Access of tax authorities to bank accounts

On 28 January 2020, the arbitration panel has been formed in the dispute between the EU and Ukraine regarding Ukraine’s export prohibition of unprocessed timber. Notably, this is the first dispute between the EU and Ukraine under the Association Agreement (“EU-Ukraine AA”), and here, the EU invokes the dispute settlement mechanism provided by the free-trade agreement instead of the usual WTO dispute settlement mechanism

On July 17, 2019, several Ukrainian stakeholders announced that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted new Regulation of the interaction between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (‘USPA’) and the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine (‘SEIU’) in case of polluting Ukrainian sea waters from ships within the territory of the seaports. The announcements were followed by words of a reasonable expectation that the Regulation is one more step in the suppression of bribery and corruption flourishing under the auspices of environmental control...