{"id":9505,"date":"2025-08-21T15:05:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=9505"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:24:36","slug":"defence-city-regime-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/08\/defence-city-regime-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"The Verkhovna Rada has created Defence City, a special legal regime for defence business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Verkhovna Rada, with 260 votes in favour, has adopted bills No. 13420 and No. 13421, which introduce a new legal regime for <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/defence-city\/\">Defence City.<\/a> It will remain in effect until 2036, or until Ukraine joins the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents of Defence City will receive tax benefits, including exemption from income tax on the condition of reinvestment, as well as from land, property, and environmental taxes if the facilities are used for production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For defence industry manufacturers, customs procedures and the regime for the international transfer of defence products will also be simplified, while the state will provide special conditions for the relocation and protection of production facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enterprises of strategic importance to the country\u2019s defence capability that produce military products \u2014 from weapons, equipment, and ammunition to electronic warfare systems and unmanned aerial vehicles \u2014 and that also meet transparency requirements and other specified criteria will be eligible to participate in Defence City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The purpose of Defence City is to create favourable conditions for domestic arms manufacturers, increase the production of modern weapons and equipment, attract investment, and strengthen the state\u2019s defence capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defender previously reported on the <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/08\/defence-city-project-renewal\/\">amendments proposed by the Ukrainian Council of Gunsmiths<\/a> for the second reading of the draft laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A legal regime for defence industry manufacturers will remain in force until 2036 or until EU accession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_featured_category_order":0,"_article_badge":"featured","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[814,427,174,1803,658],"class_list":["post-9505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state","tag-defence-city","tag-defense-industrial-complex","tag-legislation","tag-mod","tag-verkhovna-rada","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rada has created a special legal regime for Defence City<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A legal regime for defence industry manufacturers will remain in force until 2036 or until EU accession.. 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