Brussels, 09/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - The EU and Ukraine have agreed to complete the process of final technical revision of the text of the agreement creating a free-trade area, within the broader framework of the association agreement initialled on 30 March, Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Petro Poroshenko has said. “We have reached with Commissioner De Gucht an important agreement to accelerate the process of technical preparation of an in-depth and comprehensive free-trade area. We have every reason to believe that the process of harmonisation of the texts will be completed before the summer holidays”, adding that this implies the period until August, the minister is quoted by Ukrainian press agency Ukrinform as saying after his meeting with the trade commissioner in Brussels on 8 May. The 160-page long association agreement and the 1,100-page text on the economic and commercial chapter have gone for legal verification and translation - which could take several months - prior to the signing of the agreement by the Council and the European Parliament, then ratification by member states. (EH/transl.rt)