The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine by Order No. 463 of July 10, 2024 approved the Criteria for identifying enterprises, institutions, organizations, as well as legal entities of private law, which are critically important for meeting the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations in a special period.
Namely:
1) Implementation by legal entities of private law, the founding documents of which define charitable activities in one or more areas defined by the Law of Ukraine "On Charitable Activities and Charitable Organizations", production/purchase of goods, performance of works and provision of services necessary to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, other military formations for the past period, not less than 12 months before the date of submission of the application, at the rate of UAH 10,000,000 of assistance per 1 (one) conscript, which is offered for reservation for the period of mobilization and martial law;
2) providing services for training, retraining and advanced training of external pilots (operators) of unmanned robotic systems and external crews of unmanned robotic systems in the interests of the security and defense forces of Ukraine at the rate of 100 trained pilots of FPV, UAVs of I and II classes for the past period, not less than 12 months before the date of submission of the application, for 1 (one) conscript offered for reservation for the period of mobilization and martial law, or 200 pilots of UAVs of I class "micro" (excluding FPV) for the past a period of at least 12 months before the date of submission of the application, for 1 (one) conscript, offered for reservation for the period of mobilization and martial law;
3) provision of services for training, retraining and advanced training in electronic warfare in the interests of the security and defense forces of Ukraine at the rate of 150 trained specialists for the past period, at least 12 months before the date of submission of the application, per 1 (one) conscript, offered for reservation for the period of mobilization and martial law;
4) provision of services that meet NAEMT standards ( National association of emergency medical technicians) / TCCC (Tactical Combat Casualty Care), for training, retraining and advanced training in tactical medicine in the interests of the security and defense forces of Ukraine during the last 6 months before the date of submission of the application.
Enterprises, institutions and organizations, as well as legal entities of private law, are determined to be critically important for meeting the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations in a special period, if they meet one or more of the criteria specified above.
The President of Ukraine signed two draft laws No. 11258 and No. 11259, which are designed to restore the energy infrastructure and demining the territory of Ukraine as soon as possible.
Both documents are critically important for the restoration of the country's energy system.
The adopted laws, in particular, provide for exemption from taxation for the following equipment:
- mechanized demining machines;
- electric generator equipment;
- equipment for wind and solar generation;
- accumulators (except low capacity accumulators).
In addition, the adopted legislative acts will contribute to the development of the domestic production of demining machines.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 848 of July 23, 2024 "On Approval of the Procedure for Land and Soil Monitoring" developed by the State Geocadastre.
The approved Procedure defines the mechanism of land and soil monitoring, which is carried out with the aim of timely detection of changes in the state of land, pollution and soil properties, assessment of land protection measures, preservation and reproduction of soil fertility, prevention of the impact of negative processes and elimination of the consequences of such impact.
The implementation of this Government resolution will ensure land and soil monitoring, which will increase the effectiveness of state regulation in the field of land relations.
The Resolution enters into force simultaneously with Law of Ukraine No. 2973-IX of March 20, 2023 "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the State System of Environmental Monitoring, Information on the State of the Environment (Environmental Information) and Information Support for Environmental Management", namely after six months from the date of cancellation or termination of martial law in Ukraine.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Food Security Strategy of Ukraine for the period until 2027. The Government sets three key goals:
- stimulate the development of agricultural production and fill the food market;
- ensure the availability of food for all population groups;
- strengthen the security component and eliminate threats. This, in particular, concerns the formation of the state reserve, restoration of commodity chains, demining of agricultural land, adaptation to climate change, etc.
The President of Ukraine signed the law on the "white business club". The law provides for:
- 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 individualentrepreneurs, 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 audits, 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 means of remote communication, including via video conference.
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine by Order No. 282 of June 7, 2024 approved the Regulation on the implementation of financial monitoring by primary financial monitoring entities, whose activities are regulated and supervised by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.
This Regulation establishes general requirements for the organization and conduct of primary financial monitoring by the following subjects of primary financial monitoring and their separate divisions (if any):
- subjects of audit activity;
- accountants, business entities providing accounting services;
- business entities providing tax consultancy;
- business entities that provide intermediary and/or consulting services during real estate transactions;
- business entities that trade in precious metals and precious stones and their products for cash;
- business entities that carry out trade activities in cultural values and/or provide intermediary services in such activities;
- business entities that conduct lotteries and/or gambling.
These Regulations establish general requirements regarding:
1) measures for proper organization and implementation of primary financial monitoring, proper risk management system;
2) appointment of an employee responsible for financial monitoring (hereinafter referred to as the responsible employee);
3) rules of financial monitoring, programs for conducting primary financial monitoring and other internal documents on financial monitoring, unified rules on prevention and counteraction to legalization (laundering) of the proceeds from crime, financing of terrorism and financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (hereinafter - prevention and counteraction) group;
4) conducting training events, training personnel (employees) of the subject of primary financial monitoring regarding the identification of financial transactions subject to financial monitoring;
5) due diligence of clients (customer representatives), features and reliable sources for due diligence;
6) simplified and strengthened customer due diligence measures;
7) specifics of the use of agents and information regarding due diligence received from third parties;
8) ensuring detection of financial transactions subject to financial monitoring;
9) procedure for stopping and resuming financial transactions;
10) procedure for freezing assets related to terrorism and its financing, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and its financing;
11) reporting by persons of violations in the field of prevention and countermeasures, the procedure for their consideration;
12) conducting internal audits of the primary financial monitoring subject for compliance with legislation in the field of prevention and countermeasures;
13) procedure for submitting information and/or documents (conclusions, decisions), copies of documents or extracts from documents at the request of the Ministry of Finance.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the technical regulation on the safety of chemical products.
With this document, Ukraine implements the norms of the European REACH Regulation and becomes one step closer to the European Union. Its purpose is to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment from potential risks associated with chemical substances, while promoting the free circulation of these substances.
The key requirement of the regulation is the mandatory registration of all chemicals produced, imported and supplied on the market in Ukraine in volumes of more than one ton per year. It is the basis of the regulation aimed at collecting information about the properties and safe use of chemicals.
The registration process consists of several important stages, each of which is regulated in detail. The registration ensures the creation of a database containing information on the properties, risks and safe use of chemicals. This information is provided to the Ministry of Environment, which uses it to assess risks and develop measures to manage these risks.
The law is the basis for the construction of a national system of management of chemical substances according to the European model. It created the basis for further steps – the implementation of the two main EU technical regulations – CLP and REACH.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine supported the resolution approving the list of documents received as a result of providing electronic trust services that must be stored.
In addition, the resolution regulates the process of transferring the authority to provide these services if the previous provider ceases to operate. This will ensure compliance with the Law of Ukraine "On Electronic Identification and Electronic Trust Services" and accelerate Ukraine's integration into the EU's Single Digital Market.
The adoption of the resolution makes it possible to clearly regulate the provision of e-trust services and brings Ukrainian legislation closer to the requirements of European and international standards. And it also makes it possible to introduce a mechanism for the continuous provision of e-trust services in the event of the termination of the activity of an individual provider.
The National Bank of Ukraine by Resolution No. 90 of July 19, 2024 "On Amendments to the Regulation on Conducting Depository and Clearing Activities and Ensuring Settlements of Securities Transactions by the National Bank of Ukraine" approved amendments to the Regulations on Conducting Depository and Clearing Activities and Ensuring Settlements Concerning NBU Securities Transactions, in order to provide foreign investors with direct access to marketable debt instruments (except for government securities) aimed at the reconstruction and restoration of Ukraine.
Thus, from July 24, 2024, the list of clients and depositors that the National Bank can serve when it performs the function of a depository institution will be expanded. In particular, the NBU will be able to open and service a nominal holder's securities account for a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Ukrainian legislation, and an owner's securities account for a foreign depository.
The specified changes will make it possible to create an infrastructure for the inflow of foreign investments into Ukraine.
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine by Order No. 296 of June 18, 2024, approved new forms of reports in the field of production and circulation of alcohol, alcohol distillates, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, liquids used in electronic cigarettes. Subsequently, technical amendments were made to Order No. 296 by Order No. 339 of the Ministry of Finance of July 11, 2024.
Thus, the Ministry of Finance approved new:
- form No. 1-ВП "Report on volumes of production and circulation (including import and export) of alcohol (including bioethanol), alcohol distillates, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, liquids used in electronic cigarettes";
- Procedure for filling out form No. 1-ВП "Report on the volumes of production and circulation (including import and export) of alcohol (including bioethanol), alcohol distillates, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, liquids used in electronic cigarettes";
- form No. 1-ОП "Report on volumes of circulation (including import and export) of alcohol (including bioethanol), alcohol distillates, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, liquids used in electronic cigarettes";
- Procedure for filling out form No. 1-ОП "Report on volumes of circulation (including import and export) of alcohol (including bioethanol), alcohol distillates, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, liquids used in electronic cigarettes";
- Codes, units of measurement and types of products / goods.
