KIEV, April 9 – The time before the signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union should be used to prepare various fields of the national economy for working within a free trade area with the EU, said Yevhen Perelyhin, the head of the department of European integration at the presidential administration.

"The agreement will open versatile opportunities, which should be used. Ukraine should be prepared for this. First of all, this refers to the provisions on a free trade area, as our goods should be competitive on the European market," he said in an interview with the TVi channel, according to the presidential press service.