EU ACTS

On May 13, the European Committee of the Regions published its Opinion on Metropolitan Regions and Functional Urban Areas as Socio-Economic Drivers of Sustainable Investment in the Cohesion Policy 2021-2027. The Committee calls for strengthening the role of urban and metropolitan areas in the implementation of the EU cohesion policy, in particular through the redistribution of unused funds, the introduction of a common European urban framework, the creation of special financial mechanisms for integrated regional programming, support for inter-municipal projects and functional urban areas, as well as direct dialogue between cities, regions and the European Commission. The Committee emphasizes the need to avoid excessive centralization, supporting a network approach to urban development and strengthening multi-level governance.

On May 13, the European Committee of the Regions released its Opinion on Cohesion Policy. The Committee supports a local needs-based approach as key to strengthening Europe's competitiveness, inclusion and resilience, and warns against excessive centralization. It emphasizes the importance of preserving regional programs, as it is the local level that best understands needs and objectives. Despite the achievements, the policy needs to be improved in terms of coordination, harmonization of instruments and simplification of procedures.

On May 13, the European Committee of the Regions released its Opinion on Regional Challenges in the Health Workforce. The document emphasizes the importance of sustainable healthcare systems, fair pay, improved working conditions and access to healthcare services, especially in “medical deserts”. Solutions are proposed, such as investment in education, attracting young people to health professions, digital transformation, and cooperation between EU countries to strengthen public health.

On May 13, the European Committee of the Regions published an Opinion on the role of cities and regions in the EU Affordable Housing Plan. The Committee emphasizes the importance of setting very strict and long-term time conditions to ensure that affordable housing built with European support is not quickly sold on the private market. A key safeguard in this regard is the retention of land ownership by local authorities. The Committee also emphasizes the importance of removing obstacles related to the initial costs of renovation and ensuring affordability after renovation, protecting tenants from repeated evictions, taking into account each national regulatory framework.

On January 23, the European Social and Economic Committee published an Opinion containing recommendations for the active involvement of young people in social and civic dialogue in the Mediterranean region. In particular, it is proposed to include youth representatives at all stages of policy-making, support their participation through educational and institutional mechanisms, and create a Youth Charter within the SOLiD project.

UKRAINIAN LEGISLATION

On 13 May, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Development of Cooperation of Municipalities" № 4425-IX. The Law introduces the following changes:

• Financing of activities within the framework of municipal cooperation (by agreement between the parties to the cooperation) may begin earlier than the next budget period;

• Quarterly monitoring of cooperation (instead of annual reporting);
• Meetings of commissions for the preparation of draft agreements on municipal cooperation are subject to video recording and storage for 5 years;
• No additional public consultations are required to extend the term of a cooperation agreement.

Law of Ukraine № 4425-IX comes into force one month after its official promulgation.

On 01 May, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine heard the Annual Report of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights on the state of observance and protection of human and civil rights and freedoms in Ukraine in 2024. The Parliament recommended that state authorities and local self-government bodies consider the recommendations contained in the Annual Report and take measures within their competence to ensure the proper exercise of human and civil rights and freedoms in Ukraine.

On 30 May, Presidential Decree № 355/2025 "On Children's Day" established Children's Day in Ukraine to promote childhood protection as a national priority in Ukraine, strengthen and unite the efforts of the international community to protect the rights and best interests of children, and to be celebrated annually on World Children's Day on 20 November.

On 30 May, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) adopted Resolution "On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 632 dated 6 February 2019 "On Approval of the State Social Standards for Provision of Public Libraries in Ukraine”. In accordance with the amendments, compliance with the requirements of the State Social Standards for the Provision of Public Libraries in Ukraine in the territories where hostilities are taking place, included in the list of territories where hostilities are taking place (were taking place) or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, for which the date of completion of hostilities has not been determined, is carried out taking into account the security situation and the ability of local governments or military administrations to ensure their effective functioning. From such aforementioned territories, public libraries may be moved to a safe territory by the decision of the relevant local authorities or military administrations.

On 30 May, the CMU adopted Resolution №630 "On Establishing the Headquarters for Preparing Housing and Utilities Facilities and the Fuel and Energy Complex for the Autumn-Winter Period of 2025/26 and Ensuring Its Sustainable Operation During Martial Law". This Resolution formed the staff of the Headquarters and approved its regulations. The Headquarters was granted the right to receive, in accordance with the established procedure, information from local governments, enterprises, institutions and organisations necessary to perform its tasks; to involve representatives of local governments, enterprises, institutions and organisations (in agreement with their heads) in its work.

On 30 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 626 "On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 888 of 6 August 2024 “Some Issues of Implementation of the Pilot Project on the Organisation of Provision of Social Services to Internally Displaced Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities of Inpatient Care and Supported Living on the Principle of ”Money Follows the Person’’.

We would like to remind you that in accordance with clause 5 of the Resolution of the CMU № 888 dated 6 August 2024, the executive bodies of  towns, districts in cities, settlement and village councils are recommended to:

• identify persons responsible for organising the provision of social services in hromadas;
• Identify internally displaced elderly persons and persons with disabilities who need social services of inpatient care and supported accommodation, assess their individual needs and provide them with the necessary assistance;
• to be guided by the Procedure for the implementation of the pilot project, approved by the CMU Resolution № 888.

On 30 May, the CMU issued Resolution № 522-r "On the redistribution of subventions from the state budget to local budgets for design, construction and repair work purchase of housing and premises for the development of family and other forms of education, close to family, support of small group homes and provision of housing for orphans and children deprived of parental care; persons from among them and for the implementation of a public investment project to provide housing for family-type children's homes; orphans and children deprived of parental care in 2025". According to this order, more than UAH 33 million of the above subvention was redistributed among individual regional budgets.

On 27 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 616 "Some Issues of Providing State Support for Accommodation of Internally Displaced Persons". The Resolution approved the "Procedure for Providing Compensation to Institutions, Enterprises, Institutions, Organisations Regardless of Ownership, as well as Individual Entrepreneurs for Consumed Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Liquefied Gas, Solid and Liquid Heating Fuel during Temporary Accommodation of Internally Displaced Persons".

Establishments, enterprises, institutions, organisations, regardless of their form of ownership, and individual entrepreneurs are obliged to use the funds received for accommodation monthly exclusively for the payment of housing and communal services, liquefied gas, solid and liquid household heating fuel consumed by internally displaced persons.

The Resolution also amended several acts of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine regulating the provision of compensation and support to persons providing shelter to IDPs.

On 27 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 614 "On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 634 “On Peculiarities of Lease of State and Communal Property during Martial Law” dated 27 May 2022.

This Resolution introduced several peculiarities regarding lease agreements for municipal property, in particular:

• Lease agreements that are completed within four months from the date of entry into force of this Resolution are automatically deemed to be extended for another four months after the date of their completion (except for the agreements specified in paragraph 5 of CMU Resolution No. 634);
• Lease agreements in the territories without a specific date of termination of hostilities or occupation are extended for six months after the official termination of hostilities or de-occupation;
• Lease agreements with individuals and individual entrepreneurs who were called up or enlisted for military service after the introduction of martial law and whose term expires during the period of martial law are deemed to be extended until the date that is six months after the date of termination or cancellation of martial law.

No application from the lessee or a separate decision of the lessor is required to extend lease agreements. At the same time, the balance holder has the right to refuse the extension if there are grounds specified in the Law of Ukraine "On Lease of State and Communal Property".

On 27 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 610 "On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Improving the Organisation of Employment of Persons with Disabilitie". This CMU Resolution amended the following Government acts:

• CMU Resolution № 70 of 31 January 2007 "Some Issues of Implementation of the Laws of Ukraine “On the Fundamentals of Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities in Ukraine” and “On Employment of the Population”;
• The Procedure for the Use of Funds Provided for in the State Budget for the Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 120 of 4 February 2023 "Some Issues of Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities’;
• "Procedure for Providing Compensation for Actual Expenses for the Arrangement of Workplaces/Places of Business or Independent Professional Activity for Persons with Disabilities", approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 893 of 22 August 2023 ‘Some Issues of Providing Compensation for Actual Expenses for the Arrangement of Workplaces (Places of Business or Independent Professional Activity) for Persons with Disabilities’.

This Resolution changed the procedure for financing the creation of jobs for the employment of persons with disabilities and the payment of fines by employers for non-compliance with the standard for the employment of such persons.

On 27 May, the CMU issued Resolution № 505-r "On the Distribution in 2025 of the Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Implementation of a Public Investment Project for the Payment of Monetary Compensation for Housing for Certain Categories of Persons Who Defended the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine and Their Family Members". In accordance with this Resolution, almost UAH 4 billion of the above subvention was distributed among the regional budgets of Ukraine.

On 23 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 604 "On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1045 “On Approval of the Procedure for Removal of Trees, Shrubs, Lawns and Flowerbeds in Settlements”. According to the amendments, the aforementioned Procedure was brought in line with the Law of Ukraine "On Administrative Procedure".

On 23 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 602 On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 432 “On Approval of the Procedure for Holding Electronic Auctions for the Sale of Small-Scale Privatisation Objects and Determining Additional Terms of Sale”. In accordance with the amendments, the privatisation bodies of territorial communities may set the total number of steps by which the starting price of the privatisation object is reduced for municipal property up to 99 inclusive.

On 23 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 600  On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 827 “On Approval of Lists of Minerals of National and Local Importance” dated 12 December 1994. According to this Resolution, the List of Minerals of National and Local Importance and the List of Minerals of Local Importance were revised.

On 21 May, the CMU issued Resolution № 485-r "On the Distribution of Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Implementation of a Public Investment Project for the Arrangement of Safe Conditions in Secondary Education Institutions (Fire Protection), including Military (Naval, Military Sports) Lyceums, Lyceums with Enhanced Military and Physical Training, in 2025". In accordance with this order, more than UAH 270 million of the above subvention was distributed among the regional budgets of all regions of Ukraine.

On 16 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 579 "On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the Use of Electronic Veteran's Certificates". According to this resolution, the following were approved:

• "Procedure for issuing certificates and badges of veterans";
• The Procedure for the Formation and Display of an Electronic Veteran's Certificate, and for its Verification by State Authorities, Local Self-Government Bodies, Legal Entities and Individuals.

On 16 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 572 "On Amendments to the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 28 April 2000 No. 728 “On Approval of the Procedure for Exporting from Ukraine or Destroying Substandard and Unusable Humanitarian Aid Goods (Items)” and No. 927 “On Certain Issues of Organising the Maintenance of an Automated Humanitarian Aid Registration System”.

In accordance with the amendments, during the period of martial law, the decision to destroy (remove) substandard/unusable humanitarian aid goods (items) is made by regional, Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations (relevant military administrations, if established) in accordance with paragraph 131 of the Procedure approved by the CMU on 28 April 2000, No. 728.

Upon the destruction of unusable humanitarian aid goods, an act of their destruction is drawn up in the form according to Annex 2, which is signed by the head of the institution where the goods were destroyed and representatives of the territorial bodies of the State Customs Service, the State Environmental Inspectorate, the National Police, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, local executive authorities and certified by the seal of the customs authority.

On 16 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 567 "On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1001 dated 28 September 2011 “Some Issues of Internal Audit and Establishment of Internal Audit Units”. This Resolution amended the Procedure defining the mechanism for establishing internal audit units and issues related to their activities in budgetary institutions. According to paragraph 5 of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 1001 dated 28 September 2011, local governments are recommended to establish internal audit units and be guided by the Procedure approved by this Resolution and the regulations of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine adopted for its implementation.

On 16 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 566 "On Amendments to the Model Regulations on the Accounting Service of Budgetary Institutions". This Resolution approved a new version of the above-mentioned Model Regulation. According to the amendments, in order to ensure accounting, a budgetary institution must choose one of the following forms of accounting organisation:

• Establishment of an accounting service as an independent structural unit or introduction of a specialist position to perform the functional duties of the accounting service;
• Contractual accounting by the centralised accounting department of the budgetary institution to which it is subordinated.

On 16 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 561 "On the Distribution of Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets to Improve the Quality of Hot Meals for Primary School Students of General Secondary Education Institutions from a Special Fund in 2025". This Resolution allocated more than UAH 2 million received from the United Nations World Food Programme to the budgets of certain hromadas in Ukraine.

On 16 May, the CMU issued Resolution №478-r "On Amendments to Annex 10 to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1297 of 20 December 2024 “On Approval of the Distribution of Additional Subsidies for the Expenditures Transferred from the State Budget for the Maintenance of Educational and Healthcare Institutions between Local Budgets in 2025”. This Resolution changed the distribution of the aforementioned additional subsidy of over UAH 88 million between the budgets of certain hromadas of the Kirovohrad region for 2025.

On 14 May, the CMU issued Resolution № 475-r "Some Issues of Ensuring the Negotiation Process on Ukraine's Accession to the European Union under Cluster 1 “Fundamentals of the EU Accession Process”. The Government approved the following documents:

• Roadmap on the Rule of Law;
• Roadmap for Public Administration Reform;
• Roadmap on the functioning of democratic institutions;
• Action Plan for the Protection of the Rights of Persons Belonging to National Minorities (Communities) of Ukraine;
• Ukraine's negotiating position during the negotiations with the European Union on the conclusion of the Agreement on Ukraine's accession to the European Union under cluster 1 "Fundamentals of the EU accession process’.

On 13 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 555 "On Approval of the Procedure for the Placement of Electronic Communications Facilities and Structures on Land Plots and Other Real Estate of State and Communal Property during Martial Law". This Procedure sets out the procedure for the placement of electronic communications facilities and structures on land plots and other real estate objects of state and municipal ownership during the legal regime of martial law in Ukraine.

The CMU Resolution No. 555 came into force on 16 May 2025 and will cease to be effective from the date of termination or cancellation of martial law, except for paragraphs 10, 19, 22-24 of the Procedure approved by this Resolution, which will cease to be effective 24 months after its termination or cancellation.

On May 16, the CMU adopted Resolution № 552 "On Amendments to Paragraph 3 of the Procedure for Establishing by Regional State Administrations (Regional Military Administrations) During Martial Law a Ban on the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages and Alcohol-Based Substances at Certain Times of the Day".

According to the amendments, the ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages and alcohol-based substances within the relevant territory during a specified period of the day is established by a decision of the head of the regional state administration (the draft of which is agreed with the relevant military command) exclusively in territories of possible combat operations (for which no date for the cessation of combat operations has been set), active combat operations (for which no date for the end of combat operations has been set), and temporarily occupied territories (for which no date for the end of temporary occupation has been set).

On May 16, the CMU adopted Resolution № 551 "Certain Issues of Monitoring Waste Generation, Storage, and Disposal Sites". This Resolution approved:

• “Procedures for Monitoring Waste Generation, Storage, and Disposal Sites”;
• amendments to CMU Resolutions No. 556 of May 7, 2022, “Certain Issues of Submitting Waste Declarations,” and No. 1279 of December 5, 2023, “On Approval of the Procedure for Creating and Administering a Waste Management Information System”;

This Resolution shall enter into force six months after the date of cancellation or termination of martial law, simultaneously with the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the State System for Environmental Monitoring, Information on the State of the Environment (Environmental Information) and Information Support for Environmental Management” dated March 20, 2023, No. 2973-IX.

In accordance with the approved Procedure:

• the local government keeps records of the locations of household waste disposal sites (landfills, waste dumps, unauthorized garbage dumps) or places of generation and temporary storage of other types of waste (hazardous waste, demolition waste) which are located within or outside populated areas on communal property and enters the relevant information and data in electronic form into the waste management information system.
• if, based on the results of measurements, the established standards for maximum permissible emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere or water are exceeded, pollution of land and soil, the business entity is obliged to take measures to ensure compliance with the established standards for maximum permissible emissions and, no later than one day after taking such measures, send a written notification of the measures taken to the territorial body of the State Environmental Inspection and the relevant local government body.

On May 9, the CMU adopted Resolution № 543 “On Approval of the Procedure for Conducting an Investigation into the Presence of Signs of Affiliation of a Religious Organization with a Foreign Religious Organization Whose Activities Are Prohibited in Ukraine.”

The approved Procedure defines the procedure for investigating the existence of signs of affiliation of a religious organization operating in Ukraine with a foreign religious organization whose activities are prohibited in Ukraine in accordance with Article 3 of the Law of Ukraine “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations.” of affiliation of a religious organization operating in Ukraine with a foreign religious organization whose activities are prohibited in Ukraine in accordance with Article 3 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Sphere of Religious Organizations.”

The investigation is conducted at the request of a local government body, an association of citizens, or other persons. To establish signs of affiliation during the investigation, the research group may request local government bodies, legal entities, and individuals to provide information, explanations, documents, and extracts from public electronic registers necessary to conduct the investigation and establish the presence or absence of signs of affiliation.

On May 9, the CMU adopted Resolution № 541 “On Approval of the Procedure for Considering the Issue of Confirming the Facts of Using a Religious Organization to Promote the Ideology of the "Russian World"”. The approved Procedure defines the procedure for considering the issue of confirming the facts of using a religious organization to promote the ideology of the “Russian World”. The consideration of the issue is carried out on the initiative of the research group and/or at the request of a local government body, natural person, and/or legal entity.

During the consideration of the issue, the research group may contact local government bodies and pre-trial investigation bodies to obtain information, explanations, documents, data from public electronic registers, as well as use information about the use of a religious organization to promote the ideology of the “Russian world” contained in the conclusions of religious studies expertise and/or obtained from individuals and/or legal entities, from the media, and other open sources.

On May 9, the CMU adopted Resolution № 533 “On Amendments to the Regulations on the Centralized Database on Disability Issues.” This Resolution sets out a new version of the above-mentioned Regulations. It defines the procedure for creating, operating, and maintaining a centralized database on disability issues as an automated system for maintaining data on persons with disabilities, children with disabilities, and other specific categories of the population specified in subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of the Procedure for providing rehabilitation aids to persons with disabilities, children with disabilities, and other specific categories of the population, and the payment of monetary compensation for the cost of such aids purchased independently, as well as for the accumulation, storage, and use of information about local self-government bodies, enterprises, institutions, and organizations, regardless of their form of ownership and management, type of activity, and industry affiliation.

On May 9, the CMU adopted Resolution № 528 “On Amendments to the Procedures Approved by Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 866 of September 24, 2008, and No. 905 of October 8, 2008.” This Resolution amends the following government acts:

• “Procedures for the implementation by guardianship and custody authorities of activities related to the protection of children's rights,” approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 866 of September 24, 2008, “Issues of the activities of guardianship and custody authorities related to the protection of children's rights”;
• “Procedure for Adoption and Supervision of the Rights of Adopted Children,” approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 905 of October 8, 2008.

The State Service for Children's Affairs must conduct informational and explanatory work within one month with the services for children's affairs of city, district (if established), village, and settlement councils regarding the procedure for conducting adoption activities and supervising the observance of the rights of adopted children.

District state (military) administrations shall, within 30 calendar days from the date of entry into force of this resolution, ensure the transfer to the executive bodies of village and settlement councils (military administrations of settlements) of questionnaires on orphaned children, children deprived of parental care who are registered for adoption, and the personal files of prospective adoptive parents to the executive bodies of village and settlement councils (military administrations of settlements).

On May 9, the CMU adopted Resolution № 455-r “On the distribution of subsidies from the state budget to local budgets for the implementation of a public investment project for the purchase of equipment, creation, and modernization (reconstruction and major repairs) of dining rooms (food blocks) in educational institutions, including military (naval, military-sports) lyceums, lyceums with enhanced military and physical training, in 2025.” This Resolution distributes more than UAH 194 million of the above-mentioned subsidy between the budgets of individual hromadas in Ukraine.

On May 9, the CMU adopted Resolution № 452-r “On the distribution of subsidies from the state budget to local budgets for the implementation of a public investment project to create safe conditions in institutions providing general secondary education (construction of shelters), in particular military (naval, military-sports) lyceums, lyceums with enhanced military and physical training, in 2025.” This Resolution distributes more than UAH 1 billion of the above-mentioned subsidy among the budgets of individual hromadas in Ukraine.

On May 6, the CMU adopted Resolution № 519 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Conscription of Citizens for Military Service during Mobilization, for a Special Period.” We would like to remind you that, in accordance with Article 18 of the Law of Ukraine “On Mobilization Preparation and Mobilization,” local self-government bodies shall, during mobilization, provide timely notification in accordance with the established procedure and ensure the arrival of citizens who are called up for mobilization.

On May 6, the CMU adopted Resolution № 513 “Certain Issues of Providing Subsidies from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Purchase of Equipment, Inventory, and Facilities for School Cafeterias (Food Units).” This Resolution allocated nearly UAH 5 million of the above-mentioned subsidy among the budgets of individual municipalities in Ukraine.

On May 6, the CMU adopted Resolution № 444-r “On the allocation of funds from the reserve fund of the state budget to cover expenses for December 2024 for state, municipal, and private property and amendments to the orders of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated February 21, 2025, No. 147 and April 4, 2025, No. 302.” No. 147 and dated April 4, 2025, No. 302.” The Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine was allocated UAH 69,682,087 to provide additional subsidies from the state budget to local budgets to compensate municipal institutions, state educational institutions transferred to local budget financing, and institutions jointly owned by regional and municipal communities under the management of regional and municipal councils, distributed between regional budgets and the budget of the city of Kyiv.

On May 2, the CMU adopted Resolution № 554 “On Amendments to the Procedures Approved by Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 331 of March 20, 2022, and No. 446 of March 30, 2023.” This resolution amends the following government acts:

• The procedure for compensating employers for labour costs incurred in employing internally displaced persons as a result of hostilities during martial law in Ukraine, approved by Resolution of the CMU No. 331 dated March 20, 2022;
• The Procedure for registering, re-registering registered unemployed persons, and keeping records of job seekers, approved by Resolution of the CMU No. 446 of March 30, 2023.

On May 2, the CMU adopted Resolution № 511 “On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 410 of April 25, 2018 ”On Contracts for Medical Services to the Population under the Medical Guarantees Program.” According to the amendments, in particular, a provider of communal property is required to submit information on the status of payroll settlements for the previous month and the balance of funds in bank accounts (with an indication of the sources of funds from which such balance was formed, in particular, highlighting the balance of funds in bank accounts formed from the funds of the medical guarantee program) as of the 1st, 8th, and 23rd day of the reporting month in the form established by the customer.

On May 2, the CMU adopted Resolution № 510 “On Amendments to the Standard Form of Reimbursement Agreement.” According to the amendments, in particular, pharmacies are required to submit reports to the National Health Service of Ukraine on medicines and medical devices and their cost, which is subject to reimbursement under this agreement, no later than December 23.

On May 2, the CMU adopted Resolution № 508 “On Approval of the Procedure for the Formation and Use of Electronic Education Documents.” The approved Procedure defines the mechanism for the formation and use of electronic education documents that confirm a person's attainment of a certain level of education and/or the awarding of a certain (educational-professional, educational-scientific/educational-creative) degree of education (educational-qualification level) based on the results of successful completion of education at the appropriate level.

On May 2, the CMU adopted Resolution № 507 “On Amendments to the Procedure and Conditions for Providing Educational Subsidies from the State Budget to Local Budgets (from the Special Fund of the State Budget) in 2025 for the Creation of a Modern Educational Space.”

On May 2, the CMU adopted Resolution № 432-r “On Approval of the Concept of Digital Hygiene for Preschool Children." The Concept of digital hygiene for preschool children is aimed at improving the educational process in preschool educational institutions, other legal entities under public or private law, and individual entrepreneurs that conduct educational activities in the field of preschool and/or extracurricular education, and to provide guidelines to parents and other legal representatives of children regarding the development, upbringing, and education of children in the context of digitalization.

On May 2, the CMU adopted Resolution № 431-r “On the distribution of subsidies from the state budget to local budgets for the implementation of a public investment project to modernise workshops and laboratories of vocational and higher education institutions, ensuring energy efficiency, safety, and inclusiveness of the educational space in 2025.” This Resolution distributes UAH 540 million of the above-mentioned subsidy between regional budgets and the budgets of individual municipalities in Ukraine.

On May 19, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MES of Ukraine) published Order No. 740 “On Approval of the Program of the Unified Entrance Exam in Research Methodology”.

On May 16, MES of Ukraine published Order No. 738 “On Approval of the List of Project Applications for Financing at the Expense of Educational Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets (under the Special Fund of the State Budget) in Terms of Creating a Modern Educational Space for 2025”.

On May 15, MES of Ukraine published Order No. 733 “On Conducting Nationwide Training of Supervisors for Teachers of the Subject ‘Defense of Ukraine".

On May 15, MES of Ukraine issued Order No. 734 “On Approval of Recommendations for Ensuring Transparency and Integrity in the Activities of General Secondary Education Institutions of the Educational Navigator Manual, Developed by the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.” The heads of general secondary education institutions must ensure the implementation of the recommendations in the activities of general secondary education institutions by September 01, 2025.

On May 9, MES of Ukraine published Order No. 711 “On Approval of the Model Instruction on Record Keeping in Preschool Education Institutions”.

On May 21, MES of Ukraine published Letter No. 10474-25 “On Some Issues of Remuneration of Teachers of Preschool Education Institutions”.

On May 19, MES of Ukraine published Letter No. 1/10237-25 “On the organization and implementation of measures to ensure the safety of the life of participants in the educational process during the summer holidays”.

On May 19, MES of Ukraine published Letter No. 1/10348-25 “On the Duration of Annual Basic Leave for Teachers of Preschool Education Institutions in 2025”.

On May 15, MES of Ukraine published Letter No. 1/10101-25 “On the formation of the need for educational literature in 2026”.

PUBLIC DISCUSSION

On May 22, the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine (the Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine) published a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Approval of the Procedure for Issuing Permits for the Placement, Construction, Reconstruction and Operation of Facilities within the Right-of-Way of Public Roads”.  Comments and suggestions can be sent until June 22, 2025 to miu@mtu.gov.ua.

On May 20, the Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine published  the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Introduction of Mechanisms for Ensuring Walking Accessibility of Preschool Education Institutions during Territory Development”.

Comments and suggestions can be sent until June 20, 2025, to the following addresses: miu@mtu.gov.ua, h.drahomyrova@mtu.gov.ua.

On May 19, the Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine published a draft order “On Approval of the Rules for the Order of Arrival of Buses at International and Interstate Border Crossing Points of Ukraine Using the Electronic Border Crossing Queue System.”

Comments and suggestions can be sent until June 19, 2025 to boiarunets@mtu.gov.ua.

On May 19, the Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine published a draft order “On Approval of Recommended Indicators of State Monitoring in the Areas of Drinking Water, Drinking Water Supply and Sewerage”.  Comments and suggestions can be sent until June 19, 2025 to boiarunets@mtu.gov.ua.

On May 14, the Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine published the draft law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Granting of a Warranty Period for Completed Construction Objects Accepted for Operation in the Prescribed Manner”.  Comments and suggestions can be sent by June 14, 2025 to i.korniienko@mtu.gov.ua.

On May 9, the Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine published a draft order “On Amendments to the Rules for Determining the Standards for Providing Household Waste Management Services”. The adoption of the order will ensure that the terminology is brought in line with the Law of Ukraine “On Waste Management” and that minimum daily standards for the provision of household waste management services are established.

Comments and suggestions can be sent until June 09, 2025 to o.bozhko@mtu.gov.ua.

On May 5, the Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine published the draft law “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Supporting the Development of Efficient and Sustainable District Heating”. The draft law aims to create conditions for encouraging energy conservation, modernization and reconstruction of heat supply systems by all parties involved in the heat supply sector, introduce mechanisms for such support at the local level and stimulate investment in this area. Comments and suggestions can be sent by June 5, 2025 to: h.demianenko@mtu.gov.ua,

On May 29, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine published a draft Regulation on All-Ukrainian organizational and mass events of the artistic and aesthetic direction of out-of-school education. Comments and suggestions can be sent by June 29, 2025 to nataliia.kliasen@mon.gov.ua.

On May 28, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine published draft indicative lists of material and technical, educational, methodological and information support for preschool education institutions. Comments and suggestions can be sent until June 29, 2025 to inna.nashchubska@mon.gov.ua.

On May 26, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine published a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Procedure for Forming a Personnel Reserve of Employees to Work in Educational Institutions in the De-occupied Territories of Ukraine.” The draft resolution is designed to encourage teachers to join the personnel reserve for work in the de-occupied territories, and also provides for the payment of an average monthly salary to teachers of educational institutions whose educational activities have been suspended since September 1, 2025 and where downtime has been declared due to the absence (non-establishment) of a teaching load during the period of martial law in Ukraine or its individual localities. Comments and suggestions can be sent by June 9, 2025 to vitalii.zarytov@mon.gov.ua. 

On May 22, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine published a draft order “On Approval of the Procedure for Registration for Participation in the Certification of Teachers.” The adoption of the order is necessary to create a clear legal framework for the registration of teachers who wish to participate in the certification. Comments and suggestions can be sent by June 20, 2025 to nataliia.kliasen@mon.gov.ua.

On May 21, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine published a draft order “On Amendments to the Procedure for Expert Examination, Stamping of Educational Literature and Curricula”. Comments and suggestions can be sent by June 5, 2025 to kateryna.taranik-tkachuk@mon.gov.ua.

On May 21, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine published a draft order “On Amendments to the Procedure for Testing Educational Literature for General Secondary Education Institutions.” Comments and suggestions can be sent by June 5, 2025, to kateryna.taranik-tkachuk@mon.gov.ua.

On May 20, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine published a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the Field of Education”, which regulates the provision of rehabilitation services by special general secondary education institutions to persons with special educational needs and other persons with visual and/or hearing impairments, including military personnel, persons discharged from military service, war veterans, and persons with special services to the Motherland. Comments and suggestions can be sent by June 5, 2025 to nelia.koretska@mon.gov.ua.

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has published a draft order “On Approval of the Regulation on Chaplaincy in Healthcare” to regulate the specifics of chaplaincy in healthcare.

Comments and suggestions can be sent until June 12, 2025, to a.v.fedirko@moz.gov.ua. 

The Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine has published a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Procedure for Appointment and Payment of One-time Financial Assistance for Damage to Life and Health Caused to Employees of Critical Infrastructure Facilities, Civil Servants, and Local Government Officials as a Result of the Military Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine”.

These amendments clarify the procedure for investigating accidents, submitting documents and calculating one-time financial assistance to employees of critical infrastructure facilities, civil servants and local government officials affected by the military aggression of the Russian Federation, taking into account payments already received and data from state registers. Comments and suggestions can be submitted until May 30, 2025. 

The Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine has published a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Amendments to Clause 17 of the Procedure for Placing Cenotaphs for Persons Who Defended the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine, from Among Persons Declared Dead by a Court, on the Territory of Cemeteries”. The draft law proposes to determine the procedure for the installation of cenotaphs at the National Military Memorial Cemetery one year after the date of the first burial there.

Comments and suggestions can be sent by June 8, 2025, to control@mva.gov.ua. 

RESOLUTIONS OF THE GRAND CHAMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF UKRAINE

The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court in its Resolution dated December 18, 2024 in case No. 907/825/22 states that the proper defendant in a case on a claim for recognition of a contract for the sale and purchase of a communal land plot as concluded is a local government body, and not its executive body.

The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court in its decision of February 5, 2025 in case No. 925/457/23 states that an additional agreement to a land lease agreement signed by the parties before January 1, 2013 (before legislative changes were made to abolish the need to register the lease agreement itself) shall enter into force for the parties to the agreement not earlier than its state registration, unless the parties in the text of the additional agreement link the moment of its entry into force to an event that will occur later.