The purpose of the bill (Reg. No. 7487) is to form effective anti-corruption legislation of Ukraine. The document was drafted with account for the proposals of the Group of States against corruption (GRECO), the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, the experts and the public.
The bill takes the following action:
extends the circle of subjects of responsibility for corruptive infringements, specifies the conditions for treatment of particular individuals as the subjects of responsibility for corruptive infringements;
fixes the range of subjects to take action, coordinate and control activity for corruption prevention and counteraction;
specifies the restrictions of the subjects of responsibility for corruptive infringements concerning appropriation of corporate opportunities and corporate opportunities of relatives, positions overlapping and pluralism of offices, acceptance of gifts;
sets restrictions for the persons who resigned from offices or terminated the activity connected with the realization of functions of the state;
introduces a new procedure of financial control, obliges to declare both income and expenditures, fixes the deadline for submitting the declaration and publishing the statement of income and expenditures in the official printed media.
The bill establishes a Single State Register of Persons who committed Corruptive Infringements, a single database including the data on the persons held responsible for the corruptive infringements.
The bill amends the Code on Administrative Infringements, the Criminal Code and the Criminal-Procedural Codes of Ukraine to establish administrative responsibility for administrative corruptive infringements and strengthen responsibility for the official malfeasances.