The Action Program of the
Government foresees the abandonment of out-of date Soviet standards and
the introduction of 28,000 new standards that fully meet the EU
criteria, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk informed, presenting the
Parliament of the Government Action Program
on Thursday, December 11.
According to him, now there
are old Soviet "state
standards" in Ukraine, and
the transition to European standards-"it is like
switching from 110 to 220
volts ", "It means to abandon the Soviet
past and become part of the civilized
world, where there is competitive economy, the possibility
of selling goods in markets, where there
are the largest markets."
"That's the reason why 1500 different kinds
of Soviet standards will be switched to European
ones. Ukrainian economy should fully meet
the criteria and realities that exist in the EU",
he said.
In general, 28 thousand new
standards will be introduced: "It is
quite long and difficult work on
technical regulation. For this purpose, a technical
mission of the European Union will help
us transfer Ukraine’s economy to
real European rails–it means quality and standards."