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It is critically important to make a decision before the end of the parliament's spring session, the official said.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has said that updated Annex 27 (on energy) to the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement will let Ukraine jointly with the EU more effectively defend its interests in gas transit talks with Russia.
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It is critically important to make a decision before the end of the spring session of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, she said at a meeting with public organizations dealing with European integration, as reported by the Ukrainian government portal on May 4.
During the 5th meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association Council, the European Union in December 2018 recognized Ukraine's willingness to ensure the full integration of its energy market into the EU one after the completion of the relevant reforms. In their joint statement, the parties said they expected the updating of Annex XXVII of the Association Agreement would reflect the development of EU law.
Paragraph 7 of the updated draft of Annex XXVII to the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement assumes that Ukraine "shall refrain from putting into effect the acts submitted for consultation […] before the European Commission has assessed the compatibility of the proposed act with the relevant EU acquis and where the European Commission has concluded that the proposed act is incompatible with the said EU acquis."
In practice, this means the creation of new technical conditions, transparent tariffs and stability in energy supplies, which will lead to an increase in the quality of energy services as a whole.