Key Changes in Legislation:
🔹 Expanded age limits for automatic verification of conscripts from 17-25 years to 18-60 years. Introduced electronic form of military registration documents and simplified the procedure for military registration.
🔹 Approved a new catalog of typical civil service positions, containing 27 position families and 9 levels. Each position receives a unique classification code.
🔹 Introduced a 10% salary supplement for civil servants who speak English at a level not lower than B2.
🔹 Established detailed requirements for security risk management at critical infrastructure facilities of Category I, including 5 main types of risks and principles for their assessment.
🔹 Allowed motorcyclists and moped drivers to use public transport lanes.
🔹 Introduced a two-year experimental project for centralized procurement in the infrastructure sector through SE “Infrastructure Projects”.
🔹 Approved the Culture Development Strategy until 2030, which defines culture as an important component of national security and establishes 4 strategic development goals.
🔹 Set requirements for buildings with near-zero energy consumption, including mandatory use of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency requirements.
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 an informational message from the National Bank of Ukraine regarding the accounting prices for banking metals.
1. Message Essence: The NBU establishes accounting prices for four types of banking metals (gold, silver, platinum, palladium) as of 04.04.2025. Prices are indicated per one troy ounce of each metal in hryvnias.
2. The message structure is simple – a table with metal codes (numeric and literal), their names, and accounting prices. An important disclaimer at the bottom indicates that the NBU does not undertake obligations to buy or sell metals at these prices.
3. Key Provisions:
– Gold (XAU) – 127,911.94 UAH per ounce
– Silver (XAG) – 1,342.37 UAH per ounce
– Platinum (XPT) – 39,827.39 UAH per ounce
– Palladium (XPD) – 39,690.55 UAH per ounce
The NBU publishes such quotations regularly to inform market participants and for accounting purposes of banking metal operations.
Would you like me to continue with the translation of the other documents?On Amendments to the Procedure for Classifying Civil Service Positions. It Defines a New Catalog of Typical Positions and Their Classification Criteria.
2. Structure:
– Catalog contains 27 job families (from administrative management to civil protection)
– 9 position levels (from I managerial to IX initial professional)
– Functionality, levels, and classification tables defined for each job family
– Algorithm for classification during martial law added
3. Main Provisions:
– Each position receives a unique classification code
– Classification conducted by job family, level, jurisdiction, and type of body
– Procedure for coordinating classification results with NADS established
– Possibility of reclassification when body structure changes
– Special provisions for newly created bodies
This is an important document that systematizes civil service positions and creates a unified classification system. It will be used to determine civil servants’ compensation based on position classification.
Regarding the Approval of the Procedure for Establishing and Paying Civil Servants an Allowance for English Language Proficiency
The resolution introduces a mechanism for paying an allowance to civil servants for English language proficiency at a level not lower than B2. The allowance is set at 10% of the base salary and paid monthly for actual hours worked. The resolution will be in effect for 4 years from the moment it comes into force.
The document structure includes the resolution itself and the approved Procedure for Establishing and Paying the Allowance. The Procedure consists of 6 points that define:
– Persons to whom the Procedure applies
– Conditions and mechanism for establishing the allowance
– Allowance amount
– Responsibilities of the personnel management service for document verification and payment processing
Key Application Provisions:
1. Allowance applies to civil servants of category “A” and specific positions of categories “B” and “C” defined by special lists
2. To receive the allowance, documents confirming English language proficiency at B2 or higher must be submitted
3. Personnel management service checks the position’s presence in relevant lists and compliance of submitted documents with established requirements
4. Payment is made within approved salary funds of state bodies
Regarding the Approval of Requirements for Risk Management of Critical Infrastructure Facilities of Category I Criticality
Resolution Essence:
The document establishes detailed requirements for risk management at critical infrastructure facilities of Category I criticality. It defines the procedure for creating a risk management system, main types of risks, and principles for their assessment. The resolution aims to prevent incidents and minimize their consequences at critically important facilities.
Structure and Main Provisions:
1. 5 main risk types identified: material, cybersecurity, human factor, interconnection disruption, and process risks.
2. Risk management system principles established: integration, structuredness, individuality, dynamism, proper awareness, and minimizing human factor.
3. Risk assessment procedure defined through identification, analysis, and processing.
4. Reporting requirements established – annual reports from operators to sectoral bodies and from sectoral bodies to State Special Communications Service.
Key Application Provisions:
– Operators of critical infrastructureTours must create a separate unit or appoint a responsible person for risk management
– It is necessary to develop internal documents on risk management and a facility safety action plan
– Risk assessment must be conducted no less than once a year
– The risk management system must comply with national and international standards, including DSTU IEC/ISO 31010:2013 and NIST SP 800-53
On Approval of the Procedure for Providing by State Bodies upon Request of a Media Entity Information on the Citizenship of a Singer (Performer)
The essence of the act is to establish a procedure by which media companies can obtain information about the citizenship of singers from state bodies. This is necessary to fulfill the requirements of the “On Culture” law regarding restrictions on content featuring persons with certain citizenship. The procedure defines the mechanism for submitting requests to the State Migration Service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and receiving responses regarding performers’ citizenship.
The document structure includes general provisions, request submission procedure, content requirements, review timelines, and response procedure. This is a new regulatory act that for the first time regulates this procedure.
Key provisions for practical application:
– Requests can only be submitted by registered media entities
– Request is submitted to the State Migration Service (for persons in Ukraine) or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (for persons abroad)
– Response time is 5 working days
– The service is free of charge
– The request must specify the full identification data of the singer
– State bodies are obligated to report citizenship of the aggressor country
– The response can be appealed administratively
On Amendments to Traffic Rules Regarding Giving Priority to Mopeds and Motorcycles
This resolution amends the Traffic Rules, granting additional rights to moped and motorcycle drivers. The main essence is to allow motorcyclists and moped drivers to use public transport lanes marked with special road signs 5.8 or 5.11.
Structurally, the resolution amends three parts of the Traffic Rules:
1. Adds a new paragraph 2.16, which defines special rights for motorcycle and moped drivers
2. Supplements paragraph 17.1 regarding movement on public transport lanes
3. Amends Chapter 5 of Section 33 regarding the use of road signs
Key provisions for practical application:
– The right to move on public transport lanes is granted only to two-wheeled motorcycles (without a side car) and mopeds
– On these lanes, not only movement but also stopping to comply with Traffic Rules is allowed
– Motorcycles with side cars, motor carriages, and three-wheeled vehicles are not covered by these changes
Certain Issues of Implementing an Experimental Project Regarding the Activities of a Centralized Procurement Organization in the Management of the State Agency for Reconstruction and Infrastructure Development
This resolution introduces a two-year experimental project on centralized procurement in the infrastructure sector. The state enterprise “Infrastructure Projects” is designated as a centralized procurement organization that will conduct purchases for regional reconstruction and infrastructure development services.
The document structure includes:
– The main resolution with 5 paragraphs defining the general parameters of the experiment
– Project implementation procedure with 11 paragraphs
– Two appendices: a list of mandatory customers and a list of goods/servicesCentralized Procurement
Key Provisions:
1. Procurement is carried out through open tenders and framework agreements
2. For regional infrastructure recovery services, procurement through this organization is mandatory
3. Financing is possible from the state budget, international assistance, and own revenues
4. Centralized procurement covers project expertise, technical supervision, construction works, road maintenance
5. The Recovery Agency is the project coordinator and monitors implementation
On Attracting Loan Funds from the European Investment Bank for the Implementation of the “Ukraine Recovery Program III” Tranche B
This order of the Cabinet of Ministers concerns attracting financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for Ukraine. The document approves the receipt of Tranche B in the amount of 100 million euros within the third Ukraine recovery program.
The document structure is very simple – it is a short one-point order by which the Cabinet of Ministers recognizes the expediency of attracting the specified amount of loan funds from the EIB.
Key Provisions:
– Attracting Tranche B in the amount of 100 million euros is approved
– Funds are provided within the “Ukraine Recovery Program III” project
– The European Investment Bank is the lender
– The decision is issued as a Cabinet of Ministers order, which is a typical form for approving such international borrowings
This is a technical government decision that is a necessary step for obtaining international financing for Ukraine’s recovery.
On Attracting Loan Funds from the Council of Europe Development Bank for the Implementation of the “Housing Premises for Internally Displaced Persons” Project
The order concerns attracting financing from the Council of Europe Development Bank to provide housing for internally displaced persons in Ukraine. The document provides for obtaining a loan in the amount of 50 million euros.
The document structure is simple – it is a short order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, consisting of one point, which recognizes the expediency of attracting a loan for a specific project.
Key Provisions:
– Lender: Council of Europe Development Bank
– Loan amount: 50 million euros
– Purpose: Implementation of the “Housing Premises for Internally Displaced Persons” project
– The document is the basis for initiating the loan attraction procedure and subsequent conclusion of relevant agreements
This order is the first step towards obtaining international financing to solve housing problems for internally displaced persons in Ukraine.
On Amending the Composition of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Implementing Changes to Legislation in the Sphere of Prevention and Counteraction to Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime, Terrorism Financing and Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction with the Aim of Ukraine’s Accession to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
This order amends the composition of the Interdepartmental Working Group working on adapting Ukrainian legislation for joining the European SEPA payment system and combating money laundering.
Structurally, the document is simple – it only supplements the working group composition with two new positions: members of parliament from the relevant Verkhovna Rada committee and the director of the anti-legalization policy department of the Ministry of Finance.
Key Moments:
1. Expanding the working group composition indicates strengthening of expert potential in the field of combating money laundering
2. Involving members of parliament will ensure
