REPORT

on the International Round Table on the topic

“International and Legal Aspects of the Export Control:

Ukrainian Context”

 

On 8 December 2015 the international round table discussion on international and legal aspects of the export control in the Ukrainian context was held in Kyiv (Ukraine) within the framework of cooperation between the State Service of Export Control of Ukraine (SSECU) and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM).

 

To participate in this international event, representatives from a number of state authorities, institutions, industrial enterprises, research institutes were invited including the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Security Service of Ukraine, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, State Service for Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine, State Space Agency of Ukraine, State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, National Institute for Strategic Studies,  State Concern “UkrOboronProm”, “Motor Sich” Joint Stock Company, State Company “Antonov”, State Company “NNEGC “Energoatom”, State Company “Yuzhnoye Design Office”, State Company “Gas Turbine Research & Production Complex Zorya-Mashproekt”, State Kyiv Design Bureau “Luch”, etc.

 

The round table discussion was opened by Alexander Siver, director of the Scientific and Technical Center. In the beginning of his welcoming speech he passed to the participants the best wishes from Sarmite Andersson, SSM project manager, and presented Описание: Описание: Описание: Описание: Описание: Описание: Описание: Описание: Описание: Описание: Описание: Описание: F:\фото семинар\фр.jpgthe programme and the main goals of the meeting. Then A. Siver introduced attendees from France – Eric-Andre Martin and Vincent Trouve who had come to Ukraine to discuss possible programmes of cooperation in the field of export control over the dual-use goods (the French specialists participated in the event as observers).

 

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Then STC Director gave the floor to Yury Tereshchenko, Chairman of the SSECU. In his welcoming speech he presented the current situation in the field of export control in Ukraine the peculiarity of which was characterized with the negative impact of RF’s aggressive policy towards Ukraine. Mr. Tereshchenko attracted participants’ attention to the necessity in seeking alternative ways for international trade with end-users from, e.g. South East Asia. Then, Yury Tereshchenko focused on the issue of an adequate response to Russia’s attempts to acquire critical Ukrainian products, and he called to integrate efforts of all state bodies, competent authorities and enterprises for this purpose. Later, Chairman of the SSECU outlined plans aiming at improvement of export control legislation, using EU best practices including introduction of the Ukrainian single list of dual-use items.

 

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The third panel session was focused on the introduction of the national Single Control list of dual-use goods in Ukraine. The legislative and organizational aspects of the issue were addressed by Viktor Polyanskyy. The second presentation of the session made by Gregorz Gawlik was devoted to some peculiarities of the EU list of dual-use items and certain practical methods when using it. He also shared information on Polish experience in the EU list implementation and enhancement of cooperation between the partners using the single list of dual-use goods and common procedures emerged after its introduction.  

 

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During the meeting the participants put a number of questions regarding presentations and other issues associated with different aspects of export control. The speakers and other participants jointly tried to seek exhaustive answers to the questions.

During the final part of the event for getting feedback from each participant the organizers asked to briefly characterize the round table discussion and to make their notes, comments and proposals for the future. For this purpose the questionnaire was distributed among 40 participants. Besides, each participant who desired was provided with the opportunity to make this orally.

The results of questionnaires processing are summarized in the table below.

1. Which topics and practical issues addressed during the event were the most useful in your opinion?

-         Presentations of V.Polyanskyy, G. Gawlik, Y. Grytsay, A. Dmytiev (10 participants)

-         On practice and mechanisms of using the Single Control List of Dual-use Goods (15 participants)

-         Foreign experience in introduction of the Single List of Dual-use Goods (7 participants)

-         Practical implications of introduction changes in the Ukrainian legislation in the field of export control (5 participants)

-         World tendencies in the field of export control (12 participants)

 

2. Which directions of cooperation with European partners are the most actual at the moment? Your opinion and proposals

-         Creation of website and/or journal (15 participants)

-         Study of the organizational aspects of the export control system in EU (4 participants).

-         Implementation of foreign best practices of electronic document management (5 participants).

-         Because of completion of the development of the draft law of Ukraine “On electronic trust services” which will introduce an electronic signature, it is necessary to ensure its technical compatibility with EU legislation.

-         Cooperation between an export control body and a customs service regarding electronic authorizing documents submission

-         To resume the EU Outreach Programme in Export Control

3. In your opinion, which urgent steps shall be made by state authorities and industry in Ukraine with regard to expected transition to the Single Control list of dual-use goods?

-         Control of positions in the new List, establishment of the experts’ consultations procedure, immediate synchronization of changes introduced in EC regimes with the new List changes (12 participants).

-         To provide  monitoring of export control legislative changes in EU and informing the industry on these changes (8 participants)

-         To accelerate the process of the implementing the Single list of dual-use goods (5 participants)

-         To resolve issues and to inform industry it is reasonable to establish electronic interaction between the Custom Service and SSECU

4. In your opinion, which information and training measures should be undertaken to facilitate optimization of the commercial activities of industrial and other entities in Ukraine?

-         Resumption of a specialized journal publication, at least in an electronic format, since Ukrainian specialists are short of necessary information (10 participants)

-         It is necessary to carry out  more round table discussions involving specialized institutions and enterprises of Ukraine to facilitate actual information sharing (7 participants)

-         To carry out specialized seminars to receive qualified expert assistance in order to keep practical activity in line with export control requirements (12 participants)

-         Creation of a specialized web-site (5 participants)

-          Development and issuing featured publications, e.g. handbooks on actual issues in export control

-         For the training purposes it would be reasonable to develop an annual working plan for cooperation with industry

-         It is reasonable to arrange special training for specialists of different categories and different levels.

-         Resumption of cooperation with the R&D institutions for mutual aid and information, technical and analytical support of the introduction of the Single control list of dual-use items.

5. How would you rate the event? (from 0 to 5)

Average rate – 4,8