The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted the resolution "On Amendments to the Procedure for Preferential Mortgage Crediting of Internally Displaced Persons at the Expense of Grant Funds Provided by the Credit Institute for Reconstruction (KfW)".
According to the resolution, a number of changes are made to the Procedure for preferential mortgage lending to IDPs regarding the verification of information on:
- income of the applicant;
- housing owned by the applicant and their family members ;
- facts of receipt by the applicant or members of their family of preferential loans for the construction (purchase) of housing or corresponding monetary compensation at the expense of budget funds.
Currently, IDPs can submit a statement of intent to receive a preferential mortgage loan in person to the regional offices of the State Fund for Support of Youth Housing Construction. This mechanism will operate until the relevant service is restored on the DiIa Portal.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted draft law No. 9585 regarding the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons participating in the protection of the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine.
The purpose of the law is to establish the possibility of realizing the rights of foreigners and stateless persons who protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and their family members to obtain temporary residence permits, immigration permits or acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship.
The document allows foreigners and stateless persons who protect Ukraine to receive temporary residence permits or to immigrate, even if their documents are expired, as well as to regulate their legal status of stay in Ukraine.
It is regulated that family members of persons who have signed a contract for service in the Armed Forces, the State Special Transport Service and the National Guard of Ukraine will also have the right to receive a temporary residence permit.
At the same time, it is stipulated that citizens of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, who acquired Ukrainian citizenship in the period from February 24, 2022, must submit documents on renunciation of foreign citizenship within a year after the abolition of martial law.
Persons who acquired the citizenship of Ukraine during the martial law and submitted an obligation to take exams to obtain it and who are undergoing military service under a contract, have the right to take exams within two years from the date of termination or cancellation of martial law.
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine by Order No. 2531/5 of August 27, 2024 approved changes to Order No. 2542/5. The changes, in particular, added new terms to Order No. 2542/5, namely: incompleteness, inaccuracy, error. In addition, the new version contains a list of the types of disagreements about the corporate identity card and/or the ownership structure of a legal entity, received by the subject of primary financial monitoring as a result of a proper verification of a legal entity, and the corresponding information placed in the Unified State Register.
From the date of entry into force of the Order, they will be as follows:
- incompleteness of information about ultimate beneficial owner;
- inaccuracy in information about ultimate beneficial owner;
- error in the information about the ultimate beneficial owner;
- incompleteness of information in the ownership structure of a legal entity;
- inaccuracy in information on the ownership structure of a legal entity;
- error in the information on the ownership structure of a legal entity.
At the same time, it is not classified as a discrepancy if there is no information about the ultimate beneficial owner and/or the ownership structure of the legal entity in the USR .
It is clarified that the SPFM adds scanned copies of relevant materials and documents (if available), archived in one file for each record of the message, to the Notice. In this case, a document containing more than one page is scanned into one file. Scanned copies must be suitable for perceiving their content.
In the event that the Ministry of Justice receives a Notice that does not contain all the information provided in the relevant form, if such information is provided for by law, such Notice is returned without review to eliminate the identified deficiencies to the relevant email address from which it was sent.
Order No. 2531/5 entered into force on September 1, 2024.
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine by Order No. 2518/5 of August 26, 2024, amended Order of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine No. 3268/5 of November 18, 2016. In particular, Form 6 "Application for State Registration of Public Formation without the Status of Legal Entity" has been updated. A new form 11 "Application for State Registration of Separate Subdivision of Legal Entity Formed In Accordance with Legislation of A Foreign State" has also been added.
Order No. 2518/5 enters into force on September 3, 2024.
The National Bank of Ukraine by Resolution No. 100 of August 23, 2024 "On Approval of Amendments to the Regulation on Conducting Cash Transactions in the National Currency of Ukraine" updated the procedure for conducting cash transactions in the national currency in Ukraine with the aim of bringing it into line with the current requirements of the legislation of Ukraine and regulatory acts of the regulator.
In particular, the possibility of receiving cash by business entities for settlements with citizens, which are carried out by transferring funds without opening an account, is excluded. That is, the funds sent using such a transfer must first be credited to the current or payment account of the business entity, only after that they can be issued from these accounts in cash.
At the same time, there have been no changes for citizens, they can pay for services provided by business entities and goods purchased from them both in cashless form and in cash, in particular, when transferring funds without opening an account.
Such a rule will contribute to increasing the transparency of payment operations and minimizing the use of payment infrastructure in illegal activities, in particular for the purpose of tax evasion during the purchase and sale of goods.
Providers of payment services, their commercial agents and enterprises, which in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine have been granted the right to collect funds, transport currency and other valuables, will have a six-month transition period from the date of entry into force of this resolution to review, update, renegotiate and conclude contracts with clients, respectively to the new requirements of the regulator.
The National Bank of Ukraine by Resolution No. 101 of August 23, 2024 "On Approval of Amendments to the Instruction on the Procedure for Organizing Cash Work by Banks and Conducting Payment Operations by Payment Service Providers in Ukraine" (hereinafter - Resolution No. 101) updated the procedure for organizing cash work by banks and conducting payment operations payment service providers in Ukraine.
In particular, in order to increase the transparency of payment transactions and prevent financial transactions with cash, which have a high risk of their possible use for illegal purposes, certain restrictions have been established during the transfer of cash without opening an account.
Thus, payment service providers are obliged to credit funds for cash transfer operations without opening an account to the accounts of business entities. That is, issuing cash by transfer without opening an account for business entities is possible only from their accounts (after it is previously credited in non-cash form).
At the same time, no such restrictions have been established for citizens. Citizens can still choose the type of transfer and settlement with business entities for services or goods that is convenient for them - in cash or non-cash.
Payment service providers must revise and update their internal documents within six months from the date of entry into force of Resolution No. 101 in order to bring them into line with the updated requirements of the regulator.
In addition, with this Resolution, the National Bank settled the following issues:
- responsibility of payment service providers to users during the provision of payment services;
- withdrawal from circulation and transfer of questionable banknotes (coins) by financial institutions for research to the National Bank and reduction of the terms of their implementation.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine corrected the Procedure for forming and maintaining the Diia City register. Changes were made to the CMU resolutions:
- No. 1445 of December 29, 2021 "Some Issues of Implementation of the Provisions of the Law of Ukraine "On Stimulating the Development of the Digital Economy in Ukraine" and
- No. 1492 of December 30, 2022 "Some Issues of Administrative Appeal of the Decision on the Loss of the Status of a Resident of Diia City and the Reporting of Residents of Diia City".
In particular, changes were made to the Procedure for the formation and maintenance of the Diia City register, which:
- removed the need to provide information about Diia City residents defined by the Law of Ukraine "On Stimulating Development of the Digital Economy in Ukraine" after reviewing reports and independent conclusions;
- provides possibility of the authorized body to change information from the register of Diia City in the event that a resident of Diia City sends a notification about changes in the information reported in the application for acquiring the status of a resident of Diia City, and indicates the need to delete such information from the Diia City register, etc.
Changes have been made to the Procedure for submitting and considering an application for acquiring the status of a Diia City resident in order to improve the mechanism for processing Diia City resident applications.
Also changes been made to the Procedure for submitting and reviewing the compliance report of the Diia City resident and the independent opinion, which provide for the prevention of the return without review of the compliance report due to the termination of the audit activity by the subject.
