#52026XC02328Amendment to the EU Ukraine Plan Methodology
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This document updates how the EU assesses and manages Ukraine's progress in fulfilling its commitments under the Ukraine Facility. It sets a clearer, more predictable method for sanctioning or rewarding Ukraine based on partial successes in reform steps, acknowledging challenges posed by the ongoing war. Crucial for Ukraine's financial aid continuity, the new system ensures step values reflect their importance and provides grace periods for improvement.
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Key Changes
- Introduces a new methodology for assessing Ukraine's progress on reform steps.
- Establishes a proportionate system for financial suspension and reward.
- Acknowledges the impact of Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine's legislative and administrative capacities.
Obligations
What this law requires
The Commission must inform the Council and the Parliament without undue delay if one or more qualitative and quantitative steps defined in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1447 are not satisfactorily fulfilled.
Ukraine must ensure full commitment and timely delivery on the qualitative and quantitative steps outlined in the Ukraine Plan.
If the Commission assesses that Ukraine has not fulfilled the necessary measures within 12 months of a negative assessment, it must officially notify Ukraine of the elapsing period and allow two months for Ukraine to present its observations.
The Commission must submit a proposal for a Council implementing decision if it concludes that Ukraine has fulfilled the necessary measures after a negative assessment.
The Commission must apply a predefined methodology for assessing the fulfillment of primary and ordinary steps when calculating the suspension value of non-satisfactorily fulfilled steps.