Fund Issued Clarification Providing for Certain Simplification in Mobile Telecom Sector’s Reporting

Policy Win: The Parliament Made the First Step to Resolve Crisis of Non-Payments between State Companies Operating on the Electricity Market

Policy Win: The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine Welcomes the Approval of SE “Medical Procurement of Ukraine” as Centralized Health Procurement Organization

Policy Win: The Reduced VAT Rate of 7% on Temporary Accommodation Services Has Been Established for Hotels on a Permanent Basis

Policy Win: National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities Postponed the Implementation of the Neutrality Fee

Policy Progress: The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine Welcomes the Step Towards Digitalization in Agricultural Sphere

Policy Progress: The Draft Law #4162 on Fundamental Principles of Tourism Development Was Registered in the Parliament

Policy Win: The Government Approved a New Methodology for Determining the Initial Price of Subsoil Use Licenses

Policy Progress: Ministry of Health of Ukraine Published Draft CMU Resolution on Managed Entry Agreements

Policy Progress: The Parliament Passed the Draft Law on Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine on the VAT Rate on Transactions for the Supply of Certain Types of Agricultural Products in the First Reading

Policy Progress: The Government Approved the List of Specialized Organizations, Authorized for State Procurement of Goods and Services in 2020

Policy Win: The Parliament Adopted Draft Law #3615-1 on Electronic Retail Trade of Pharmaceutical Products

Policy Progress: The Parliament Passed the Draft Law #3851 on State Support for the Cultural Sphere in the First Reading

Draft Law Restricting Certain Movement of Freight Transport Was Withdrawn from Parliament’s Consideration

Policy Progress: The Parliament Passed the Draft Law #3623 on Digitalization in Labor Sphere in the First Reading

Policy Progress: Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding Was Signed Approving the Maximum Export Volumes of Wheat for 2020/2021 Marketing Year

Policy Progress: The Antimonopoly Committee Obliged “Ukrzaliznytsia” to Refrain from Practices of Recognizing Railway Stations as Low-Density Ones

Policy Win: The Ministry of Health Harmonized Regulation of Contaminants in Food Products with EU Norms

Government Supports a Proposal by the Business Community to Lift Restrictions on the Opening Hours of Cafes and Restaurants

Policy Win: Ukraine Establishes Visa-Free Regime for Citizens of Australia, New Zealand, and the Arabian Peninsula Countries

Policy Progress: The Parliament Passed Draft Law #3658 in the First Reading to Break the Deadlock in the Renewables Sector

Policy Progress: The Chamber Signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Grain Market with the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture

Policy Win: Parliament Adopted Draft Law #2284 Amending Certain Laws To Attract Investment and Introduce New Financial Instruments

Policy Progress: Application of Antidumping Duty on Imported Polymers for Food Packaging was Canceled

Policy Progress: Government Developed and Registered the Draft Law #3623 on Digitalization in Labor Sphere

Policy Win: The Parliament Adopted Draft Law #3438 Unblocking the Environment Impact Assessment Procedure during the Quarantine Restrictions

Policy Win: The Parliament Adopted the Draft Law on the Creation of the National Office on Intellectual Property

Policy Win: Chamber Proposals Were Included into Temporary Recommendations on Anti-Epidemic Measures in Hotels

Policy Win: Parliament adopted Draft Law #2043 “On Information Protection in Telecommunication Systems”

Policy Progress: The Parliament Took the First Step to Facilitate Conduction of Environment Impact Assessment during the Quarantine Restrictions

Policy Win: The President of Ukraine Signed the Law Strengthening the Protection of Telecommunications Networks

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Approved the Economic Stimulation Program to Overcome the Consequences of COVID-19

Policy Progress: Ministry of Economy Published Draft Amendments for Simplifying Phytosanitary Procedures for Barley Exports

Policy Progress: The Parliament Voted for Further Improvement of Draft Law #2207-1 on Waste Management

Policy Progress: The Government Postponed Medical Examinations for High-Risk Workers during Quarantine

Policy Progress: The Parliament Adopted Draft Law #2654 on Strengthening the Protection of Telecommunications Networks

Ministry of Health Approved Temporary Recommendations on Anti-Epidemic Measures for Retail as well as Cafes & Restaurants

Policy Progress: Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture Published Draft Amendments to the Rules of SI Units Application

Policy Progress: The Profile Parliamentary Committee Approved Draft Law #2654 for the Second Reading

Policy Progress: The Parliament Passed Draft Law #2654 on Strengthening the Protection of Telecommunications Networks in the First Reading

Policy Progress: European Commission Proposed to Recognize the Seed Certification System Equivalence between Ukraine & EU

Policy Progress: Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding Signed Approving the Maximum Export Volumes of Wheat for 2019/2020 MY

Policy Progress: Ukrzaliznytsia Postponed the New Agreement for the Provision of Services on Organizing Freight Transportation by Railway Transport until June 1, 2020

Policy Progress: The Antimonopoly Committee Recommended Ukrzaliznytsia to Refine Agreement on Freight Transportation by Railway Transport

Policy Win: Operator of Ukraine’s Gas Transmission System Introduced New Transit Service “Short-Haul”

Policy Progress: Ministry of Health Published Amendments to the Procedure of Disinfectants Registration

Policy Win: Kyiv State City Council Approved Draft Decision Allowing the Development of 4G in Kyiv Subway

Policy Progress: The Commission of the Kyiv City Council on Transport, Communication & Advertising Approved Draft Decision Allowing the Development of 4G in Kyiv Subway

Policy Win: The Government Simplified Procedure for Obtaining Permits for the Movement of Agricultural Machinery

Policy Progress: The Antimonopoly Committee Obliged the Ministry of Infrastructure to Develop and Approve the Methodology of Calculating Port Dues within 4 Months

Policy Progress: Ministry of Health Published the Draft Order to Facilitate Unlocking Registration of Disinfectants

Policy Progress: Government Supported Implementation of Pilot Projects on Admission of Private Traction

Policy Progress: VRU Healthcare Committee Returned Draft Law #2089 Amending Certain Legislation on Patent Law Reform for Improvement

Policy Progress: Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade & Agriculture Continues Negotiations on Discriminative Eco-Tax Rate with the Republic of Moldova

Policy Progress: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Approved and Submitted to Parliament the Draft Law "On Customs Tariff of Ukraine"

Policy Win: The Government Adopted Its Resolution on Access of Private Phytosanitary Laboratories to the Ukrainian Market

Policy Progress: The Profile VRU Committee Supported Draft Law #2235 on Strengthening Liability for Intentional Damage, Destruction, Theft of Telecom Network

Policy Progress: Draft Law on Import of Innovative Crop Protection Products for State Testing Was Recommended for the First Reading

Policy Progress: Chamber Proposals on Amendments to Code of Criminal Procedure Were Taken Into Account

Policy Progress: The Chamber Signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine

Policy Win: The Parliament Voted for Extension of Procurement of Medicinal Products via International Organizations for Two Years

Policy Progress: The Parliament Passed Draft Law #1048 on Authorized Economic Operators Concept in the First Reading

Policy Win: The National Bank of Ukraine Cancelled the Limit on Repatriation of Proceeds from Selling Securities & Equity Rights by Foreign Investors

Policy Win: The Antimonopoly Committee Obliged the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority to Eliminate Unequal Conditions while Concluding Agreements on the Agency of Ships

Policy Win: The Government Approved the Procedure for Inspection, Sampling, and Analysis of Water in Ports

Policy Progress: The State Regulatory Service Did Not Support the Automatic Indexation of Tariffs for Freight Transportation

Policy Win: The Government Approved Action Plan of the Customs Service Reform with the Chamber Proposals on Customs Procedures Improvement

Policy Progress: Chamber Proposals to the Draft Technical Regulation on Cosmetics Were Taken into Account by the Ministry of Health

Policy Win: The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Adopted the Procedure for Determining the Procurement Subject for Medical Devices

Policy Win: The Government Approved the Procedure for Interaction between the Seaport Authority and State Ecological Inspection

Policy Win: The National Bank of Ukraine Canceled the Limit for Funding Representative Offices of Ukrainian Companies Abroad

Policy Win: Simplified Procedure of Employment and Obtaining Long-Term Visa for Foreign Citizens Entered into Force

Policy Progress: The Profile VRU Committee Supported Draft Law #8544 on Strengthening the Responsibility for Damaging the Telecommunications Infrastructure

Policy Progress: The Parliament Adopted Draft Law Implementing European Standards in Technical Regulation

Policy Progress: Antimonopoly Committee Accepted Certain Chamber Proposals to the Draft Rules for Approval of Professional Ethics Codes in Competition

Policy Win: The National Bank of Ukraine Increased the Limit of Repatriation of Dividends to 12 mln EUR per Month

Policy Progress: The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food Approved New Import Requirements for Food of Animal Origin

Policy Progress: Profile Parliamentary Committee Supported Draft Law on Basic Principles of State Agricultural Policy

Policy Progress: The Ministry of Finance Supported Chamber’s Proposals on Customs Procedures Improvement

Policy Progress: The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Initiated Amendments to the Procedure for Determining the Procurement Subject for Medical Devices

Policy Win: State Service for Food Safety & Consumer Protection Clarified the English Title for Written Notices to Phytosanitary Certificates

Policy Progress: The Government Amended CMU Resolutions on Simplification of Accreditation Procedure and Licensing Conditions for the Healthcare Facilities

Policy Win:The Government Adopted Amendments to CMU Resolution #955 regarding Elimination of Marginal Mark-Up for Medical Devices

Policy Progress: Draft Law #10122 on Peculiarities of Taxation in Tourism Sector Was Registered in Parliament

Policy Progress: The Parliament Passed Draft Law #7473 on Authorized Economic Operators Concept in the First Reading

Policy Progress: Draft Law #10093 Amending Taxation Rules of International Roaming Services Was Registered in the Parliament

Policy Win: The Government Unblocked the Mechanism for Transboundary Movement of Obsolete Crop Protection Products

Policy Win: The National Bank of Ukraine Settled Important Issues Related to Cash Transactions in the National Currency

Policy Win: Kyiv City Council Approved Amendments to Its Decision on Taxation in Hospitality Sector in Kyiv

Policy Win: The Parliament Adopted Draft Law on Procedural Aspects of Investigations by the Antimonopoly Committee
