Experts of EasyBusiness, a member NGO of the RPR Coalition, have joined the deregulation process: The Cabinet of Ministers has canceled more than 200 outdated regulatory norms. 

These include permits, conclusions, approvals, passports, etc. that have been creating artificial obstacles for business for years: 

• 150 instruments in the field of health care and sanitary control (most of them are the legacy of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service);
• 17 in the agro-industrial complex;
• 15 in the fields of labor, trade, construction, fire safety and foreign trade;
• 21 more instruments in the fields of health care, environment and space – on the recommendation of other central executive authorities. 

So, what went into oblivion is:

• permission to sell products outside of establishments (enterprises);
• permission to open a hairdressing salon after renovation;
• approval of the use of stove heating in rural playrooms;
• permission to enter a health facility;
• “conclusion on healing abilities”.

This is almost 45% of all instruments recommended for abolition by the Interagency Working Group on Deregulation (IWG on Deregulation), in which the EasyBusiness team is involved. In total, 352 instruments have already been canceled as part of the deregulation reform. The expected effect on the economy is over UAH 600 million.

In January 2023, to simplify the business environment, the Government established an Interagency Working Group on Accelerated Review of State Regulation of Economic Activity (IWG on Deregulation). The IWG is chaired by Yulia Svyrydenko, First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, and Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

During its work, the IWG on Deregulation reviewed 1323 regulatory instruments for business. Of these, 584 were recommended for simplification and 456 for abolition.