Deregulation of Business: The Government Has Canceled Over 200 Permits and Approvals.

The Cabinet of Ministers has published the results of the deregulation reform, which canceled over 200 state regulation instruments that had become unnecessary and complicated business operations. This accounts for nearly 45% of all the proposed instruments for cancellation considered by the Interagency Working Group on Deregulation. This was reported by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Yulia Svyrydenko.In particular, the Cabinet of Ministers supported the draft order developed by the Ministry of Economy, which canceled 182 state regulation instruments, including 150 instruments in the field of health care and sanitary control, 17 instruments in the agrarian and industrial complex, and 15 instruments in the areas of labor protection, trade, construction, fire safety, and foreign economic activity. Experts calculated that this will lead to an economic effect worth more than 600 million hryvnias.Among the canceled instruments are permits from the state sanitary and epidemiological service for the sale of products outside establishments, sanitary passports for transport, conclusions on the possibility of constructing health centers, approvals for the import of poultry products into Ukraine, permits for the production of new product groups in the perfumery and cosmetics industry, and others.Outdated and specific instruments have also been canceled, such as approvals for the use of stove heating in computer gaming establishments located in rural areas with up to 10 gaming places, and an attestation-expert conclusion confirming a person's healing abilities.After the implementation of government decisions, 352 instruments have already been canceled out of 1323 reviewed by the Interagency Working Group on Deregulation. This is a positive step in easing business regulation and promoting its further development.