Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the National List of Essential Medicines and Control over Their Prescription
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the new Procedure for Formulating the National List of Essential Medicines and introduced a three-tier control over their use in hospitals. The main change lies in the introduction of strict monitoring over the prescription of medicines by clinical pharmacists directly in inpatient departments to prevent polypharmacy. Budgetary procurement of drugs outside of this list is now strictly prohibited, except for specific centralized programs. The concept of “medicines under enhanced control” has also been introduced, the prescription of which requires mandatory prior analysis.
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Risk Assessment of Genetic Engineering Activities
The Government has adopted new criteria for risk assessment in conducting genetic engineering activities in isolated laboratories, repealing the outdated 2008 regulation. The new rules oblige businesses and scientists to independently classify hazards into four risk levels prior to the commencement of work. The assessment procedure now consists of six clear steps, and the conclusion of the special biosafety committee must be stored for at least three years after the completion of the activity. In addition, a requirement for a mandatory annual or extraordinary review of the risk assessment has been established.
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Defense Procurement and Road Restoration
The Cabinet of Ministers has updated the rules for defense procurement and the restoration of public roads for military logistics needs. The key change is the abolition of the restriction of a forty-kilometer zone from the front line; henceforth, the special procurement regime applies to the territories of entire oblasts where hostilities are ongoing, as well as adjacent regions. The installation of anti-drone protection for road infrastructure has been officially included in the list of restoration works. The procedure for approving the list of facilities for repair has also been amended — the final decision is now made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Resolution of the NBU on Supervision in the Areas of Financial Monitoring, Currency Control, and Sanctions
The National Bank of Ukraine has significantly updated the rules of supervision in the areas of financial monitoring, currency control, and compliance with sanctions. The regulator is introducing a periodic risk assessment of financial institutions to determine the frequency of inspections and is legalizing the use of professional judgment by inspectors, along with a mechanism for appealing it. Inspectors have been granted the right to conduct unannounced test currency transactions, and cashiers are required to provide copies of video recordings within one hour. The procedure for actions during air raids has also been clearly regulated, specifically the obligation to resume the inspection within thirty minutes after the all-clear signal.
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Recalculating the Cost of Heat Supply and Hot Water Services
The Government has approved a mechanism for the mandatory recalculation of the cost of heating and hot water services in the event of infrastructure destruction due to military actions. The amendments introduce a clear mathematical formula with a reduction coefficient to lower charges for consumers if the quality of services has dropped by more than thirty percent. Local authorities have been granted the right to compensate district heating utilities for such losses directly from local budgets. At the same time, during martial law, the liability of service providers in the form of fines and penalties is now determined solely by the terms of the concluded agreements.
Order of the MIA on Technical Amendments to Police Financial Allowance
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has made targeted technical and legal amendments to the procedure for financial allowance in the National Police system. This order eliminates minor textual inaccuracies and aligns terminology in accordance with the comments of the Ministry of Justice made during registration. In particular, in the text of the basic act, the singular was replaced with the plural to eliminate ambiguity when defining higher educational institutions with specific learning conditions. The order does not create new payment rules, but only adjusts existing formulations to avoid legal conflicts.
Order of the MES on New Forms of Diplomas and Supplements
The Ministry of Education and Science has updated the state standards for the formatting of higher education documents, which will become applicable from September 1, 2026. The document approves new unified forms of diplomas at all levels, a European-style diploma supplement, and an academic transcript. The main change is aimed at integrating Ukrainian education into the European area and simplifying the procedure for the recognition of Ukrainian diplomas abroad. The updated templates will allow higher education institutions to adapt their own databases in advance and order new forms.
Order of the MIA on Terminology Changes in the Financial Allowance of Police Officers and Courses
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has aligned departmental acts regarding the financial allowance of police officers and cadets with the laws on vocational education and the National Police. The main change consists in replacing the outdated term “initial training” with “special training” of police officers, which directly affects the calculation of payments during training. References to the vocational status of training have also been removed from regulatory documents, and the names of educational institutions have been unified. These changes are purely terminological and aim to eliminate conflicts in the financing of personnel training.
Order of the MoH on Attracting Citizens to Voluntary Blood Donation
The Ministry of Health has approved new rules for the operation of blood system entities regarding the attraction of citizens to voluntary unpaid blood donation. The document obliges institutions to establish specialized recruitment departments and develop annual communication plans taking into account the principles of barrier-free accessibility. A new classification of donors into seven types is being introduced for differentiated work with each group. Furthermore, from now on, donor recruitment must strictly correspond to the predicted weekly and daily needs of a specific hospital for stocks of blood or its components.
Law of Ukraine on the Reform of State Support for Cinematography
A large-scale reform of the state support system for cinematography has been adopted in Ukraine to bring it closer to European standards. The Law updates the procedure for designating a film as national by introducing a clear point-based evaluation system and establishing a relevant state register. New financial instruments are also being introduced, such as repayable financial assistance for commercial cinema and state subsidies at the project development stage. In addition, the document updates the cash rebate system for foreign producers and changes the rules for forming the Council for State Support of Cinematography.
Review of each of legal acts published today:
On the Accounting Price of Banking Metals
**1. Substance of the Act**
This document is an official announcement of the National Bank of Ukraine, establishing the accounting prices of banking metals as of June 5, 2026. It determines the value of one troy ounce of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in the national currency of Ukraine — the hryvnia. The established prices are used to reflect transactions with banking metals in accounting and financial reporting. Importantly, these indicators are of an informational and accounting nature and do not oblige the regulator to conduct actual purchase or sale transactions at these rates.
**2. Structure of the Act, Main Provisions and Amendments**
* **Structure:** The document is structured as a table containing international classifiers (numerical and alphabetical currency/metal codes), the unit of measurement (1 troy ounce), the name of the metal, and its fixed value in hryvnias. The act also contains an important legal disclaimer in the form of a footnote.
* **Main Provisions:** The document sets the accounting price for gold (XAU) at UAH 200,146.21, silver (XAG) — UAH 3,308.85, platinum (XPT) — UAH 84,426.29, and palladium (XPD) — UAH 59,037.34.
* **Amendments:** As an act of an operational and informational nature, this announcement does not amend other regulatory legal acts. It replaces similar numerical indicators of accounting prices that were in effect in the previous banking period.
**3. Most Important Provisions for Practical Use**
* **Mandatory Nature for Accounting:** Specific numerical values of the metals’ cost serve as the basis for accounting and tax reporting of transactions of banking and financial institutions, as well as for the revaluation of their assets as of June 5, 2026.
* **Legal Disclaimer (Footnote):** Key for practicing lawyers and financial professionals is the provision stating that the NBU does not assume obligations to buy or sell the specified metals at these prices. This precludes the possibility of using these rates as binding forward or current prices in commercial disputes or purchase and sale agreements with the regulator.
On the Official Exchange Rate of the Hryvnia Against Foreign Currencies
**1. Substance of the Act**
This document is an official announcement of the National Bank of Ukraine, establishing the official exchange rate of the hryvnia against foreign currencies and Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) as of June 5, 2026. The act sets the value of the Ukrainian national currency against key global currencies, in particular, the US dollar at UAH 44.3793 and the euro at UAH 51.6686. It is mandatory for use in legally prescribed areas of financial and economic activity on the specified date. This information serves as the basis for settlements, accounting, and reporting within the state.
**2. Structure of the Act, Main Provisions and Amendments**
StrStructurally, the document consists of a tabular section and a legal disclaimer (note). The table contains systematized data according to five criteria: the digital currency code, the alphabetic code, the number of currency units, the official name of the currency (or SDRs), and the directly established official exchange rate of the hryvnia against them. Compared to previous daily announcements of the NBU, the structure of the document remains unchanged and unified, while the changes relate exclusively to the numerical values of exchange rates, which are adjusted daily in accordance with the established monetary regulation rules.
**3. Key Provisions for Practical Use**
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The official exchange rate of the NBU is the basis for tax and customs administration; therefore, this document is of critical importance for business entities. The following aspects are most important for practical application:
* **Scope of Application:** The exchange rate is intended for reflecting transactions in accounting and tax records, for conducting NBU transactions with the State Treasury Service of Ukraine, as well as for other cases determined by legislation (in particular, for calculating the customs value of goods and tax liabilities in foreign currency).
* **Limitation of Obligations:** The published figures do not create obligations for the National Bank of Ukraine to buy or sell the specified currencies at this rate on the market.
* **Broad Range of Currencies:** The document covers both major global currencies (USD, EUR, GBP, CHF) and less common regional currencies and SDRs (Special Drawing Rights), allowing businesses to correctly perform calculations under any international contracts.
Certain Issues of the National List of Essential Medicines
**1. Substance of the Act**
This Resolution approves the new Procedure for the formation, maintenance, and use of the National List of Essential Medicines, and introduces systematic control over their rational use in healthcare facilities. The document is aimed at providing patients with safe, clinically justified, and economically viable therapy funded by the budget. It establishes clear rules for the inclusion or exclusion of medicines in/from the list through health technology assessment (HTA) and defines mechanisms for preventing polypharmacy and the misuse of medicines. The Resolution shall enter into force simultaneously with the enactment of the new Law of Ukraine “On Medicinal Products” dated July 28, 2022, No. 2469-IX.
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**2. Structure of the Act, Key Provisions, and Changes**
Structurally, the document consists of the text of the Resolution and the Procedure approved by it, which contains three sections:
* **General Provisions:** defines terminology (in particular, for the first time clearly defining “polypharmacy”, “medicinal products under enhanced control”, “medication reconciliation”) and the scope of the act.
* **Formation and maintenance of the Nationa**…tional List:** regulates the structure of the list by international nonproprietary names (INNs), the procedure for its annual update, and the role of the working group of the Ministry of Health (MOH).
* **Exercising control:** establishes rules for the internal monitoring of drug prescribing in hospitals.
**Key changes compared to previous versions:**
* Paragraph 6-1 has been excluded from the Procedure for State Health Technology Assessment (Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1300), which optimizes the HTA procedure.
* A fundamentally new, detailed system of three-level control (prospective, concurrent, and retrospective) over the prescription of medicines directly in healthcare institutions has been introduced.
* The institution of the clinical pharmacist has been introduced as a key figure in the process of controlling the prescription and compatibility of medicines in inpatient facilities.
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**3. Main provisions for practical use**
For the practical activity of medical institutions, lawyers, and patients, the following provisions are the most important:
* **Budgetary restriction:** A strict ban has been established on the procurement or reimbursement at the expense of state or local budgets of medicinal products that are not included in the National List (with the exception of centralized procurements by the Ministry of Health under a separate list).
* **Three-level control system:**
1. *Prospective control* — carried out by a clinical pharmacist prior to or at the time of prescribing medicines to detect therapeutic duplication or dangerous interactions.
2. *Concurrent control* — monitoring of efficacy during treatment, review of the justification for prescribing 5 or more medicines simultaneously (polypharmacy), review of the duration of antibiotic therapy at 48–72 hours.
3. *Retrospective control* — quarterly analysis of medical records and procurement with the mandatory preparation of an analytical report.
* **Category of “medicines under enhanced control”:** It includes antibiotics, anticoagulants, insulins, opioids, immunosuppressants, as well as any drugs where the course of treatment exceeds 10,000 hryvnias. The prescription of these medicines is subject to mandatory analysis prior to their dispensing or administration to the patient.
* **Mandatory nature of recommendations of the clinical pharmacist:** If the attending physician decides not to take into account the pharmacist’s recommendations regarding the adjustment of therapy, they are obliged to record the reasons for their decision in writing in the patient’s medical record.
* **Monitoring powers of the NHSU:** During the monitoring of contract performance, the National Health Service of Ukraine has obtained the right to demand reports from hospitals on the rational use of medicines and corrective action plans, which will directly affect the financing of the institution.
On Approval of the Criteria for Assessing the Risk Level in the Performance of Genetic Engineering Activities in a Closed System
**1. Substance of the act**
This resolution approves clear criteria and the procedure for assess…ing of risks when carrying out genetic engineering activities in contained systems. It is aimed at preventing any negative impact of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on human health and the environment. The document obliges business entities to independently assess potential threats prior to the commencement of work and to implement appropriate biosafety measures. In fact, the state establishes uniform control rules for scientific and production laboratories working with GMOs under contained conditions.
**2. Structure of the act, main provisions and amendments**
The Resolution has a clear structure: the text of the government decision itself (which approves the Criteria and repeals the previous regulation) and an annex containing the Criteria. The annex is divided into three logical sections:
* **General provisions**, which define key terms (hazard, risk, risk assessment, safety and biosafety systems).
* **Elements and criteria of assessment**, which determine the parameters of analysis and classify risks into four levels.
* **Assessment procedure**, which establishes a step-by-step algorithm of actions of the entity and requirements for recording the results.
*Compared to the previous version:* This act completely repeals the outdated Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 922 dated October 16, 2008, which defined only “temporary” criteria. The new document is systematically integrated with the primary Law of Ukraine No. 3339-IX dated August 23, 2023, and harmonized with modern standards of the Ministry of Health on the classification of biological agents by hazard groups (MOH Order No. 365).
**3. Main provisions important for practical use**
For the practical activities of business entities and regulatory authorities, the following provisions are key:
* **Four risk levels (para. 4):** Hazard levels are clearly distinguished — from the first (absence of hazard, non-pathogenic microorganisms) to the fourth (high probability of rapid spread of infections, absence of effective treatment, need for strict isolation). The level of risk determines the scope of protective measures.
* **Step-by-step assessment algorithm (para. 7):** A mandatory 6-step procedure has been established, which must be completed *prior to the commencement* of activities. It includes collecting information about GMOs, identifying hazards, assessing the probability of negative consequences, determining the risk level, applying safety measures, and documenting.
* **Mandatory documentation (paras. 7, 13):** The results of the assessment must be formalized in the form of a conclusion of the commission on biological and genetic safety. This document must be kept throughout the entire period of activity and for another 3 years after its completion, and must be provided upon request of the regulatory authorities.
* **Regular review and new assessment (paras. 11, 12):** Risk assessment is not a one-time event. It is subject to an annual review, as well as an immediate extraordinary reassessment in the event of a change in the ge
