The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the draft Law developed by the Ministry of Social Policy "On the Unified Information System of the Social Sphere". First of all, this will enable the implementation of European standards for the provision of social support.
The draft law approved by the Government will contribute to the unification of registers, databases and resources of the social sphere in the Unified Information System of the Social Sphere (UISSS). Thus, the UISSS will replace the old separate registers with a single database with the "social history" of people and families.
This means that a person or a family in need of social support will not spend extra time collecting references or visiting institutions. It will be possible to apply for support anywhere in Ukraine online or in person, and thanks to exchanges with other registries, such a request will be promptly processed.
The draft law on the Unified System proposes:
- efficiency and comprehensiveness of social support;
- minimization of the corruption component at the local level;
- enhanced protection of personal data.
You can familiarize with the draft law by following the link .
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported draft law No. 4254 in the second reading, which provides for public consultations by all bodies of executive power, local self-government bodies, etc. when implementing any management decisions. This tool, which is one of the structural beacons of Ukraine Facility will be operational in Ukraine after the end of a full-scale war.
In Ukraine, this tool will contribute to increasing the level of citizens trust in state power and local self-government, and should also ensure effective cooperation with civil society. Public consultations should be held with the participation of interested parties regarding all projects of regulatory acts and strategic documents. It is about the persons who will be affected by the decision, whose rights, freedoms, interests or obligations it concerns, as well as other persons who have expressed a desire to participate in public consultations. All proposals and shortcomings that will be voiced during consultations must be taken into account.
The draft:
- determines that public consultations must be held by all executive power bodies, local self-government bodies before making certain management decisions;
- determines a clear procedure for conducting consultations;
- establishes a norm that necessarily ensures participation in public consultation of a wide range of interested parties;
- introduces various forms of consultations (electronic, public discussions and face-to-face consultations);
- provides for the creation of a single online platform for conducting consultations;
- introduces an obligation for the authority to analyze every proposal submitted by the public;
- establishes the norm according to which a comprehensive, public report must be prepared based on the results of the consultations.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted draft law No. 10439 of January 29, 2024 on restarting the Economic Security Bureau.
In particular, we are talking about the following important provisions:
- selection of applicants for the post of the head of the Economic Security Bureau by the competitive commission will take place with the participation, in particular, of international experts;
- all employees of the Economic Security Bureau will be subject to re-certification - according to a clear procedure with clear safeguards;
- international experts (as well as representatives of non-governmental organizations from business) will also be included in the competitive commissions for the selection of new and re-certification of all current ESB employees;
- analytical function of the Bureau has been strengthened by providing free access to the existing state information systems, etc. for the ESB;
Thus, the business community has repeatedly emphasized that important procedures and the composition of the Bureau cannot be created and formed individually or solely by the decision of the new director, safeguards are needed against possible erroneous unilateral or biased decisions, it is important to limit access to positions in the BEB of persons with a dubious reputation etc. - so that the body has a real analytical function, the purpose of which is to fight against the shadow sector, illegal business, etc., and not to exert fiscal pressure on transparent business.
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, together with the EU and the Government of Germany, launched a new grant program for 480 thousand euros, under which 12 small and medium-sized enterprises will be able to receive financing of up to 40 thousand euros for the development of their own exports and innovations and consulting support from experts.
Ukrainian businesses that create products or services with a focus on export or innovation can apply for grants.
Small and medium-sized Ukrainian businesses operating in the sectors of processing industry (food, light industry, mechanical engineering, construction, furniture manufacturing, etc.), creative industry (fashion, design, etc.), as well as other industries with export and innovation potential can take part in the grant program.
It is assumed that within the scope of the project, 12 selected participants will receive a grant of up to 40,000 euros each, as well as group and individual consultations from experts, networking sessions and other activities that will help identify and eliminate processes that "block" business on the way to export and innovative development.
The National Bank of Ukraine by Resolution No. 68 of June 18, 2024 "On Amendments to Resolution of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine No. 165 of July 29, 2022", which entered into force on June 21, 2024, clarified the specifics of regulation and supervision of the activity of trading currency values in cash form during martial law.
The changes, in particular, provide for:
- the obligation of representatives of the institution to provide, at the request of the inspection team, within a specific period of time, copies of data fragments of the video archive or written, reasoned explanations regarding the circumstances that make it impossible to provide such copies;
- the obligation of representatives of the inspection group to establish the grounds and procedure for drawing up an act on the refusal of structural/separate units of the institution to conduct an unscheduled inspection instead of an act on non-admission/an act on obstruction, defined in the Regulation on the Procedure for Organization and Implementation of Supervision in the Field of Financial Monitoring, Currency Supervision, Supervision in the field of implementation of special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions), approved by Resolution of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine No. 90 of June 30, 2020;
- the duty of representatives of the inspection group and structural/detached units of the institution to temporarily stop the unscheduled inspection in the event of an "Air raid alert!" on the territory of the location of the structural/separate subdivision of the institution and draw up the relevant act;
- the resuming the temporarily stopped unscheduled inspection on the same day no later than 30 minutes after the signal "Air raid alert!" taking into account the work schedule of the structural/separate unit of the institution established by the institution.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted as a basis the project of the Law on Amendments to Article 15 of the Law of Ukraine "On Humanitarian Aid" regarding the list of recipients of humanitarian aid according to register No. 11155-1 .
The purpose of the draft law is to bring the Law of Ukraine "On Humanitarian Aid" into compliance with the extraordinary circumstances of wartime by expanding the list of recipients of humanitarian aid. It is proposed to add critical infrastructure enterprises in the field of centralized water supply and centralized water drainage to the specified list.
The draft law will be finalized by the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on social policy and protection of veterans' rights before the second reading.
Also, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted as a basis the project of the Law on Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Humanitarian Aid" to ensure the use of humanitarian aid to restore the lost or damaged production capacities of communal enterprises and the continuous provision of quality services to the population under register No. 11165 .
This draft proposes to exempt from criminal or administrative liability recipients of humanitarian aid who receive such aid for the restoration of lost and/or damaged production facilities and technical means, provision of household waste management services, centralized water supply and centralized drainage services, etc.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted draft law in the first reading No. 11355 "On Integrated Prevention and Control of Industrial Pollution", which is supposed to implement EU legislation on industrial emissions.
The draft law provides for reforming the field of industrial pollution by applying the best available technologies and methods, as well as implementing integrated permits for emissions and discharges for enterprises and industrial pollution control mechanisms.
The draft law should start the process of gradual reduction of industrial pollution of the environment and the impact of industrial discharges and emissions on the health of Ukrainian citizens.
In addition, this is an important reform on Ukraine's path to the EU and to the implementation of the Ukraine Facility program.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted draft law No. 11084 in the second reading and as a whole on amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding the peculiarities of tax administration during martial law for taxpayers with a high level of voluntary compliance with tax legislation.
The law defines:
- introduction of the List of taxpayers with a high level of voluntary compliance with tax legislation, who will enjoy a number of advantages in tax administration during martial law;
- the List of taxpayers with a high level of voluntary compliance with tax legislation will include legal entities and natural persons-entrepreneurs, residents of Diia.City , who will meet a number of requirements and criteria taking into account the taxation system (in particular, requirements for the level of tax payment, requirements for the level of payroll etc);
- taxpayers with a high level of voluntary compliance with tax legislation, included in the List, will receive the following benefits:
- moratorium on documentary checks, except for some types;
- shortening the terms of desk and documentary audits for the purposes of budget compensation;
- shortening the terms of providing individual tax consultations;
- compliance manager is assigned to the taxpayer , with whom the taxpayer will be able to interact, in particular, using the means of remote communication, including in the video conference mode.
The President of Ukraine signed the Law of Ukraine on clarifying the activities of the Ukrainian Book Institute on supporting distributors of publishing products and providing state aid for the purchase of books (draft law No. 11251).
The law prescribes a clear procedure for providing subsidies: a list of documents (+ now it will be possible to submit duly certified copies), the deadlines for considering applications (10 days) and publishing the results (5 days) are specified.
The President of Ukraine signed draft law No. 8300 on mandatory civil liability insurance of land transport owners.
The new draft law proposes:
- to gradually increase the amounts of insurance sums to the amounts established in the EU countries;
*Currently, the insurer's liability limit for damage to life and health is UAH 320,000 per victim, regardless of the number of victims, and UAH 160,000 for damage to victims' property per victim, but no more than UAH 800,000 per insurance event.
Within two years after the introduction of the Law into force, it is proposed to gradually increase these amounts for damage caused to the life and health of the injured persons to UAH 1 million per one victim and UAH 20 million per one insured event, regardless of the number of injured persons, and for damage caused property of injured persons - up to UAH 2 million per insured event, regardless of the number of injured persons.
- to implement the quick implementation of guarantee payments to injured persons for bankrupt insurers before the Law comes into effect (currently it is years, but it is proposed to be up to 90 days);
- to expand the use of the "European protocol" - filing of an application for insurance compensation in the event of a traffic accident without the involvement of the police;
- to introduce the procedure for calculating the amount of the insurance payment without taking into account wear and tear and making insurance payments in the amount necessary for the restoration of the vehicle.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted draft law No. 10346 as a whole on state regulation of the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcohol distillates, bioethanol, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, tobacco raw materials, liquids used in electronic cigarettes, and fuel.
Electronic licenses are implemented in it for trade, automation of the process of their issuance and perpetuity. The conditions for obtaining licenses are clearly prescribed .
The document provides for:
1) procedure for obtaining licenses is simplified and it is proposed to switch to an electronic form instead of a paper form of licenses;
2) introduction of indefinite licenses for all types of economic activity subject to licensing;
3) license for the right to retail alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, liquids used in electronic cigarettes, as well as for the right to store fuel, which is not sold to other persons and is used exclusively for the needs of own consumption and/or industrial processing, an automatic procedure is introduced obtaining licenses within one working day after the day of receiving an application for obtaining a license for the right to conduct the relevant type of economic activity;
4) improvement of structure and procedure of administration of state registers in the field of state regulation of the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcohol distillates, bioethanol, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, tobacco raw materials, liquids used in electronic cigarettes, and fuel;
5) introcudiotn of licensing of tobacco cultivation and fermentation of tobacco raw materials to prevent the illegal production of tobacco products;
6) review of the cost of licenses for the right to conduct the relevant type of economic activity and the amount of fines for violating the requirements of this Law, with reference to the amount of the minimum wage determined by law as of January 1 of the reporting (tax) year.
The Financial Stability Board at its meeting on June 6, 2024, (hereinafter – the FSB) approved the Strategy for Credit Development (hereinafter – the Strategy). The Strategy reflects a holistic vision of the key foundations of the development of lending in Ukraine and the actions necessary for their implementation, which will contribute to the sustainable recovery of the country's economy. Implementation of the Strategy is a matter of the country's financial security and a tool for building a dynamic and competitive economy capable of sustainable development and European integration.
The Strategy aims to contribute to the provision of financial resources for the restoration of the energy infrastructure and to stimulate demand aimed at increasing the country's defense capabilities, in particular from enterprises of the defense-industrial complex, processing industry, agriculture and business in de-occupied territories close to the front – "territories of stability".
The implementation of the Strategy's measures will be based on two focuses: activation of lending to priority areas under martial law and development of the legislative framework for further stimulation of market lending.
The implementation of the Credit Development Strategy will contribute to the expansion of access to credit resources and the development of entrepreneurship, attracting investments, creating new jobs, and returning Ukrainians from abroad.
The consideration of the issue of establishing the level of the target indicator and the deadline for its achievement for the deposit guarantee system of individuals was also completed. The FSB recommended setting the target indicator at the level of 3.5% and reaching this level by January 1, 2028. This will make it possible to ensure that the system of guaranteeing deposits of individuals is filled with financial resources at the expense of participating banks and to minimize the risks of the state's participation in financing payments of guaranteed compensation to depositors
