The Council of the EU supported the accession of Ukraine to joint mobile roaming

Ukraine can join the Roam like at home (RLAH) free telephone roaming zone in 2024, if all the necessary changes to the legislation are implemented in less than 12 months, writes censor.net.

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"If we talk specifically about the roaming sector, we will have 12 months to implement (the package of legislative norms). The EU plans to assess our compliance with roaming obligations next year. But we plan to implement the implementation earlier so that the ball is in the EU's court for evaluation by the end of the year. In general, yes, we plan to become a part of the EU's single digital market before membership," Taras Stetsenko, head of telecommunications policy development at the Ministry of Digital Transformation, said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

Stetsenko specified that, if everything goes well, Ukraine will be able to join the single roaming space of the EU in 2024.

Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers completed the internal procedure for updating Addendum 17-3 to the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU. A similar internal procedure was carried out by the EU Council the other day.

After the approval of these updates by the Ukraine-EU Association Committee in the trade warehouse (which is expected to happen in May), Ukraine will have 12 months to implement the list of legislative norms for the possibility of joining the single European roaming space RLAH. After that, based on the EU's assessment, a final decision will be made regarding the terms of accession.

"Prices for calls to relatives in Europe for Ukrainians will decrease. Operators will not charge 30 hryvnias per minute of conversation. It will not be necessary to change SIM cards during trips in Europe. In addition, the rights of consumers will be protected according to EU rules," Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov reported earlier.

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