The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, by its Resolution No. 597 of May 23, 2025, amended the Procedure for payment of the fee for mandatory state pension insurance for certain types of economic transactions, approved by Resolution of the CMU No. 1740 of November 3, 1998 (hereinafter — the Procedure).
The following were excluded from the Procedure:
- provisions on the payment of pension fees when stamping jewelry and household products made of precious metals with the state assay mark by state-owned assay control enterprises;
- Report on the accrual (withholding) and payment of the fee for mandatory state pension insurance during the branding of jewelry and household products with a state assay mark (Appendix 3 to the Procedure).
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, by its Resolution No. 616 of May 27, 2025, approved the Procedure for providing compensation for consumed housing and communal services and energy in the event of free temporary accommodation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) by legal entities and individual entrepreneurs.
Legal entities, regardless of their form of ownership (establishments, institutions, enterprises, organizations) and individual entrepreneurs have the right to compensation for consumed housing and communal services and energy in the event of free temporary accommodation of internally displaced persons (hereinafter – compensation for accommodation of IDPs).
Compensation covers the cost of consumed housing and communal services within the limits of social norms and standards, as well as the costs of purchasing liquefied gas, solid and liquid household heating fuel within the limits of established norms.
Compensation is paid for the accommodation of IDPs who have moved from territories where hostilities are (were) ongoing or temporarily occupied and have no other housing outside these territories (more than 13.65 m² per person). Payments can also be made to those whose housing is destroyed or uninhabitable, and information about this is entered in the relevant state register of damaged property.
The address of the actual residence of the IDP indicated in the certificate must align with the address at which compensation for the placement of the IDP is provided.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a resolution “Some issues of remuneration of officials and employees of customs authorities.” The decision is another important step towards creating a modern, effective and honest customs service capable of ensuring the proper level of control and transparency of customs procedures, as well as contributing to the economic development of the state.
The reformed remuneration system establishes a direct dependence of the level of financial remuneration on the level of professional competence, experience, and work results of the customs officer.
The position's salary will depend on the scope of the position's requirements, not on belonging to a specific structural unit.
The new remuneration system takes into account the fact that in the legal, personnel, and organizational support units of the State Customs Service there are also positions that require no less professional level of customs officers than in the specialized units of the State Customs Service, and in the specialized units of the State Customs Service there may be positions that do not require high professional knowledge.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine prepared a draft law on the use of benefits provided to drivers with disabilities. Draft law "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Use of Benefits Provided to Disabled Drivers" (registration No. 13321).
The draft law aims to regulate the right of drivers with disabilities or drivers transporting persons with disabilities to enjoy all the benefits provided to drivers with disabilities only if such vehicles have a "Driver with a Disability" identification sign installed on them, along with information about the presence of a disability in the form of a unique electronic identifier (QR code) attached to the sign.
The draft law proposes to provide for the following:
- drivers who transport persons with disabilities, including vehicles owned by enterprises, institutions, organizations engaged in social protection activities, and public associations of persons with disabilities, enjoy all the benefits provided to drivers with disabilities, if the identification sign "Disabled driver" is installed on such vehicles;
- when stopping or parking a vehicle, the “ Disabled driver ” identification sign is placed together with information about the presence of a disability in the form of a unique electronic identifier (QR code);
- form and method of installing the sign on a vehicle, as well as information on the presence of a disability in the form of a unique electronic identifier (QR code) attached to the sign, are determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine;
- drivers who drive vehicles with a "Disabled driver" identification sign must carry documents with them (and, upon request by a police officer, present them in paper or electronic form) confirming the disability of the driver or one of the passengers.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine made amendments to the Procedure for forming a list of persons associated with terrorist activities or against whom international sanctions have been applied.
It is envisaged that the grounds for including/excluding a person to/from the list of terrorists are information on the inclusion/exclusion of an organization (group) to/from the list of terrorist organizations (groups), which is submitted by the Security Service of Ukraine to the State Financial Monitoring Service.
Changes have been made to the Procedure for submitting information for registration (deregistration/re-registration) of primary financial monitoring entities, registration and submission by primary financial monitoring entities to the State Financial Monitoring Service of information on financial transactions subject to financial monitoring, other information that may be related to the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, financing of terrorism and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Discrepancies between the information on the ultimate beneficial owner of the client contained in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs and Public Organizations and the information on the ultimate beneficial owner obtained by the subject of primary financial monitoring as a result of conducting due diligence on the client have been excluded from the list of information entered into the register.
The words "cancellation" are replaced with the words "termination (suspension) of action, revocation or annulment."
