Legal basis:
Starting with the proposal COM(2014)16679 in March 2014, the regulation 374/201480 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine was signed by the EU Parliament and Council on 16th June 2014. It is based on increasingly close relationship between the EU and Ukraine and goes beyond mere bilateral cooperation, encompassing gradual progress towards political association and economic integration.
Relevance for the logistic market:
The EU enlargement by the above-mentioned candidate and potential candidate countries is expected to have a significant effect for the EU logistics sector, due to the enlargement of population and the European economic area. These parameters will induce to widen the European economic markets, the demand, the exchange of goods and services, the possibilities to relocate production and, consequently, the overall logistics area of activities;
The following Table presents the absolute growth 2005-2012 in road transport in selected new Member States compared to the total of the EU27. As can be clearly seen from this figure, the new Member States’ growth is by far higher than the average of the EU27 states.