Annex 1: Simplified Logical Framework

Indicators (with relevant baseline Assumptions

Description in 2019 (B) and end of project Sources of verification Risks (external to
target data (T) project)
To increase effectiveness, Level of compliance of the legislative Competition laws of Ukraine Changes in Overall political
transparency and framework and law enforcement and AMCU regulations; AMCU situation in the
consistency of the practices in Ukraine and EU (scale*) Decisions of AMCU and leadership and country is stable;
competition policy in (*B: partial compliance; T: full national courts; strategic Government is
Ukraine on the basis of compliance) Media reports; priorities; committed to
closer alignment with the Peer reviews; Low continue reforms
EU competition Level of satisfaction of key Official reports on AA commitment of and EU
framework, as required by stakeholders with competition implementation. AMCU staff. integration;
AA/DCFTA (Title IV, framework AMCU is
Overall Chapter 10). (B: low; media tonality mostly committed to
Objective negative; T: improved; media action.
tonality neutral or positive)

Level of integration of Ukraine's

NCA into the EU's and international
competition networks
(B: good level of cooperation; T:
very high level of cooperation)

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 • To ensure further Existence of legislative alignment Competition laws of Ukraine Changes in Overall political
alignment of the Ukrainian action plan and AMCU regulations; AMCU situation in the
economic competition (B: no action plan; T: action plan in Decisions of AMCU and leadership and country is stable;
legislation with the EU place with clear actions and national courts; strategic Government is
Specific competition laws in the timelines) Media reports; priorities; committed to
(Project) field of antitrust and Peer reviews; Low continue reforms
Objective(s) merger control. Assessment of improved policy Official reports on AA commitment of and EU
approximation by public and private implementation. AMCU staff. integration;
stakeholders AMCU is
(B: 0; T: better comparability of EU- committed to
UA policy framework) action.

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• To improve the Quality of AMCU decisions
institutional capacity of (assessed for their structure, clarity
AMCU for competition and quality of proof)
law enforcement and (B: existing standard to be described
competition advocacy. at project start; T: 90% positive
assessments of AMCU decisions on
structure, clarity and supporting
evidence)

Percentage of AMCU decisions

contested in courts
(B: to be analysed at project start; T:
at least 10% decrease)

Number and type of public dialogue

tools used by AMCU
(B: to be described at project start; T:
at least 3 more tools used by AMCU)

Extent to which AMCU (and other

relevant GoU stakeholders)
undertake competition advocacy to
promote competition among other
economic policies
(B: no/ad hoc advocacy efforts: T:
evidence of competition advocacy
strategies and tools at AMCU (and
wider GoU level).

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 Mandatory result 1 Accuracy and usefulness of Project reports; Risk Assumption
(Component 1): Action legislative gaps/ non-conformities Satisfaction surveys; Competition The Parliament
plan with the prioritised analysis Peer reviews; improvement is and Government
sequence of actions to Official reports on AA not a priority for of Ukraine
address the remaining Presence of the action plan with clear implementation. Parliament and supportive of
inconsistencies in the priorities and sequence of actions Government of improvement of
substantive and procedural Ukraine; the economic
rules Number and type of legislative Weak competition
proposals cooperation protection regime
Mandatory Mandatory result 2 between AMCU in Ukraine;
results/outputs (Component 1): Level of adoption of legislative and GoU in AMCU is
by components Proposals of legal acts proposals improvement of committed to
(primary and secondary) the competition action.
addressing principal non- Satisfaction rate of participants in legislation.
conformities of current capacity building activities
Ukrainian competition
legislation and promoting
improvement of the
economic competition
protection regime in
Ukraine.

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Mandatory result 3 Quality and usefulness of analysis of Project reports; Risk Assumption
(Component 2): existing AMCU rules and procedures Satisfaction surveys; Weak AMCU is
Improved guidelines, Peer reviews; absorption committed to
internal rules and Number and type of Official reports on AA capacity of organisational
procedures on handling recommendations on new/amended implementation. AMCU and low reforms and
cases, carrying out rules and procedures commitment of improvement of
investigations, holding staff to changes. procedural
AMCU sessions and Level of acceptance of revised actions.
hearings, and other procedures/rules/staff
procedural actions. roles/organisational changes

Mandatory result 4 Satisfaction rate of participants in

(Component 2): capacity building activities
Enhanced AMCU capacity
for enforcement in
individual cases by
ensuring high standards
(legal and economic) of
decisions.
Mandatory result 5 Quality and usefulness of analysis of Project reports; Risk Assumption
(Component 3): AMCU existing AMCU communications Satisfaction surveys; Weak AMCU is
public outreach andand outreach functions Peer reviews; absorption committed to
advocacy strategies and Official reports on AA capacity of organisational
action plans are developedNumber and type of implementation; AMCU and low reforms and
and implemented. recommendations/strategic Media reports. commitment of improvement of
documents on public outreach and staff to changes. public advocacy
Mandatory result 6 advocacy actions of the AMCU actions.
(Component 3): AMCU's
staff capacity for public Level of acceptance of new public
outreach and advocacy is outreach and advocacy
increased. strategies/tools

Satisfaction rate of participants in

capacity building activities

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