19 April 2013, 16:13
The following laws were adopted in entirety:
“On approval the decision of President of Ukraine on Admission of Foreign Armed Forces Subdivisions on the Territory of Ukraine in 2013 for Participation in Multinational Military Training”
The legislative act approves the decision of the President of Ukraine on admission of foreign armed forces subdivisions on the territory of Ukraine in 2013 for participation in Ukrainian-Byelorussian military training involving regular air defense forces, Ukrainian-Russian training “Farvarter Myru -2013”, Ukrainian-American training “Sea Breeze - 2013”, Ukrainian-American training “Rapid Trident - 2013”, multinational training “Klenova Arka 2013” (“Maple Arch 2013”).
The respective bill was registered under No. 2757.
“On ratification of the Agreement on Cooperation of the CIS Member States in Combating Theft of Cultural Property and Ensuring its Return”
The Agreement was ratified with consideration of cautions made while signing the Agreement (the Ukrainian Party refrains from commitments in regard to harmonization of national legislation within the CIS (clause “a” of article 3) and in regard to taking measures, agreed within the CIS, to fulfill the provisions of universal and regional multilateral agreements (clause "б" of article 3).
The Agreement that was concluded on October 5, 2007 in Dushanbe, shall create legal basis to coordinate cooperation of Ukraine with the CIS member states in the issues pertaining to theft of cultural property and to refining mechanisms of cooperation between the law enforcement bodies and other bodies in taking common measures to prevent theft of cultural property and to secure its search and return.
The respective bill was registered under No. 0013.
“On ratification of the Agreement to memorialize courage and heroism of people of the CIS member states who participated in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”
The Agreement was ratified with consideration of the caution of Ukraine not to apply paragraph first of article 14 of the Agreement (under which, the CIS Defense Ministers Council is to coordinate activity of the authorized Parties to implementation of the Agreement) taken during signing of the Agreement.
The main aim of the Agreement singed on September 3, 2011 in Dushanbe is establishment of legal basis for development of cooperation between Ukraine and the CIS member states in the spheres of perpetuation of the memory of war victims; cooperation of state institutions and public organizations in searching, accounting, arrangement, preservation and maintenance of the military burial and military monuments; as well as exhumation and reburial of war victims.
The respective bill was registered under No. 0011.
“On amendments to the Criminal and the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine (re the EU-Ukraine Visa Liberalization Action Plan)”
The legislative act brings norms of current legislation of Ukraine in line with the provisions of the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS 173), ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 18 October 2006, regarding the implementation procedures for the confiscation of property and income derived from corruption and implementing measures foreseen by the EU-Ukraine Visa Liberalization Action Plan.
In particular, the law supplements the current Criminal Code with new articles 96? “Special confiscation” and 96? “Cases of special confiscation”.
The respective bill was registered under No. 2313.
“On amendments to several legislative acts of Ukraine re bringing national legislation in line with standards of the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption”
The legislative act excludes articles 172-2 and 172-3 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Infringements.
The document substitutes the criminal and legal notion “bribery” with the notion of “improper advantage”. Criminal responsibility is established not only for giving or receiving, but also for the suggestion or promise of such improper advantage.
The Law establishes criminal responsibility for the suggestion or promise of improper advantage not only to an official, but to any employee of state enterprise, institution or organization.
The respective bill was registered under No. 2802.
“On State Assistance to Families with Children” (re reducing the number of documents for obtaining childbirth welfare payments)
The Law establishes an exhaustive list of documents for childbirth welfare payment, needed for submission to the labour and social security body.
It is planned also that the labour and social security office will independently receive all the other data for obtaining this type of assistance from state and local self-governmental bodies.
The document contains also a provision under which the labor and social security bodies will be obliged to provide data for registration of residence of the child to the territorial body/department of the State Migration Service of Ukraine, and no later than within 10 days from the date of application for the assistance, decide whether to appoint or to refuse the assistance.
The respective bill was registered under No. 2313.
The Resolution “On inclusion into the agenda of the second session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the seventh convocation the bill on amendments to article 98 of the Constitution of Ukraine and submission of this bill to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine” was adopted
Under articles 146 148 of the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, people’s deputies took the decision to refer the bill “On amendments to article 98 of the Constitution of Ukraine” (re the authorities of the Counting Chamber) to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine for the conclusion in regard to its compliance with the requirements of articles 157 and 158 of the Constitution of Ukraine.
The respective draft resolution was registered under No. 2049/П.
The draft law “On amendments to article 98 of the Constitution of Ukraine (re the authorities of the Counting Chamber) (Reg. No. 2049) suggests the following version of article 98: “The control on behalf of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine over the receipt of funds to the State Budget of Ukraine and their use is exercised by the Counting Chamber.
Organization, authorities and operating procedures of the Counting Chamber are determined by the law.”
A number of resolutions were adopted in regard to holding parliamentary hearings.
In particular, resolutions registered under No No 2722, 2560, 2502, 2771 and 2712.
141 parliamentary inquiries were declared.
A number of documents adopted in the first reading were rejected.