Legislative Changes Digest:
A unified anti-corruption unit has been created within the State Tax Service (STS) structure, which will have powers to prevent and detect corruption both in the central apparatus and in territorial bodies. The unit’s head reports directly to the STS Chairman.
The Commission for Gambling and Lottery Regulation has been liquidated, with its powers transferred to the newly created PlayCity State Agency. Six months have been allocated for liquidation, and two months for creditors to file claims.
A special television and radio broadcasting system has been established to block hostile TV and radio signals from the territory of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Transnistria, and occupied territories. The system will operate continuously under the management of the State Special Communications Service.
An experimental project has been launched to provide state assistance for education to children of Ukrainian defenders. The state will fully cover the cost of education in professional pre-higher and higher education institutions for children of fallen defenders and other specified categories.
New rules have been established for the regulation of dietary supplements production and circulation – mandatory notification of first market entry has been introduced, requirements for composition and labeling have been set, control over advertising has been strengthened, and fines for violations have been implemented.
Review of each of legal acts published today:
Here is the translation of the first document:
On the Accounting Price of Banking Metals
This is a daily notification from the National Bank of Ukraine on establishing accounting prices for banking metals.
The document structure is simple – a table with official accounting prices for four banking metals (gold, silver, platinum, palladium) as of March 26, 2025. Prices are indicated per one troy ounce of each metal in hryvnias.
Key provisions:
– Gold (XAU) is valued at 125,984.48 UAH per ounce
– Silver (XAG) – 1,396.47 UAH per ounce
– Platinum (XPT) – 41,014.44 UAH per ounce
– Palladium (XPD) – 40,112.16 UAH per ounce
It is important to note that these prices are accounting prices and do not create obligations for the NBU to buy or sell metals at these prices. These quotations are used for accounting, customs, and other calculations.
Would you like me to continue with the translation of the other documents?The document consists of 6 main text points and two appendices:
1) Amendments to other acts of the Cabinet of Ministers (13 points of changes to various resolutions and orders)
2) List of resolutions that lose their validity (5 resolutions regarding KRAIL’s activities)
Key provisions for practical application:
– The State Agency PlayCity becomes the legal successor of KRAIL
– A liquidation commission is created, headed by the director of the IT Industry Development Directorate of the Ministry of Digital Transformation
– The resolution takes effect from April 1, 2025
– In all normative acts, the name “KRAIL” is replaced with “State Agency PlayCity”
– The staff size of the new body will be 77 employees (increased by 16 positions from the former KRAIL)
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Would you like me to continue translating the entire document?Burial of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine. A list of 5 main measures related to burial is established, and the responsible bodies for their implementation are determined. Special attention is paid to honorary burials at the National Military Memorial Cemetery.
Document Structure:
– Main part of the order (2 points)
– Annex in the form of a list of measures (5 points)
Each item in the list contains a specific measure and a list of responsible bodies.
Key Provisions:
1. Honorary burials at the National Military Memorial Cemetery are provided for
2. A mechanism for reimbursement of burial expenses for various categories of fallen defenders is established
3. The procedure for compensation of expenses for funeral services and tombstone construction is determined
4. Financing is carried out from state and local budgets
5. Both central government bodies and local administrations and local self-government bodies are involved in implementationHere is the translation of the provided Ukrainian legal text into English:
This is relevant given the termination of agreements with the Russian Federation and Belarus on strategically important issues.
On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated April 20, 2016 No. 304
This resolution amends the terms of remuneration for heads of state bodies to which the Law “On Civil Service” does not apply. The main changes concern the leadership of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting and the National Securities and Stock Market Commission.
Structurally, the resolution consists of three points and an appendix with approved changes. The main changes include:
– Suspension until the end of 2025 of certain provisions regarding remuneration
– Establishing a special procedure for bonuses for the leadership of the National Council for Television until the end of 2025
– Exclusion of provisions regarding the Chairman and members of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission
Key provisions for application:
1. A special procedure for remuneration and bonuses applies to the Chairman, First Deputy Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Executive Secretary, and members of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting
2. Regulation of remuneration for the leadership of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission has been excluded
3. A clear term of validity for the special procedure has been established – until December 31, 2025
On Amendments to the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated November 3, 2010 No. 996 and January 30, 2013 No. 61
This resolution concerns improving mechanisms for conducting anti-discrimination expertise of regulatory legal acts and expanding public participation in this process.
Structurally, the resolution amends two previous CMU resolutions:
1. No. 996 from 2010 regarding public participation in state policy formation
2. No. 61 from 2013 regarding the conduct of anti-discrimination expertise
Main innovations:
1. A new institute of public anti-discrimination expertise is introduced, which can be conducted by public associations, individuals and legal entities, public councils
2. Goals and criteria for conducting expertise are clearly defined:
– Identifying discriminatory provisions
– Checking compliance with the non-discrimination principle in various spheres
– Compliance with international standards
3. A procedure for interaction between authorities and expertise initiators is established:
– Obligation to provide documents within 3 days
– Consideration of expertise results within 10 days
– Public disclosure of results
– Substantiation of acceptance/rejection of proposals
The key point is that the results of public expertise are now subject to mandatory review by authorities, and information about this is reflected in the explanatory note to the draft act.
On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated November 25, 2015 No. 1068
This resolution concerns changes to the mechanism for using funds within the Emergency Credit Program for Ukraine’s Restoration. The main essence is the redistribution of remaining funds between budget programs and updating the procedure for providing subventions to local budgets.
The document structure includes:
1. The main text of the resolution with an addition regarding the transfer of remaining funds
2. Changes to the Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions (technical clarifications on reporting and change of ministry name)
3. New distribution of subventions between local budgets for 2025 (Appendix 1)
4. Updated reporting form (Appendix 2)
Key provisions:
– Remaining funds as of January 1, 2025, are transferred from program 3101680 to program 3121600
– Total volume of subventions to local budgets is 1.55 billion hryvnias
– The largest subvention amounts are provided for Lviv Oblast (298.5 million hryvnias)
