Committees round-up: Daily

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
Published on 17 April 2020, at 15:45

There is | body in focus of our committee scan today:

Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into EU

At its recent sitting, the committee considered a range of draft legislations through the lens of their EU law and AA (Association Agreement) compliance.

As EU law-AA compliant, there were recognized the following bills:

Bill No.2818 on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine as concerns the introduction of an effective responsibility mechanism of natural gas suppliers for restriction (suspension) on gas supply to consumers and responsibility of utilities services providers for the non-provision, under-provision or provision of their services of inferior quality.

Bills Nos.2713, 2713-1, 2713-2, 2713-3. All the aforementioned four bills are aimed at creating favourable conditions for bringing Ukraine’s gambling sector out of the shadows to legal work by the agency of tax incentives. These bills are thought to bring respective changes to Ukraine’s tax code.

Bill No.2450 on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the right of individuals to change their patronymics.

Bill No.3106 on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding social protection of orphans and children deprived of parental care.

Bills Nos.3204, 3204-1 on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine as to validity of collective labour agreements (CLA). The set purposes of the documents are the elimination of discrimination against employees who are members of a trade union, ensuring the legal certainty and protection of trade unions’ rights. The сommittee decided that these draft bills should eventually be finalized so that to bring them into line with international legal instruments and best European practices.