Up to 15 per cent of businesses will lose their ’critically important’ status following audit, - Ministry of Economy
According to forecasts by the Ministry of Economy, due to stricter requirements, approximately 10–15 per cent of companies in Ukraine risk losing their status as critical infrastructure entities.
This was stated on television by the Minister for the Economy and the Environment, Oleksandr Kravchenko, according to Censor.NET, citing Ukrinform.
Review of 600 criticality criteria
"We expect that approximately 10–15 per cent of businesses will not meet the new, stricter criticality rules," he said.
According to the minister, there are currently around 600 criteria for determining criticality, which are set by ministries, other state bodies and regional military administrations.
Decisions regarding the revision of 90 per cent of the criteria have already been taken; the changes are subject to approval by the Ministry of Justice. The remainder are due to be finalised over the coming weeks.
How business inspections will be carried out
Once the updated requirements have been approved, the authorities will inspect businesses currently holding critical status. Companies that do not meet the new criteria will lose their critical status, but will be able to reapply.
