18 December 2015, 11:41
The
meeting was held on December 17 under the chairpersonship of Committee
Chairperson Iryna Heraschenko.
During the meeting, the Committee members examined the draft law "On the
State Budget of Ukraine for 2016" No.3000. In order to ensure proper
financing of Ukraine's obligations undertaken in the framework of the visa-free
dialogue Ukraine-EU, the Committee members decided to address the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and the Committee on
Budget with a proposal to increase expenditures on the National Anti-Corruption
Bureau, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, the National
Agency for Prevention of Corruption, and also increase funding of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Development in order to ensure
protection of national interests in the sphere of foreign policy. At the same
time, MPs offer to envisage a separate article of expenditures on regional
development and cross-border cooperation.
People's deputies supported the draft law No.0072. The need for ratification of
this Agreement follows from Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On
International Treaties of Ukraine" and Article 32 of the Law of Ukraine
"On State Secrets," according to which the classified information and
material storages of such information may be transferred to a foreign state or
an international organization only on the ground of international treaties the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine had agreed to be bound by.
During the meeting, the Committee members examined a number of draft laws on their compliance with legislation of the European Union, Ukraine's commitments in the framework of the Council of Europe and the Association Agreement between Ukraine on the one part, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their member states on the other part.
In particular, the Committee members declared draft laws Reg. Nos. 3461, 2952, 3501, 3261, 2702 and 2702-1 not contradicting the international legal obligations of Ukraine in the framework of the Association Agreement.
The purpose of the draft law No.3461 is entitling the National Police of Ukraine to apply negotiating procurement procedure in case of urgent need caused by the emergence of special economic or social circumstances disabling customers to abide by the terms of holding competitive bidding procedures, namely having relation to the urgent liquidation of consequences of emergency situations of man-caused and natural character, or with a specific period.