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EU and Ukraine initial Association Agreement, including free trade area

02-04-2012

The text of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, including provisions on the establishment of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), was initialed on 30 March by the chief negotiators on each side.
 
A press release said: “In this context, Chief Trade Negotiators from both sides confirmed their agreement, reached on 22 December 2011, on the substance of the DCFTA, undertaking to complete the legal verification of the text, including technical annexes and protocols.”
 
The chief negotiators were acting upon the instructions of the EU’s and Ukraine’s leaders, who announced at the EU-Ukraine Summit in December 2011 that they had finalized negotiations on an Association Agreement aimed at establishing political association and economic integration between the EU and Ukraine.
Both sides expressed their common commitment to undertake further technical steps, required to prepare conclusion of the Association Agreement.
 
This Agreement will replace the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement, in force since 1998, as the contractual basis of EU-Ukraine relations.
 
Last month, in a press release issued after meeting the Ukrainian Energy Minister, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Štefan Füle recalled that the signature and the ratification of the Association Agreement would depend on political circumstances in Ukraine, notably in relation to respect for common values and the rule of law. (ENPI Info Centre) 
 
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Press release 
 
ENPI Info Centre - EU and Ukraine conclude talks on Association Agreement, says Van Rompuy (20-12-2011)
 
Delegation of the EU to Ukraine
 
ENPI Info Centre webpage - Ukraine
 
 

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