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UKRAINIAN LEGISLATION

On 19 June, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Resolution № 4511-IX "On Establishment of the Temporary Investigation Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to Investigate Possible Facts of Corruption or Corruption-Related Offences in Law Enforcement Agencies, Courts and Judiciary". The tasks of the Temporary Investigation Commission include:

1) collecting, analysing and verifying information on possible facts of corruption or corruption-related offences in the activities of the Prosecutor's Office, the National Police of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Bureau of Investigation, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, other bodies performing law enforcement functions and courts of all levels, except for the administration of justice by the court;

2) assessing the effectiveness of the relevant authorities in investigating corruption or corruption-related offences, as well as identifying systemic shortcomings that lead to impunity or abuse;

3) studying the circumstances of influence, coordination of actions of interested parties or conflict of interest in the activities of law enforcement officials in cases related to corruption, business or politics;

4) to prepare and submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine proposals for amendments to legislation aimed at strengthening transparency, accountability and independence of law enforcement agencies, courts and judicial authorities.

The Temporary Investigation Commission was established for one year.

On 5 June, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Resolution № 4484-IX "On Renaming Certain Settlements". This Resolution renamed a number of settlements in Volyn, Dnipro, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Odesa, Ternopil, Kharkiv and Khmelnytsky oblasts.

On 5 June, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Resolution № 4483-IX "On Renaming Certain Settlements Whose Names Contain Symbols of Russian Imperial Policy or Do Not Meet the Standards of the State Language". The resolution renamed several settlements in Volyn, Dnipropetrovs'k, Donetsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, and Chernihiv oblasts.

On 4 June, the President of Ukraine issued Decree № 388/2025 "On Amendments to the Regulations on the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine". According to the amendments, the Congress includes, inter alia, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, heads of Oblasts and rayons councils, town, settlement and village mayors, heads of all-Ukrainian associations of local self-government bodies, as well as members of the Ukrainian delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.

On 27 June, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) adopted Resolution № 774 "On Approval of the Budget Declaration for 2026-2028". This is a key medium-term fiscal policy document that sets out the main guidelines for budget planning, including macroeconomic indicators, social standards and development priorities for Ukraine over the specified period.

On 27 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 770 "On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 634 dated 27 May 2022 "On Peculiarities of Lease of State and Communal Property during the Period of Martial Law". In accordance with the amendments, for the period of martial law and within one year after its termination, municipal enterprises, institutions and organisations engaged in the transmission, distribution, production of heat and electricity, distribution, supply of natural gas, and provision of services for the supply of heat, hot water, centralised water supply, centralised sewerage to consumers who have suffered damage as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, have the right to lease state property from The monthly rent for such state property is UAH 1 for each leased object. There will be no independent valuation of this property.

On 27 June, the CMU adopted Resolution №769 "On Amendments to the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of 13 January 2023 No. 28 "Some Issues of Remuneration of Employees of State and Municipal Healthcare Institutions" and № 1503 "Some Issues of Implementation of the Programme of State Guarantees of Medical Care for the Population in 2025". In accordance with the amendments, the NHSU will not pay for or take into account in the calculation of the global rate specified in Chapter 3 of Section II of the Procedure for Implementation of the State Guarantees Programme for Healthcare Services for the Population in 2025. These medical services are assigned to certain diagnostically related groups of healthcare facilities that are not on the List of Healthcare Facilities Providing Free Joint Replacement Services approved by the Order of the Ministry of Health.

On 27 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 767 "Some Issues of Providing Educational Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets (under the Special Fund of the State Budget) in Terms of Providing Food to Primary School Students of General Secondary Education Institutions in 2025. In accordance with this Resolution:

• The Procedure and Conditions for Providing Educational Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets (under the Special Fund of the State Budget) in Terms of Providing Meals to Primary School Students of General Secondary Education Institutions in 2025 was approved;
• The amount of the above-mentioned educational subvention for 2025 in the amount of almost UAH 933 thousand, was distributed among the budgets of certain territorial communities of Dnipropetrovs'k, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv and Chernivtsi oblasts.

On 27 June, the CMU issued Resolution № 629-r "On the Distribution in 2025 of the Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Support of Specialists in the Field of War Veterans and Demobilised Persons and Certain Measures to Support Persons Who Defended the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine for the Payment of Monetary Compensation for the Rental of Residential Premises". Pursuant to this Resolution, more than UAH 211 thousand was distributed among the budgets of Dnipropetrovs'k, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Chernivtsi oblasts of Ukraine and the city of Kyiv.

On 25 June, the CMU adopted Resolution №776 "On the Establishment of the Coordination Centre for Regional Recovery". The Coordination Centre is a temporary advisory body of the CMU established to ensure coordinated actions of central and local executive authorities, local governments, enterprises, institutions and organisations to coordinate the recovery of the regions.

The Coordination Centre, in accordance with its tasks: 1) analyse the current state of recovery in the regions, the performance of central and local executive authorities, local governments, enterprises, institutions and organisations; 2) study the causes of problematic issues in the process of regional recovery and prepare recommendations for their resolution; 3) participate in the development of regulations relating to the recovery and development of the regions; 4) submit proposals and recommendations to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine based on the results of its work.

On 25 June, the CMU adopted Resolution №764 "On the Implementation of a Pilot Project for the Procurement of Social Services for the Comprehensive Development and Care of Children with Disabilities". This Resolution initiates a two-year pilot project to provide comprehensive social services for the development and care of children with disabilities, until 1 July 2027. The executive bodies of village, settlement and town councils and military administrations of settlements (if established) are recommended to:

• join the pilot project;
• to engage social service providers in the pilot project in accordance with the Procedure;
• to involve educational institutions in the pilot project in terms of supporting the recipient of social services in the educational process in order to ensure his/her right to education;
• make a decision on allocation/engagement of premises for social service provision within the pilot project and ensure its maintenance;
• ensure the identification of children who may need social services, assess their individual needs, facilitate obtaining a conclusion from an inclusive resource centre, and make a decision on the provision of social services in accordance with the Procedure;
• inform members of the territorial community about the possibility and conditions of receiving social services;
• submit applications for participation in the pilot project to the Fund for Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities;
• organise the provision of transport services for social service recipients;
• coordinate the activities of the pilot project participants on the territory of the territorial community;
• monitor and evaluate the quality of social service provision;
• to inform the State Service for Children on the results of monitoring on a quarterly basis by the 5th day of the month following the reporting period, using the model forms determined by the Ministry of Social Policy.

On 25 June, the CMU adopted Resolution №761 "On Approval of the Rules for Provision and Receipt of Electronic Communications Services". These Rules regulate the relations between electronic communication service providers and end users of electronic communication services and define the procedure for providing and receiving electronic communication services.

On 25 June, the CMU issued Resolution №602-r "On the Allocation of Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Implementation of a Public Investment Project for the Purchase of Equipment, Creation and Modernisation (Reconstruction and Overhaul) of Canteens (Canteens) of Educational Institutions, including Military (Naval, Military Sports) Lyceums, and Lyceums with Enhanced Military and Physical Training in 2025". The subvention for the modernisation of canteens is UAH 960 million. The second allocation of funds was made for the total amount of the request at the expense of the subvention of UAH 307.6 million. The funds were distributed to 23 projects that were selected on a competitive basis.

On June 25, the CMU adopted Resolution №755 "On Amending the Procedure for Implementing the Program of State Guarantees for Medical Care of the Population in 2025". This Resolution updates clause 177 of the Procedure: it establishes a formula for calculating the global rate for transitional financing of medical institutions, based on the difference between budget allocations for 2024 and 2025; if funding in 2025 is not less than in 2024, the rate equals zero; institutions receiving such funding are required to spend on medicines and medical products no less than in 2024 and submit quarterly reports on these expenditures by the 10th day of the following month.

On June 25, the CMU adopted Resolution №754 "On Amending Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Regarding the Improvement of Medical Care Provision". The amendments aim to enhance the provision of medical care, particularly by refining terminology in medical advisory commissions, reforming their structure and functioning, improving the procedure for providing persons with rare diseases with medicinal products, and adjusting the program of state guarantees for medical care of the population in 2025, including changes to the list of healthcare institutions, payment for medical services for children, and conditions for involving medical interns in providing medical care.

On June 25, the CMU adopted Resolution №753 "On Amending the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated March 6, 2022, N 209". The amendments concern the improvement of the procedure for granting access to state registrars and users to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs, and Public Formations and the State Register of Property Rights to Immovable Property in connection with the relocation of state registration entities. Specifically, they clarify procedures for confirming the actual location of such entities through military administrations, regulate access restrictions in case of lack of confirmation, and establish mechanisms for ensuring access to registers for state bodies and local self-government bodies that have changed their actual location outside areas of active hostilities.

On June 25, the CMU adopted Resolution №746 "On Amending the Procedure for Ensuring the Activities of Specialists for the Support of War Veterans and Demobilized Persons". The amendments define the procedure for employing support specialists, conditions for creating remote workplaces, organizing professional development, reporting procedures, and coordination of support measures, as well as regulating the financial support of their activities through cost estimates and budget plans of communal institutions and enterprises.

On June 25, the CMU adopted Resolution №614-r "On the Allocation in 2025 of a Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Implementation of Projects under the Ukraine Recovery Program III". According to this Resolution, over 700 million UAH of the aforementioned subvention was allocated among the budgets of individual village, settlement and town territorial communities of Ukraine.

On June 25, the CMU adopted Order №602-r "On the Allocation of the Volume of a Subvention 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 Canteens (Food Blocks) of Educational Institutions, Including Military (Naval, Military-Sports) Lyceums and Lyceums with Enhanced Military-Physical Training, in 2025". According to this Order, over 307 million UAH of the aforementioned subvention was allocated among the budgets of individual rural, settlement, and city territorial communities of Ukraine.

On June 23, the CMU adopted Resolution №734 "On Approving the Procedure for Recognizing the Results of Education Obtained through Formal and/or Non-Formal Education at Educational Entities Located Abroad at the Levels of Complete General Secondary Education". Specifically, it defines the procedure for submitting applications, assessing, verifying foreign educational entities, organizing their registration, and controlling the implementation of this process to ensure the continuation and completion of complete general secondary education in Ukraine in accordance with state standards.

On June 18, the CMU adopted Resolution №721 "On Amending Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Regarding the Special Use of Forest Resources". These amendments aim to improve the procedures for conducting forest formation and health-improving felling and other forestry activities. They clarify the grounds for felling, introduce clear requirements for inspecting forest areas, introduce new terms (e.g., “technological process map for developing a cutting area,” “skidding trail”), regulate preparatory work for safe timber harvesting, strengthen control over the preservation of valuable and rare tree species, and establish specifics for felling for scientific research purposes. Additionally, the updates simplify administrative procedures, particularly regarding the issuance of logging permits, introduce electronic forms of permits, and align terminology with current legislation, including the Forest and Land Codes of Ukraine.

On June 18, the CMU adopted Resolution №713 "On Amending the Procedures Approved by the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated April 13, 2011, N 461 and 466". This Resolution amends the “Procedure for Commissioning Completed Construction Projects,” approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated April 13, 2011, N 461 “Issues of Commissioning Completed Construction Projects.” These amendments update the procedure for commissioning completed construction projects and performing construction work, expanding the possibilities for submitting documents electronically through the Diia Portal and mobile application; provide for automatic registration if documents comply, simplify submission procedures for individuals, and cancel the requirement to provide consent for personal data processing in several appendices to the respective procedures.

On June 18, the CMU adopted Resolution №712 "Certain Issues of Protecting Information, Electronic Communication, Information-Communication, and Technological Systems.” The Resolution approves:

• The Procedure for Authorizing the Security of Information, Electronic Communication, Information-Communication, and Technological Systems;
• The Procedure for Developing and Approving Security Profiles for Information, Electronic Communication, Information-Communication, and Technological Systems.

On June 18, the CMU adopted Resolution №709 "On Approving the Procedure and Conditions for Providing a Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets in 2025 for the Implementation of a Public Investment Project for the Development of Veterans’ Spaces". This Procedure defines the mechanism and conditions for providing the aforementioned subvention for the implementation of the public investment project “Creation of Veterans’ Spaces” – separate newly constructed buildings based on a standard project by the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs for the reintegration of veterans into civilian life and supporting them. The subvention is provided subject to co-financing of at least 40% from the local budget, availability of a land plot outside areas of active hostilities or occupation, completion of construction by December 1, 2025, and compliance with reporting, procurement, targeted use of funds requirements, as well as a prohibition on spending on reconstruction, repairs, individual design, salaries, or maintenance of the space.

On June 18, the CMU adopted Resolution №708 "On Amending the Rules for Providing Passenger Road Transport Services". The amendments clarify the insurance procedure – the requirement for an insurance payment is removed, and it is specified that liability insurance is carried out in accordance with Article 12 of the Law “On Road Transport.” A clear obligation is established to inform passengers about the carrier, insurance contract, and insurer inside the bus. The procedure for non-scheduled transportation is regulated – mandatory entry of relevant information into the Unified Complex of Information Systems in the Field of Safety on Land Transport is provided, the form and mandatory nature of a written contract between the customer and the carrier are established, and the list of mandatory documents for the driver during such transportation is defined.

On June 18, the CMU adopted Resolution №702 "On Amending Certain Resolutions of the CMU Regarding the Exercise by Guardianship and Care Authorities and Children’s Services of Powers Concerning the Organization of Activities of Family-Type Children’s Homes and Foster Families". The Resolution amends the exercise of powers by guardianship and care authorities and children’s services in the field of organizing the activities of family-type children’s homes and foster families. It also instructs the State Service for Children’s Affairs to conduct informational and explanatory work with local services within a month. District state (military) administrations are required to transfer documents regarding family-type children’s homes and foster families to the relevant executive bodies of communities within 60 days; it recommends that these bodies take measures to ensure the continued functioning of such forms of upbringing and enter into relevant contracts with parents.

On June 18, the CMU adopted Resolution №700 "On Determining the Duration of Annual Additional Leave for Assistant Educators of Special Kindergartens (Special Groups)". The duration of annual additional leave for assistant educators of special kindergartens (special groups in preschool institutions) working with children is established: with functional sensory difficulties involving hearing or visual impairments, functional physical or motor difficulties, functional speech difficulties, or socio-adaptive difficulties – seven calendar days; with intellectual difficulties or complex developmental disorders – 14 calendar days.

On June 18, the CMU issued Order №582-r "On the Allocation of the Volume of Educational Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets (from the Special Fund of the State Budget) for the Creation of a Modern Educational Environment in 2025". This Order specifies the funding volumes for the Bohorodchany, Nadvirna, Smolyn, Svitlovodsk, Kalynivka, Dyvnytsia, Zolochiv, Potashivka, Zhashkiv, Nedoboivtsi, Novoshytsi, Chernivtsi, Khotyn, Storozhynets, and Krasyliv territorial communities, with a total subvention volume of approximately 120 million UAH.

On June 11, the CMU adopted Resolution №697 "On Amending Clause 2 of the Procedure for Keeping Records of Preschool and School-Age Children, Pupils, and Students". According to the amendments, preschool-age children are defined as infants (up to one year), early age, and preschool age; an educational institution is understood as an educational institution (its structural unit) or another educational entity operating in the field of preschool education and/or providing complete general secondary education.

On June 11, the CMU adopted Resolution №695 "Certain Issues of Providing Specific Types of State Social Assistance by the Pension Fund of Ukraine". This Resolution:

• Approves the form of the application for the appointment of state social assistance to persons not entitled to a pension, persons with disabilities, state social assistance for care, state social assistance to persons with disabilities from childhood and children with disabilities, and burial assistance;
• Amends several resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine:
  • On Approving the Procedure for Appointing and Paying State Social Assistance to Persons Not Entitled to a Pension and Persons with Disabilities and State Social Assistance for Care;
  • On Approving the Model Regulation on Psychoneurological Boarding Institutions;
  • Certain Issues of Organizing the Payment and Delivery of Pensions and Monetary Assistance;
  • On the Specifics of Payment and Delivery of Pensions and Monetary Assistance During the Period of Martial Law;
• Obliges the Pension Fund of Ukraine, starting from July 1, 2025, to appoint, calculate, and pay the specified types of state social assistance, verify recipient compliance, deduct overpaid amounts, issue certificates, conduct identification, and ensure the accrual of the unified social contribution.

On June 11, the CMU adopted Resolution №675 "On Amending the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated December 31, 2024, N 1554”. This Resolution amends the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated December 31, 2024, N 1554 “Certain Issues of Providing a Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Implementation of a Public Investment Project to Ensure Quality, Modern, and Accessible Complete General Secondary Education ‘New Ukrainian School’ in 2025.” Specifically, it clarifies provisions regarding the procurement of educational tools, equipment, multimedia and computer equipment, and furniture, and stipulates that the procurement of goods worth 100,000 UAH or more is carried out through an electronic catalogue if such goods are available in the catalogue as of May 1, 2025.

On June 11, the CMU adopted Resolution №674 "Certain Issues of Providing an Educational Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets (from the Special Fund of the State Budget) for Creating Safe Conditions in General Secondary Education Institutions in 2025". This Resolution approves the “Procedure and Conditions for Providing an Educational Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets (from the Special Fund) for Creating Safe Conditions in General Secondary Education Institutions in 2025.” According to the amendments, the aforementioned subvention is directed, in particular, to the construction of civil protection structures, subject to compliance with urban planning and environmental legislation, accessibility for low-mobility groups, completion of projects by the end of the year, and co-financing from local budgets ranging from 5 to 30% depending on the tax capacity index; project applications and monitoring are carried out through the Unified Digital System, with 39,650,000 UAH allocated within the subvention for the implementation of a dual-purpose structure construction project in the village of Ivankovychi, Kyiv Region.

On June 11, the CMU adopted Resolution №673 "On Approving the Criteria for Assessing the Admissibility of State Aid to Business Entities for Professional Training of Employees". These criteria define the conditions for providing such aid to ensure its admissibility for competition: the aid must have a stimulating effect, be provided before the start of professional training measures, and cover up to 50% of admissible costs (up to 70% for vulnerable categories of employees or small/medium businesses); a list of reimbursable costs is defined, transparency requirements for information about the aid are established, and additional conditions are applied if the threshold of 3 million euros is exceeded, including analysis of market deficiencies, competition effects, determination of financing gaps, and limiting the aid volume to the necessary minimum.

On June 11, the CMU issued Order №554-r "On the Allocation of the Volume of Educational Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets (from the Special Fund of the State Budget) for the Creation of a Modern Educational Environment in 2025". The Order specifies the funding volumes for local budgets of various administrative-territorial units aimed at modernizing educational infrastructure, ensuring a quality educational environment, and developing modern educational institutions in communities, with a total subvention volume of approximately 360 million UAH.

On June 11, the CMU adopted Resolution №658 "On Approving the Model Program for Preventing Violence and Cruel Treatment of Children". This program obliges all entities working with children and youth to implement measures for preventing, detecting, responding to, and reporting cases of violence, ensure staff training, create a safe environment for children, and establish mechanisms for submitting and reviewing reports of violence; it provides for the responsibility of the head for implementing the program and annual monitoring of its effectiveness.

On June 4, the CMU adopted Resolution №655 "On Amending the Procedure for Administering the Unified Web Portal for the Use of Public Funds". According to the amendments, entities providing information on the use of public funds also include administrators and recipients of local budget funds, business entities of communal ownership, etc.

On June 4, the CMU adopted Resolution №654 "On Amending the Procedures Approved by the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated March 29, 2024, N 341 and June 4, 2024". The amendments provide for updating provisions on the use of budget funds, defining the terms and conditions of contracts, the procedure for providing state incentives for industrial parks, including determining the amount of compensations, mechanisms for joining contracts by applicants, requirements for project implementation, and control and reporting procedures, with the introduction of specifics for de-occupied territories and clarifications in documents and deadlines for submitting applications and reports, to enhance the effectiveness of state support for industrial parks.

On June 4, the CMU adopted Resolution №653 "On Amending Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Regarding the Protection of Children’s Rights". The amendments aim to strengthen the social protection of children, especially under war conditions. The amendments are made to:

• The Procedure for Certifying Children’s Recreation and Leisure Institutions (simplifying the number of document copies and clarifying the composition of the higher certification commission);
• The Procedure for Issuing Certificates for Parents and Children from Large Families (adding the possibility of obtaining a certificate through an authorized person and electronic application submission);
• The Procedure for Calculating Family Income for Social Assistance (clarifying payments for children deported or displaced due to Russian aggression);
• The Procedure for State Control over Social Support and Children’s Rights (expanding the range of controlled entities, including payments for deported children);
• The Procedure for Using Budget Funds for Social Protection of Children and Families (clarifying funding directions, the procedure for paying lump-sum assistance for the return of deported children, adding new appendices);
• The Procedure for Using Humanitarian Funds under Martial Law (clarifying social services, requirements for submitting proposals, adding defect reports for housing repairs);
• The Procedure for Returning Deported Children (clarifying the individual plan, paying lump-sum assistance of 50,000 UAH per child, adding new appendices);
• The Procedure for One-Time Payments to Orphans and Children Deprived of Parental Care (clarifying the categories of recipients).

On June 4, the CMU adopted Resolution №646 "On Amending the Resolution of the CMU dated November 5, 2024, N 1268". The amendments provide for expanding terminology to account for interregional cooperation, updating the names of Interreg programs, and clarifying mechanisms for management, control, and reporting in the system of implementing cross-border, transnational, and interregional programs.

On June 4, the CMU adopted Resolution №642 "On Amending the Procedure for Providing Persons with Disabilities, Children with Disabilities, and Other Specific Population Categories with Medical Products and Other Means". According to the amendments, information on the need for medical products will be entered into the electronic system for assessing daily functioning by an expert team electronically, with subsequent transfer of such data to the Unified Information System of the Social Sphere.

On June 4, the CMU adopted Resolution №663 "On Amending the Regulation on the Procedure for Appointing Housing Subsidies". Subsidies can now be granted when purchasing new housing or a land plot within six months after selling previous ones, without including income from the sale in the household’s total income. Restrictions on granting housing subsidies in cases where any household member made purchases or payments exceeding 100,000 UAH within 12 months before applying (including real estate, vehicles, financial assets, long-term goods, works, or services, except medical, educational, and housing-communal) do not apply to family-type children’s homes and foster families with at least one orphan or child deprived of parental care (or from their number), as well as large families with three or more children, where at least one child is under guardianship/care or from their number, in case of purchasing land, housing, building materials, equipment, food, clothing, footwear, toys, books, etc., for the needs of children, confirmed by a contract or payment document in paper or electronic form. The authorized body does not grant a housing subsidy for housing-communal services with reported debts by managers, associations, or utility service providers, but this does not affect the granting of subsidies for other services without debts. Clarifications are made on accounting for household members, including internally displaced persons and tenants, as well as income and social norms for accurate subsidy calculations.

On 28 June, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (the ‘MESU) together with the State Enterprise "Information and Image Centre" published an updated and expanded scale for re-calculating grades obtained by students in foreign educational institutions into the Ukrainian 12-point scale. This decision simplifies the process of re-calculating learning outcomes for students who have studied abroad.

On 20 June, the MESU issued Order № 890 "On Amendments to the Model Educational Programme for General Secondary Education Institutions of the Third Degree". The approved Model Curriculum defines the recommended approaches to the organisation and planning of a single set of educational components by an educational institution to ensure that students achieve the mandatory learning outcomes set out in the State Standard of Basic and Complete General Secondary Education approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 23 November 2011 N 1392.

According to the new version of the Model Educational Programme, the subject ‘Defence of Ukraine’ will have a stable load of 2 hours per week for grades 10-11 instead of the previous range of 1.5-2 hours. This decision focuses on the importance of practical preparation of students for the challenges of our time and guarantees sufficient time for the quality acquisition of vital skills.

On 19 June, the MESU issued Order № 884 "On Amendments to the Model Educational Programme for Grades 10-12 of General Secondary Education Institutions Providing Specialised Secondary Education in Academic Fields". According to the amendments, the introduction of a 5- or 6-day school week for all types of educational institutions will be subject to compliance with the relevant maximum permissible workload and under the conditions of operation of the educational institution in no more than two shifts.

On 17 June, the MESU issued Order № 865 "On Approval of Amendments to Certain Regulatory Acts of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on Ensuring General Secondary Education under Martial Law". The following innovations were introduced:

• new rules on the number of students in remote classes (the minimum number of students in a remote class is 20 children. However, school founders may reduce this number to 10 students for institutions in the temporarily occupied, frontline territories, villages and towns throughout Ukraine; up to 15 students for institutions in other cities);
• remote work of the school is possible even without all class parallels (an educational institution of any type can work remotely if it has no more than two parallels. For example, a school has remote grades 1-6, 8-11 - there may be no grade 7);
• within one remote class, students should study only one educational programme (this will help teachers to work more effectively with children of different categories - those who are in Ukraine on government-controlled territory, in the temporarily occupied territories or abroad).

On 30 May, the MESU published Letter № 1/11275-25 "Regarding Resolution of the CMU dated 27.05.2025 N 611 ’On Amendments to Annex 2 to Resolution of the CMU dated 30 August 2002 N 1298 ‘On Remuneration of Employees on the Basis of the Unified Tariff Scale of Categories and Coefficients for Remuneration of Employees of Institutions, Institutions and Organisations of Certain Branches of the Public Sector".

The letter notes that the CMU Resolution N 611 of 27.05.2025 comes into force on 1 January 2026. However, the founders of municipal preschool education institutions may use the authority granted by the Law of Ukraine ‘On Preschool Education’ and already now set the salaries of employees of preschool education institutions in an amount exceeding the amount determined by the CMU.

On 15 May, the MESU issued Order № 734 "On Approval of Recommendations for Ensuring Transparency and Integrity in the Activities of General Secondary Education Institutions – the Educational Navigator Manual, Developed by the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption". You can read and download the manual at this link: https://cutt.ly/nrnWgdUP.

These materials from the Educational Navigator are being implemented jointly with the State Education Quality Service of Ukraine and are a complement to the Alphabet for Principals manual. The Education Navigator was developed by the NACP Integrity Office team together with a group of educational experts with the support of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI).

PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF DRAFT REGULATIONS

On 26 June, the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine (the Ministry of Development of Ukraine) published for public discussion its draft Order "On Approval of the Procedure for Calculating the Volumes of Surface Wastewater Discharged to Centralised Sewerage Systems’. The Order was developed to establish a unified algorithm for calculating the volumes of surface wastewater discharged to centralised sewerage systems in accordance with paragraph ten of part one of Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On Water Disposal".

The Draft Order is intended to define a unified algorithm for calculating the volume of surface wastewater discharged to centralised sewage systems and the conditions for such calculations.

Comments and suggestions are accepted until 26 July at r.madiudia@mtu.gov.ua and at the address of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine.

On 25 June, the Ministry of Development of Ukraine published for public discussion its draft Order "On Amendments to the Rules for Determining the Standards for Providing Household Waste Management Services". This Order was developed to comply with the requirements of the Law of Ukraine N 2320-IX ‘On Waste Management’ dated 20 June 2022 to bring the terminology used in sectoral regulations in line with the requirements of the Law, which defines the legal, organisational and economic principles of activities to prevent the generation, reduce the volume of waste, reduce the negative effects of waste management activities, promote the preparation of waste for reuse, recycling and recovery to prevent their negative impact on the environment.

The issuance of the Order will ensure that the terminology used in the Rules for Determining the Norms for Providing Household Waste Management Services is brought in line with the Law of Ukraine ‘On Waste Management’, as well as establishing minimum daily norms for the provision of household waste management services to ensure equal access to household waste management services for consumers and in case of impossibility to measure the amount of household waste during the introduction of household waste management services.

Comments and suggestions are accepted until 25 July at o.bozhko@mtu.gov.ua.

On 24 June, the Ministry of Development of Ukraine published for public discussion a draft Resolution of the CMU "On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Regulation of Activities in the Field of Public Utilities". The draft Resolution proposes to amend certain acts of the CMU in terms of:

• clarifying and bringing terminology in line with the requirements of the law by amending Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 6 August 2014 N 409 ‘On Establishment of State Social Standards in the Field of Housing and Communal Services’;
• clarification of the name of the body authorised to approve the list of territories where military operations are being (were) conducted or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation by amending the resolutions of the CMU N 206 dated 5 March 2022 ‘Some issues of payment for housing and communal services during martial law’ and N 127 dated 6 February 2024 ‘Some issues of recalculation of the cost of utilities for the period of their non-provision, provision in full or of inadequate quality’;
• inclusion of electricity costs for heat production (in case of use of electric boilers by heat producers) as direct material costs included in the planned production cost of heat energy;
• peculiarities of implementation of investment programmes and control over their implementation for the period of martial law;
• application of subscription fees by service providers, informing consumers about changes in the amount of subscription fees, as well as the structure of this payment;
• recalculation in case of inadequate quality of utility services.

Comments and suggestions are accepted until 24 July at o.lieppo@mtu.gov.ua and at the address of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine.

On 18 June, the Ministry of Development of Ukraine published for public discussion a draft Resolution of the CMU "On Amendments to the Procedure for Setting Tariffs for Thermal Energy, Its Production, Transportation and Supply, Services for the Supply of Thermal Energy and Hot Water".

The Draft Resolution proposes to amend the Procedure for Setting Tariffs for Thermal Energy, Its Production, Transportation and Supply, Services for Heat Energy Supply and Hot Water Supply, approved by the Resolution of the CMU N 869 "On Ensuring a Unified Approach to the Setting of Tariffs for Utilities" dated 1 June 2011, in terms of specifying (clarifying) certain aspects of the calculation of two-rate tariffs for thermal energy and utilities.

Comments and suggestions are accepted until 18 July at t.yatsenko@mtu.gov.ua and at the address of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine.

On 16 June, the Ministry of Development of Ukraine published for public discussion the draft resolution of the CMU "Some issues of creation and functioning of the information and analytical system of real estate objects for providing internally displaced persons with housing".

The draft act proposes to approve the Procedure for the Functioning of the Information and Analytical System of Real Estate Objects for Providing Housing to Internally Displaced Persons and to define certain tasks for the implementation of organisational measures to create and implement the Information and Analytical System.

Comments and suggestions are accepted until 16 July at i.oleinikova@mtu.gov.ua and n.khorieva@mtu.gov.ua.

On 12 June, the Ministry of Development of Ukraine published for public discussion a draft Resolution of the CMU "Some issues of creating barrier-free routes in settlements".

The draft act proposes to approve the procedure for creating barrier-free routes in settlements in order to ensure equal rights in moving around the urban space for persons with disabilities and other low-mobility groups.

The draft act defines a new term ‘barrier-free route’ as an organised transport and pedestrian route with physical environment facilities equipped with accessibility, convenience, information and safety features for people with reduced mobility, and, if it is impossible to provide such facilities in full, with elements of reasonable accommodation.

The Procedure defines the persons responsible for creating barrier-free routes (the Restoration Agency, regional and Kyiv city state (military) administrations, village, town and city councils and facility managers), the types of facilities to be included in the route, and the phased development, approval and creation of barrier-free routes.

Comments and suggestions are accepted until 12 July at miu@mtu.gov.ua.

CASE LAW

On 2 June, the Supreme Court composed of the Joint Chamber of the Civil Court of Cassation in Case № 144/1440/22 considered the issue of possible ways to protect the rights of a lessor who believes that there is no registered lease right, as well as whether the requirement to cancel the state registration of the lease right is an appropriate way to protect the rights of a lessor who did not sign the contract (additional agreement).

The Joint Chamber focused on the fact that "such a remedy as recognition of a right can be used to protect (non-recognition or contestation) of various private rights (obligatory, real, exclusive, inheritance, right to a share in common partial ownership, etc.) By its very nature, such a remedy as recognition of a right includes recognition of the absence of a right. The proper way to protect the rights of a lessor who believes that the registered lease right is absent is to demand that the person in whom the lease right is registered recognise the absence of the lease right. A court decision on satisfaction of such a claim is the basis for entering information on termination of the defendant's lease right into the State Register of Real Property Rights" (see Resolution of the Joint Chamber of the Civil Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court of 19 February 2024 in Case N 567/3/22).

Both the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court and the Joint Chamber have consistently taken the approach that the proper way to protect the rights of a lessor who did not sign the agreement (additional agreement) is to demand that the person in whom the lease right is registered declare the lease right void. In this case, a court decision declaring the lease right void is the basis for state registration of the termination of the lease right. Any other court decision (on cancellation of the state registration of the lease right, on the obligation to return the land plot) within the meaning of paragraph 9 of part one of Article 27 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On State Registration of Real Rights to Immovable Property and Their Encumbrances’ is not a ground for state registration of termination of the lease right.

In such circumstances, considering the above, the Joint Chamber departed from the conclusion set forth in the decision of the Supreme Court composed of the panel of judges of the Third Judicial Chamber of the Civil Court of Cassation dated 4 December 2024 in case N 130/8/23.

On 04 May, the Supreme Court ruling in case №160/15462/23 states that in resolving disputes over the conduct of economic activities for the placement of outdoor advertising on the basis of permits that expired after 12 March 2020, courts should take into account the provisions of paragraph 2-1 of Article 11 of the Final Provisions of the Law of Ukraine ‘On the Permitting System in the Field of Economic Activity’, according to which permits not subject to legislative restrictions are considered to be extended for the entire period of quarantine or restrictive measures. Considering that the quarantine was in force from 12 March 2020 to 30 June 2023, the permits for outdoor advertising, which expired on 12 March 2020, are considered valid until 1 October 2023. It should be noted that the CMU Resolution No. 314 dated 18 March 2022 provided for the automatic extension of the validity of permits for the entire period of martial law and three months after its termination or cancellation. As the martial law in Ukraine has been in force continuously since 24 February 2022, the permits subject to extension are considered valid until 14 March 2025.

Thus, business entities have the right to carry out outdoor advertising activities based on permits that expired during the quarantine and/or martial law period until the expiry of their automatic renewal in accordance with applicable law. When such entities apply to the licensing authority for a new permit, the latter shall be issued in accordance with the procedure, terms and conditions specified by the applicable law.

On 28 May, the Supreme Court ruling in case № 367/2448/20 stated that if a land plot is located within a settlement, the local government has the authority to dispose of such a plot and transfer it to citizens, even if it was previously serviced by a forestry institution. At the same time, the availability of forest management materials that are not approved in accordance with the established procedure and do not have a link to the state geodetic network cannot be considered as proper evidence of the land plot's belonging to forestry land.

On 17 April, the Supreme Court ruling in Case №904/186/23 states that if a local government body violates the procedure for changing the designated purpose of a communal land plot leased to the owner of real estate located on it, which has led to a reduction in rent, the appropriate and effective way to protect rights is to invalidate and cancel the decision to change the designated purpose, as well as to recover the underpaid rent, rather than to invalidate the lease agreement as a whole.