Ukraine and the EU

CURRENT ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN

Modal Verbs with Passive Infinitive and Perfect Infinitive.

The European Union. Current Economic Relation between Ukraine and EU.

*Task I. Get acquainted with the new vocabulary

the/an odd man out — a person or thing that is different from the others

"At school she always felt the odd man out".

the rule of law — the condition in which every member of society, in­cluding its rulers, accepts the authority of the law.

*Task II. Give the equivalents to the following in Ukrainian:

To conduct relations, partnership and cooperation, to come into force, to sign the document, the aim of the parties, to establish a free trade area, the most favoured-nation treatment, to be subjected to the discriminatory direct or indirect taxation, negotiation on the accession, public procurement, money laundering, to be renewable, the rule of law, court system, integral market, security policy, state legislation, to induce attractiveness, the system of taxation.

**Task III. Read and translate the text.

The relations between Ukraine and the European Union are conduct­ed within the framework of the "Partnership and Co-operation Agree­ment" (PCA) which was signed in 1994 and came into force in 1998. The aim of the parties to the document is to establish a free trade area between them. According to the Agreement, the parties grant to each other the most-favoured-nation treatment and the goods of each party should not be subject to discriminatory direct or indirect taxation. The areas, in which the co-operation will concentrate, are close to the chapters for negotiation on the accession with the candidate countries:

- "industrial co-operation, investment promotion and protection, pub­lic procurement, mining and raw materials, science and technology, edu­cation and training, agriculture and agro-industrial sector, energy, civil nuclear sector, environment, transport, space industry, telecommunications, financial services, money laundering, monetary policy, regional de­velopment, social co-operation, tourism, small and medium-sized enter­prises, information and communication, consumer protection, customs, statistical co-operation, economics and drugs" (Article 52 of the PCA).

The Agreement is concluded for ten years to be renewable on a year-by year basis. Some progress toward Ukraine's entrance into European community has been achieved. In December 1999 European Council adopted "the European Council Common Strategy on Ukraine" In Sep­tember 2000, the Program on Ukraine's integration into the European Union was signed. The program prescribes Ukraine's strategy in the fol­lowing important areas: democracy and rule of law, court system, human rights, economic development of the country, internal market without boarders, economic and fiscal questions, foreign economic activity, for­eign and security policy, education and youth, financial issues.

The fact that Ukraine is a large transit country of oil and gas from Russia and other Asian countries to Western Europe takes not the last part in the economic relations between the EU and Ukraine.

In November 2000, Ukrainian lawmakers approved a program to har­monise Ukrainian legislation with the European one. The program is aimed to induce attractiveness of the European economy in the eyes of investors.

In order to be eligible for the EU membership Ukraine has to fulfill listed by the EU requirements which include holding of transparent par­liament and presidential elections, mass media reform, fighting corrup­tion, stability of legislation, the financial system and the system of taxa­tion to EU standards.

Task IV. Translate into English:

Фінансові угоди, вступ до Євросоюзу, єдиний ринок, викликати привабливість, найсприятливіше ставлення до нації, захист споживачів, підписувати угоду, встановити зону вільної торгівлі, підлягати прямому та непрямому оподаткуванню, законодавство та судова система, для того, щоб мати право, обговорення вступу

**Task V. Find the terms characterizing relations between Ukraine and the Euro­pean Union.

2. Name the PCA's key points.

3. Determine areas of Ukraine and the EU cooperation.

4. Name the document adopted by the European Council in 1999.

5. Explain the advantages of Ukraine being an important oil and gas tran­sit country.

6. Determine the aim of the program approved by Ukrainian lawmakers.

7. Name the requirement Ukraine has to fulfill to be eligible for EU mem­bership

Task VI. Which word in each group has the meaning different from that of the other words in the group?

1. agreement, contract, taxation, deal

2. area, security, zone, region, space

3. approve, confirm, criticize, ratify

4. approach, gateway, relation, entrance

5. partner, stranger, colleague, friend

6. trade, business, commerce, force

**Task VII. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian paying to the use of Modal Verbs with Passive Infinitive.

1. The inflation rate can be lowered by shortening of government expenditures.

2. Ukraine can be excepted as the EU member in order to fulfill a list of prescriptions.

3. At the world market every government must be protected from foreign competition.

4. It is to assumed that the results obtained will change the economic situation for the better.

5. A great variety of goods had to be imposed to taxes.

6. This issue cannot solved by productivity increase.

**Task VIII. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian paying to the use of Modal Verbs with Perfect Infinitive.

1. The manager of our firm ought to have paid all the income taxes.

2. The new equipment must have been supplied in time.

3. The import of some commodity should have exceeded the export.

4. The recent expansion in exports of manufactures may have been closely related to foreign investment.

5. This country must have relied on transfers of foreign investments in its development.

6. You should have taken all facts into consideration.

***Task IX. What’s Your opinion as to the participation of Ukraine in the European market? In what way will it effect economy? Give the examples of Eastern European countries participation?

Контрольні питання

* Другий рівень – середній. Знати слова та словосполучення з теми та вміти використовувати в реченнях; знати основні поняття та правила.

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*** Четвертий рівень – високий. Визначати проблемні питання. Вміти логічно та вільно висловлюватися в межах вивчених тем.

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