In 2014 Chamber Customs Committee activities were aimed at ensuring efficient administration of customs affairs as well as developing proper legislative environment in close cooperation with the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Tax and Customs Policy of Ukraine, inter alia, by means of step-by-step promotion of proper implementation of the Customs Code of Ukraine; improvement of customs valuation according to the WTO requirements and international best practices; creation of a system of checks and balances in relations between the state and business community as well as initiation of reform of the system of administrative penalties for violation of customs regulations.

Numerous Committee’s initiatives related to customs clearance of goods as well improvement of efficiency of fighting against "grey" import of goods were successfully accepted by the customs authorities.

Committee has continuously worked on developing the mechanisms for investment into the energy sector including: upstream, midstream, downstream, licensing procedures, product sharing agreements, and subsoil use legislation as well as uninterrupted electricity supplies.​ At present, the Committee activities are focused on fostering increase of domestic hydrocarbons production and implementation of large scale energy projects that will be a significant step towards energy self-reliance of Ukraine. Therefore, a number of legislative and regulatory changes are required to fulfill the above task successfully. The Committee Members maintained dialogue and held a number of meetings with key stakeholders in the Government of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine​ aimed at moving forward with the following issues: adoption of the  Draft Subsoil Code of Ukraine and Draft Rules of Oil and Gas Fields Development, improving the procedure of geological data export by cancelling the need to obtain special conclusion of State Geology Service, simplification of land plot assignment for the needs of oil and gas industry as well as improving the procedure of wells registration, VAT administration under PSAs, ensuring stability of taxation in upstream sector. While speaking on activities in electricity sector, the Committee advocates for implementation of the Law of Ukraine "On Main Aspects of Electricity Market Functioning in Ukraine" as well as stands ready to be actively involved in all the activities required therefor.

2014 is a year of major transformations for the food & beverage industry in Ukraine. With signing of the Association Agreement, approximation of sanitary and phytosanitary regulations to the norms of the EU and implementation of other relevant market deregulation initiatives, Ukraine is adopting the new food safety standards and diversifies its exports. Major success of the Committee include the adoption of the Food Safety Law, successful cases of protection of the exporters’ interests in Belorussia and initiation of a constructive dialogue to solve problematic exports issues in other international markets; adoption of numerous deregulatory initiatives for the industry; and initiating the reformation of the system of state price controls for foodstuffs.

The Committee maintains and develops the stable dialogue with key stakeholders through the high-level meetings, in particular meetings with the Minister and Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine to address the issues of amending legislation on GMP certification, simplification of registration and further development of Draft Law “On Medicinal Products”. Committee Members took part in a number of meetings with representatives of the State Expert Center on Medicinal Products with the purpose of developing the legislative amendments and regulatory changes. Another important direction of Committee activity is devoted to promotion of Vision 2020 Project as a roadmap to healthcare reform in Ukraine prepared by Chamber Members. Besides, the Committee launched the activity on discussion of vaccines’ regulation within the territory of Ukraine using the competitive advantage of the Chamber as a platform for developing this issue.

In 2014 Chamber HR Committee developed its activities within three strategic directions. The first priority is ensuring development of the country’s legislative environment and professional standards of HR community through the joint work with the labor controlling authorities on the issues of interest to Members and topics that have a direct impact on business, including those regulated by the new Employment Law and other relevant legislation. A lot of work also has been done to advocate the perception of HR as a business partner and promote the Chamber HR Committee as the platform for sharing local and international best practices on the latest trends in the human resources sphere; non-monetary employee motivation; talent development and retention as well as to educate the Chamber HR Committee Members on labor-related EU-influenced legislation that might be adopted/revised due to signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU.