On May 7, 2012 the representatives of the Committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, headed by the chairperson Nataliya Korolevs’ka had a working visit to “NIBULON”. A working session of representatives of the Committee and the management of “NIBULON” was held during the meeting. Today “NIBULON” is a leading Ukrainian agricultural producer and exporter, the company successfully implements its investment program, builds new elevators and river terminals, creates its own fleet. However, there are certain irregularities, contradictions and gaps in the national legislation on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship in the way of the company’s normal activities. The main topics of the meeting were the immediate problems of the Ukrainian grain business, including, in particular inadequate legislation on authorization framework. Thus, now entities of domestic grain market and exporters can not get authorizing documents in licensing centers when moving grain in Ukraine and execution of export operations in time. In particular it is connected with the fact that the schedule of licensing centers are not adapted to real needs of entities and does not provide round the clock reception of applications for permits and their immediate issuance. In turn, transporting and shipment of grain cargoes in the export link should be carried out round the clock without holidays and weekends throughout the year. For this reason it is necessary to make amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On authorization framework in the sphere of economic activity” to exclude a number of documents from the list of permits that are issued exclusively through licensing centers. Secondly, shortcomings of the legislation on state control over the content of GMOs in grain and its processing products were discussed. Currently there is no control over the GMO during sowing and cultivation of agricultural products and control over farmers’ activity in the state. There are more than 70 thousand farmers in Ukraine and in their vast majority they are unable to test their products on GMO content. At the same time according to the procedure of export-import operations, agricultural products exported have to be necessarily accompanied by a certificate of grain and its processing products quality, which also includes information about the presence or absence of GMOs. Thus, the burden falls to the grain market operators, transporters and exporters, accompanied by pressure on the part of the State Inspectorate of Agriculture of Ukraine. There is an anecdotal situation: we, Ukrainians, can consume products containing GMOs, but grain for export, i.e. food for elephants and camels, is sent without GMOs. To settle this issue it is necessary to make appropriate amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the State Biosafety System while creating, testing, transportation and using of genetically modified organisms”, providing for a state program to control the use of seeds and planting material and agricultural products cultivation by commodity producers and also sales agricultural products in the domestic market of Ukraine. Another problem is newly-constructed storage facilities commissioning. Today, after the completion of new production facilities construction and registration of ownership, it is impossible to start using the newly-built facility immediately, because to obtain certificate of compliance of services for grain and its processing products storage for the first time, one should get additional documents of state fire safety, protection of labor and industrial security, sanitary and epidemiological and environmental protection service. This, in its turn, leads to a forced outage of newly-built production capacities, delay of the commissioning start and loss of income, reducing tax base etc. To eliminate this shortcoming of the national licensing system is necessary to make amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the regulation of urban development” and the subordinate acts of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, regulating the procedure for issuing certificate of compliance of services for grain and its processing products storage. Contraventions of regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Law of Ukraine “On licensing system in the sphere of economic activity” and the Law of Ukraine “On grain and grain market in Ukraine” were also examined, wherefore local departments of the State Inspectorate of Agriculture of Ukraine unreasonably require certification of grain during its transportation on the territory of Ukraine by different kinds of transport between different silos within a certified cornhouse. Given that it is suggested to introduce amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On grain and grain market in Ukraine”, eliminating the need for certification of grain while transporting within the territory of Ukraine between different silos within a single cornhouse and to bring regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine into accordance with law. In addition, the legislation does not regulate an issue of grain certification during its transportation by water transport within inland waterways of Ukraine with further transshipment on the port road, making it necessary to conduct recertification at the request of the territorial bodies of the State Inspectorate of Agriculture of Ukraine. Thus, as of today the issue on introduction of amendments and additions to the regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, regulating the procedure for issuing a certificate of quality for grain and its processing products, eliminating the need for recertification is urgent. Also drawbacks of a number of other legislative acts were discussed, including draft Law “On land market”, which has a non-market and discriminatory nature, and the Law “On the sea ports of Ukraine”, which afflicts the interests of private sea (transshipment) terminals built outside existing marine ports, they are government enterprises. “The existing draft law of the land market is focused exclusively on creation of a land bank, limiting the prospects of Ukraine and brings monopolization and shadowing of Ukrainian land. I have also incurred obligations to deal with the draft law on sea ports, which is considered not in our committee, but we will take an active part in consideration of the draft law,” said the chairperson of the Committee. “NIBULON” is now one of the leading companies in various sectors of Ukrainian economy, such as: agricultural production, export, shipbuilding and shipping, construction, logistics etc. The complex of problems that our company now solves could be an interesting experience for each committee of the Verkhovna Rada. Turning our company to address these problems can really help the economy of Ukraine in solving the challenges and shortcomings of legislation. We are ready to transfer our knowledge and experience to help the development of Ukrainian business,” General Director of “NIBULON”, Hero of Ukraine Oleksiy Vadaturskyy said during the meeting. The chairperson of the Committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship studied out in detail the existing problems of licensing system, getting information from the management of “NIBULON” as to existing shortcomings and inconsistencies of the Ukrainian legislation. Nataliya Korolevs’ka promised that a working group on working out the draft law aimed at regulating the Ukrainian legislation, creation of appropriate conditions and elimination of potential interference with the work of domestic companies, will be created with the participation of “NIBULON’s” specialists. “NIBULON” is a company that demonstrates the economic patriotism in our country. We need to learn to maintain pressure on “NIBULON’s” business, because such companies now develop, unfortunately, not due to the public policy, but regardless it. Last year the company had 440 audits, but it survived, withstood, is engaged in investment programs. We agreed to explore an experience of the company, to create such a “road map” to let our national manufacturers be able to prevent arbitrariness of regulatory authorities”. “Companies that invest resources, raise funds, provide work places and restore the lost potential of Ukraine, which has been destroyed for 20 years of independence, certainly need government support. I think that the process of awarding such investment projects a national status to minimize an impact of regulatory authorities, licensing system on development and normal prospects of such companies should be accelerated”, said Nataliya Korolevs’ka.