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EU extends Ukraine road agreement

[ June 26, 2024   //   ]

The EU and Ukraine are to extend and update their current road transport agreement. First signed in June 2022 following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the agreement has substantially increased trade by road between Ukraine and the EU, to the benefit of both economies.

The agreement has been prolonged until 30 June 2025, with tacit renewal for another period of six months, unless one of the parties disagrees and has evidence that there is a major disturbance of its road transport market or that the Agreement’s objectives are clearly no longer being met.

The Agreement now requires transport operators to carry documents proving authorisation for international carriage, that documents certifying that unladen operations are directly linked to a transit or bilateral operation, as per the agreement and also introduce a safeguard clause allowing suspension of the agreement in specific geographical areas if the road transport experiences major disturbances.

There are also measures to enhance compliance by operators with Agreement obligations, in particular addressing fraud, forgery of driver documents, and traffic safety offences.

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