IVAN MIROSHNICHENKO People's Deputy of Ukraine SAMOPOMICH PARTY - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

IVAN MIROSHNICHENKO People's Deputy of Ukraine SAMOPOMICH PARTY

Parliament Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations ) Committee considered above 300 draft laws. The main focus: -Deregulation of production, processing and logistic processes; -Change of tax regime and state support of farmers; -Development and support of family farms; -Implementation of EU regulation of identification and registration of agricultural animals; -Law on seeds and hybrids regulation -Adaptation to EU regulation of quarantine control, plants and animals control; -Improvement the legislation about safety and hygiene of feed; -Melioration and irrigation of soil; -Land market; -Resistance to "agrarian raiding”, anti -raiding legislation. The number of draft laws submitted to the Parliament Rada for consideration with the positive opinion of the Committee is more than 160. Adopted as laws – 24* • Law efficiency of passing of draft laws through the Parliament • Savings on costs – 5-6 billion UAH per year Mr Miroshnichenko is co-author of 8 from 24 agricultural laws which are adopted by Parliament

W HERE WE CONCENTRATE IN 2018 1) State budget supporting programs should be changed!!!  A) Return of VAT reimbursement on oil crops export, such as soy and rape (draft law No.  7403-2) B) Return of replacement of the program of financial support to agricultural producers  (like ex-special VAT regime) C) In 2018 the program of partial (25%) compensation of the cost of agricultural  machinery and equipment of domestic production allocated 945 million UAH. D) The other program of almost 4 bil UAH provides support to animal production sector  and is products 2) Tax policy  A) Law on tax on the withdrawn capital is planning to be registered and could be adopted  by parliament B) Keep good progress on VAT reimbursement !!!  C) The State Fiscal Service should strengthen control over the payment of all types of taxes  D) In 2017 Parliament registered a draft law which proposes to set an internal VAT rate of  10% on meat, dairy products, chicken, vegetables, cereals, flour mills and other products E) Laws which minimize « the gray-market » of agrarian production and land operation  3) Currency regulation  Two alternative laws of currency regulation change were registered liberalizing investment  climate. For example:  ex-regime of permission should be replaced by the new regime of informing of state bodies  3 about the market operation with foreign currency; residents and non-residents will be equal in their rights;  opportunity to make investments in any foreign country, etc 

W HERE WE CONCENTRATE IN 2018  4) Privatization  A) The Law « On Privatization of State and Communal Property » was adopted in January.  B) The State Property Fund approved the list of enterprises for privatization in 2018. This is a list of nearly 100 state entities that are classified for privatization. « Agrarian Fund » and « State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine » were among them, but Government has taken them from the list for privatization.  5) Concession  A) The Law « On the concession » was adopted in a first approval in April. Needs second approval.  B) It is planned to transfer Ukrainian state ports exclusively to long-term concessions (for 25 or for 49 years). Roads, some energy infrastructure can be managed by concession platform  6) Logistic development and emergency plan  7) Continue with deregulation and business environment protection and 4 liberalization  8) Land Reform!!!

Oil wars – one of the main topics for agricultural sector “oil amendments”, On December, 7 Parliament adopted which cancelled VAT • reimbursement of oil products export . Illegally passed and discrimination of sector!!! Agrarians were categorically opposed this decision so they had to use radically actions 5 • During December – April agrarians organized road blocking in more than 10 regions of • Ukraine

Oil Oil war ars s - The agrarians held two All-Ukrainian Agrarian Meetings, where they • 6 expressed strong demands for state bodies. Strikes at Parliament. - Law 7403-2, which was supported by all the leaders of agrarian associations • - Loss for farmers on soy and rape of cancelling VAT reimbursement is around • 7-8 billion UAH per year

Raiding and illegal seizure of property During 2017 there were more than 500 cases of raider attacks • A Public sector has fixed a lot of attacks on small and medium-sized farms and • even on food processing industries Almost all cases are “covered” by authorities, police, administrations, • prosecutors 7

The following laws were adopted: “On Licensing Certain Types of Economic Activities” “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts on No. 222-VIII dated 02.03.2015 Facilitation of Business (Deregulation )” No. 191-VIII dated 12.02.2015 A number of licenses in the agro industrial complex, in particular, marketing licenses for A number of licenses, authorizations, and pesticides, agrochemicals, livestock resources, certificates in the veterinary and sanitary production and distribution of veterinary medicinal regulation were canceled products and drugs were canceled “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Plant Ukraine Regarding Deregulation in the Agro Quarantine" (Concerning the Reduction of industrial Complex” No . 867-VIII dated 08.12.2015 Administrative Burden) No. 617-VIII dated (authored by І. Miroshnichenko ) 15.07.2015 (authored by І . Miroshnichenko ) 22 authorization procedures and requirements for Requirement for mandatory quarantine certificate economic activities were canceled and limited for internal grain transportation was abolished; issue terms for phytosanitary and quarantine certificates were reduced by 3 times from 3 days to 24 hours.

The following laws were adopted: “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Intended for Harmonization of Ukrainian Legislation for Seeds and Seedlings in Line with European and International Norms and Standards” No. 864-VIII dated 08.12.2015 (authored by І. Miroshnichenko ) “On Amendments to the Land Code of Ukraine on the Operation of Land Auctions” No. 1012-VIII dated 18.02.2016 The system of certification of seeds and confirmation of its conformity has been improved, the registration A number of provisions which established procedure of plant varieties has been improved cases of non-competitive sale of state or communal land or land rights was excluded.

Draft laws in the agro industrial complex, which are under consideration at Parliament Draft Law on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine to Resolve the Issue of Collective Ownership of Land, Improvement of Land Use Rules in Areas of Agricultural Land, Prevention of Raidership and Stimulation of Irrigation in Ukraine No. 6049-d dated 26.12.2017 ( authored by І . Miroshnichenko ) The draft law offers an effective mechanism to resolve the land use optimization issues within the whole land, preventing raider attacks, removing lattice block design and stimulating irrigation development. Draft Law on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Land Resources Management within the Territory of the Unified Territorial Communities and the Settlement of Other Issues in the Area of Land Relations No 7118-1 dated 04.10.2017. It is proposed to authorize the united territorial communities to manage lands outside of settlements (except for of defense lands, natural reserve and other environmental lands). Draft Law on Amendments to the Land Code of Ukraine and Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning the Stimulation of the Creation and Development of Family Farms and Termination of Corruption Abuse in the Sphere of Management of State and Communal Land No. 7060 dated 04.09.2017 ( authored by І . Miroshnichenko ) Draft Law provides the introduction of auctions. In these auctions the citizens of Ukraine, who are members of family farms and at the time of the auction cultivate less than 20 hectares of land, can only participate.

Other laws, except for AIC, authored or co-authored by І . Miroshnichenko: Economic policy: 1. Draft Law on Capital Markets and Regulated Markets No 7055 dated 01.09.2017 . Infrastructure: 1. Draft Law on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improvement of Legislation in Compliance with Weight or Dimensional Standards, No 4660-1 dated 27.05.2016. 2. Draft Law on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Settlement of Urban Planning within Seaport Areas, in the Area of Navigation Equipment Activities and Maritime Traffic, No. 5431 dated 18.11.2016 . 3. Draft Law on Inland Water Transport, No 2475 а dated 04.08.2015. Ecology: 1. Draft Law on Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Regulation of Urban Development" on improvement of investment opportunities in the production of electric power from alternative sources, No 6081 dated 13.02.2017 (adopted in the first reading) Business protection from abuse of law enforcement officers and counteraction to raider attacks: 1. Draft Law on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts on Enforcement of Rights of Participants in Criminal Proceedings and Other Persons by Law Enforcement Agencies during Pre-Judicial Investigation No. 7275 from 10.11.2017 (adopted as law) 2. Draft Law on Amendments to the Land Code of Ukraine and Certain Other Legislative Acts against Raiding No 8121 dated 14.03.2018

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