Q3 2025
LOBBYING
149 Collective initiatives
Efficiency 67%
159
Number of committee meetings
114
Individual initiatives
Efficiency 83%
123
Number of position papers
KEY SUCCESSES
� EBA welcomes adoption of Draft Law No. 13439-3 on increasing the state budget reserve fund
✈ EBA welcomes extension of the “transport visa-free” regime until 2027
� EBA welcomes the launch of eCTD for new medicinal product registrations
� Business welcomes new currency liberalisation package from the NBU
� ЕВA welcomes the signing of the PublicPrivate Partnership Law
� EBA welcomes the extension of the cash accounting method for VAT on electricity supply transactions
� EBA welcomes the adoption of Resolution No. 976 “On Amendments to the Plan for the Allocation and Use of the Radio Frequency Spectrum”
� Business welcomes the approval of strategic and critical raw materials lists
� A new era in financial services: open banking officially launched in Ukraine
� EBA welcomes Government initiatives to support veterans
� EBA welcomes the Government’s decision on 100% employees reservation in frontline areas
⚖ EBA welcomes decision on balanced regulation of the extractive industry
� Fundamental agreement was reached on the need to extend the eExcise testing period until 1 November 2026 with business and government authorities
KEY MEETINGS
02 / 07
Meeting of the ЕВА with the leadership of the Central Іnterregional Directorate of the STS
02 / 07
EBA Food Committee discusses іndustry сhallenges
04 / 07
Expert dialog between business and tax authorities: Crowe Mikhailenko and the State Tax Service in Kharkiv region on VAT, international taxation and new practices
07 / 07
First meeting of the Subcommittee on Chemical Safety: Joint discussion with MP Oleh Bondarenko
16 / 07
Ukraine’s recovery: business continues work on key priorities
17 / 07
Responsible business in action: Integrating veterans as part of ESG strategy
18 / 07
Meeting of the EBA Logistics Committee with representatives of the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
23 / 07
Meeting of the EBA Retail Committee
The ЕВА took part in a meeting with the Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine
Online-meeting of the Financial and Tax Committee of the Southern Ukrainian Office of the European Business Association “Tax Audits and Risks: What to Expect in the Second Half of 2025”
EBA meeting with the leadership of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine
eCTD, GMP Conclusions, and implementation of the law “On Medicinal Products”: Meeting of the Registration Subcommittee of the Health Care Committee of the EBA
Implementation of REACH and іntroduction of new technical regulations on medical devices and In vitro diagnostic devices: Meeting of the EBA Health Сare Committee’s Medical Devices Subcommittee
EBA discussed freight tariff indexation with the Ministry for Development and Ukrzaliznytsia
29 / 07
29 / 07
04 / 08
EBA Kharkiv Office representatives take part in meeting with the President of Ukraine
05 / 08
Meeting with Oleksii Sobolev, Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine
06 / 08
08 / 08
08 / 08
EBA–NAСP meeting on the Transparency Register
11 / 08
Clinical trials in Ukraine: clinical sites demonstrate reliability in active clinical trials and readiness to participate in new ones
15 / 08
EBA representatives joined the meeting with the new Head of the Economic Security Bureau 18 / 08
Meeting of the EBA with the new Head of the Economic Security Bureau chaired by the Prime Minister of Ukraine
18 / 08
ЕВА meeting with the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection
21 / 08
EBA discussed business opportunities under the Ukraine Facility with the Ministry of Economy
EBA representatives joined a meeting with the Prosecutor General of Ukraine
EBA representatives join expert group under the Temporary Investigative Commission
EBA held a round table on the de-shadowing of the security market
27 / 08
Establishing a new regulator in the pharmaceutical sector: outcomes of the EBA–MoH meeting
01 / 09
EBA Lobbying Committee: first meeting in the new legal environment
/ 09
Animal Health Committee meets with State Institutions
/ 09 Mining Day 2025
26 / 08
EBA meeting with the Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office
27 / 08
/ 09
09 / 09
EBA meeting with the Acting Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine
10 / 09
EBA meeting with USPA Head Oleksandr Semyhrha
10 / 09
Meeting with Mykhailo Fedorov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation
11 / 09
The ЕВА met with Serhii Zviahintsev, Acting Head of the State Customs Service
15 / 09
EBA representatives discuss shadow trade with the ESBU and Verkhovna Rada
23 / 09
EBA discussed the introduction of e-audit with the State Tax Service
24 / 09 Influencer Marketing Code of Ethics a step towards a transparent market: EBA and IAB discussion outcomes
25 / 09
Joint meeting of the HR Committee and ESG Hub on tackling bias in hiring and onboarding
25 / 09
Finance & Tax Committee of the EBA
30 / 09
EBA discussed problematic issues of Ukrainian road carriers with the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories
30 / 09
Business discusses digitalisation of services with the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection
Kharkiv Office
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