The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Dmytro Razumkov has signed an executive order “On convening an extraordinary plenary sitting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the ninth convocation”.

• The meeting is called on demand of 158 Ukrainian parliamentarians and in accordance with part eight of Article 19 of the Verkhovna Rada’s rules of procedure.

• The sitting will take place on the 13^th of May, 2020 at 10 ante meridiem in the Session Hall at the address: M. Hrushevskoho Str., 5, Kyiv.

• Provisional agenda:

1.  Bill No.3329-d (3329-д) “On amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and other laws of Ukraine regarding the additional support to taxpayers for the period of preventive measures against the emergence and spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)”;

2.  Bill No.2571-d (2571-д) “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the improvement of some mechanisms for the regulation of banking activity”;

3.  Bill No.2166 “On amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On collection and accounting of a single contribution to the compulsory state social insurance’ (as to the elimination of discrimination on the payers’ circle)";

4.  Bill No.2398-d (2398-д) “On defence procurement”;

5.  Bill No.3415 “On amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine regarding the special consideration procedure for second-reading bills”;

6.  Bills Nos.3313, 3313-1 “On amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as to streamlining the consideration procedure for second-reading bills”;

7.  Bill No.3195 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the refined appointment-and-dismissal procedure for members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine”;

8.  Bill No.2679 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine as to optimizing the network and functioning of administrative services centres and streamlining access to electronic administrative services”;

9.  Bill No.3383 “On amendments to the Commercial Procedural Code of Ukraine, the Civil Procedural Code of Ukraine, the Administrative Procedure Code of Ukraine concerning the course of procedural terms under the quarantine introduced by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)";

10.Bill No.2823 “On amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On the judiciary and the status of judges’ as concerns the secondment of judges by way of temporary transfer of the judges to another court”;

11.Bill No.3354 “On amendments to the Administrative Offences Code of Ukraine and the Criminal Code of Ukraine as to harsher accountability for failure to comply with legitimate demands of a Ukrainian MP, the Accounting Chamber, a member of the Accounting Chamber”;

12.Bills Nos.2207, 2207-1, 2207-2 “On household and other waste management”;

13.Bill No.2654 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine (concerning harsher security of telecommunications networks)”;

14.Bill No.3314 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine due to the adoption of the Law of Ukraine ‘On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding a simplified pre-trial investigation of certain categories of criminal offences’”;

15.Bill No.3105 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine as to refining the legal groundwork of activity of the National Guard of Ukraine”;

16.Bill No.3297 “On amendments to the Economic Code of Ukraine (as to the elimination of fines and penalties on loans for the period of the quarantine introduced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 in Ukraine”;

17.Bill No.2030 “On amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On state registration of legal entities, sole proprietors and civil society organizations’ (as to granting the right to a fee-free registration to persons with disabilities and persons who have suffered from the Chornobyl accident”;

18.Bill No.3322 “On amendments to the Bankruptcy Code of Ukraine (as to eliminating bankruptcy abuses for the period of preventive measures against the emergency and spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19);

19.Bills Nos.3355, 3355-1 “On amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On prevention of corruption’ with regard to the refined list of entities subject to declaration”;

20.Bills Nos.3205, 3205-1 “On the Partial guarantee fund for agricultural loans”;

21.Bill No.3377 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the state support to culture, creative industries, tourism, small and medium-sized businesses in connection with restrictive measures caused by the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)”;

22.Bill No.2494 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine”;

23.Resolution No.3431 “Address by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to national parliaments of foreign states, international organizations and their parliamentary assemblies on the occasion of marking the 75^th anniversary of the end of the Second World War”;

24.Resolution No.3434 “On the organization of the work of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine”;

25.“Ask the Government” hour;

26.Performance report of the National Bank of Ukraine to be delivered by NBU Governor.