The Committee on Judicial Policy recommends that the Verkhovna Rada should adopt as a basis the draft law on amendments to several legislative acts of Ukraine re certifying accuracy of copies (photocopies) of documents and their extracts, and authenticity of signature on the documents

Information Department
24 April 2014, 10:33

The bill (Reg. No. 4582) suggests reduce notary actions; minimize consumers’ expenditures on notary services; secure accessibility of all population layers to such services; abolish, in a number of cases, requirements regarding mandatory notarial certification of transactions and facts of legal significance, as well as notarial certification of documents in order to make them legally valid.

The bill suggests amend the Labour Code of Ukraine and the laws “On state regulation of production and turnover of ethyl, cognac and fruit alcoholic beverages and tobacco products”, “On export, import and return of cultural values” and several other laws.

Committee members upheld the bill, adoption of which will allow reduce the number of notary actions; narrow requirements of the existing legislation pertaining to mandatory notarial certification of documents’ copies; and help citizens and legal entities avoid complication of the procedure of documents execution, etc.