The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov opened the evening round of Thursday’s plenary meeting.

 

The evening section

 

Members of parliament proceeded with the business of the day.

 

  • Laws, bills and resolutions passed

 

On Chornomornaftogaz

--Draft bill No.2432

MPs have reviewed the bill No.2432 “On amendments to certain legislative acts regarding further measures for resumption of work of the Public Stock-company “Chornomornaftogaz”. By 294 ayes, the parliament passed the statute in whole.

 

On VRU temporary commissions

--Draft bill No.0979

By 337 ayes, the parliament carried the bill No.0979 “On temporary investigating commissions and temporary special commissions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine”.

 

On new financial instruments

--Draft bill No.2284 (including the draft bill No.2284-1 as the alternate)

Parliamentarians have examined the bill “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding a simpler raising investments and introducing new financial instruments”.  By 244 assenting votes, the VRU passed the first reading of the bill.

 

On amber extraction

--Draft bill No.2240

MPs have reviewed the bill on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding normalization of amber extraction procedures. The second reading of the bill was backed by 279 parliamentarians.

 

On subsoil-use rental rates

--Draft bill No.2241

Lawgivers have considered the draft bill on amendments to Article 252 of the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding normalizing rental rates for subsoil use to extract amber. By 265 ayes, the bill was taken on the first reading.

 

On in-person voting by MPs

--Draft bill No.2148

By 261 votes in favour, the parliament backed the second reading (and in whole) of the bill No.2148 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding ensuring in-person voting by Ukrainian parliamentarians”.

 

On Export-Credit Agency’s review board

--Resolutions Nos.2197, 2401 і 2421

 MPs have approved three resolutions “On assignment of a Verkhovna Rada’s envoy to the contest committee for defining membership of the Private Joint-Stock Company Export-Credit Agency’s review board”.

 

On military ranks

--Draft bill No.2247

Parliamentarians have seen into the first reading of the draft bill on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding servicemen’s military ranks. The bill was backed by 267 assenting votes.

 

On a unified register of sexual offenders

--Draft bill No.0887

The parliament has passed the second reading of the bill No.0887 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine (regarding the introduction of a unified register of persons convicted of committing crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity of minors and strengthening liability for crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity of minors).

 

On political corruption

--Draft bill No.2336

By 319 ayes, the parliament passed the bill “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine on preventing and counteracting political corruption” in whole.

 

International ratifications

The Verkhovna Rada has ratified the following laws:

Bill No.0007 “On ratification of the Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between Ukraine and the Kingdom of Netherlands regarding the extension until August 1, 2020 of the Agreement between Ukraine and the Kingdom of Netherlands on the International Mission for Protection of Investigation signed on July 28, 2014”.

Bill No.0011 “On ratification of the Guarantee Agreement (The Ukraine railway electrification project ‘Electrification of the Dolynska-Mykolaiv-Kolosivka railway line’) between Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development”.

Bill No.0012 “On ratification of the Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on the establishment of local offices of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (GIZ GmbH) and the Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW)”.

Bill No.0013 “On accession of Ukraine to the European Support Fund for the Co-Production and Distribution of Creative Cinematographic and Audiovisual Works (‘EURIMAGES’)”.

Bill No.0014 “On ratification of the Financial Agreement (The ‘Improvement of Ukraine Urban Road Safety’ Project) between Ukraine and the European Investment Bank”.

Bill No.0015 “On ratification of the Grant Agreement (The ‘Mykolaivvodokanal’ Project (On the modernization of the municipal utility for water distribution and water treatment of the City of Mykolaiv) pursuant to the E5P Programme between Ukraine and the European Investment Bank”.

 

The presiding officer closed the meeting.

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