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EU LEGISLATION

On September 17, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola visited Ukraine and officially inaugurated the European Parliament Office in Kyiv.

President Metsola expressed the unwavering and sustained support of the European Union for Ukraine, stating: "We continue to push for security guarantees, and we are working with our partners to make them real. We are ready, determined, and able. Joining the European Union is a security guarantee in itself, and we are moving forward together on that path. Europe must match the progress that Ukraine has already made".

On September 29, the European Commission’s Proposal for a Council Implementing Decision was published, establishing the satisfactory fulfilment of the conditions for the payment of the fourth and fifth instalments of the loan support under the Ukraine Plan of the Ukraine Facility.

This document aims to confirm that Ukraine has successfully met the conditions required for the partial disbursement of the fourth and fifth tranches of the Ukraine Facility, totalling €1,949,400,399. Of this amount, €597,494,240 corresponds to the fourth tranche and €1,351,906,159 to the fifth.

On September 18, the European Commission’s Proposal for a Council Implementing Decision was published, amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1447 on the approval of the assessment of the Ukraine Plan.

This document proposes approving amendments to the Ukraine Facility Plan based on the criteria set out in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2024/792.

On September 16, the Council of the European Union adopted a Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to the transition out of temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine (C/2025/5129).

This Recommendation is addressed to EU Member States and focuses on the following three key areas:

• facilitating displaced persons from Ukraine benefiting from temporary protection (under Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382) in obtaining an alternative legal status before the expiry of the temporary protection period;
• supporting the smooth and sustainable reintegration of such persons in Ukraine;
• enhancing information provision to such persons regarding the available opportunities to change their current legal status, as well as the current situation in Ukraine and the support measures available for their return home.

This Recommendation serves as a roadmap for EU countries to ensure a gradual and coordinated change in the temporary protection regime for displaced persons when the situation in Ukraine permits.

On September 9, Report from the European Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the progress towards achieving the objectives of the Regulation (EU) 2024/792 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 February 2024 establishing the Ukraine Facility was published.

On September 8, Annual Report 2024 from the European Commission on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and on relations with national parliaments was published.

Familiarization with this Report will facilitate the comprehension of the specific features concerning the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality in the relationship between EU institutions and the parliaments of the EU Member States.

UKRAINIAN LEGISLATION

On 17 September, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Law № 4603-IX, 'On the Military Ombudsman'. The law outlines the legal status, main responsibilities, and organisational principles of the Military Ombudsman, who is responsible for ensuring the rights of military personnel, reservists, and conscripts during training, and law enforcement personnel involved in combat operations are observed in connection with the performance of their military duties.

In accordance with the tasks assigned to him and within the limits of his competence, the Military Ombudsman has the right to request and receive, within ten working days, information (including restricted access information) necessary for the performance of his duties from local self-government bodies, enterprises, institutions and organisations, regardless of their subordination and form of ownership, within the limits of their powers (in accordance with Articles 9 and 18 of this Law).

Local government bodies and their officials are also obliged to cooperate with the Military Ombudsman and provide assistance for the fulfilment of his duties. They must also ensure access to materials and documents in accordance with the legal procedure and provide explanations regarding their actions or decisions (Part 5 of Article 18 of the Law).

On 19 September, Presidential Decree № 691/2025 ‘On the Office of the Military Ombudsman’ established the Office of the Military Ombudsman as a permanent auxiliary body under the President of Ukraine and approved its regulations.

On October 3, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (the CMU) adopted Resolution № 1263, “On the Approval of the Procedure for Providing Assistance to Address Housing Needs for Certain Categories of Internally Displaced Persons Who Resided in the Temporarily Occupied Territory, and on Amendments to the Procedure for Maintaining the State Register of Property Damaged and Destroye On Certain Issues Regarding Supplemental Payments to Pedagogical Staff of General Secondary Education Institutions”. By this Resolution, the CMU increased the amount of the supplemental payment for working in unfavorable conditions for educators who provide in-person and blended learning in schools located in frontline territories. The increased supplemental payment will be granted to teachers in 84 territorial communities across the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv oblasts.

The amount of the supplemental payment for this category of teachers will rise from UAH 2,000 to UAH 4,000 (UAH 5,200 before tax) and will depend on the teaching workload.

On September 22, the CMU adopted Resolution №1176 “On the Approval of the Procedure for Providing Assistance to Address Housing Needs for Certain Categories of Internally Displaced Persons Who Resided in the Temporarily Occupied Territory, and on Amendments to the Procedure for Maintaining the State Register of Property Damaged and Destroyed as a Result of Hostilities, Terrorist Acts, and Sabotage Caused by the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine.” This Act establishes a mechanism for providing housing vouchers — electronic payment documents worth up to 2 million hryvnias — which may be used for the purchase of housing, land plots, investment in construction, or repayment of mortgage loans.

The assistance is provided once to Ukrainian citizens who are combatants or persons with disabilities because of the war, registered as internally displaced persons, provided they have no criminal record, are not subject to sanctions, and do not own other housing (except property located in the occupied territories). Applications are submitted via the ‘Diia’ Portal, administrative service centers, or notaries, and are reviewed by a special commission.

Funding is provided from the state budget, international aid, reparations from the Russian Federation, and other sources. Amendments to the Procedure for Maintaining the State Register of Damaged and Destroyed Property specify the powers of notaries and commissions, as well as introduce new functions related to the administration of housing vouchers.

On 22 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1174 “Certain Issues of Remuneration for Employees of Centres for Training Citizens for National Resistance.” The amendments aim to increase the remuneration of employees of these centres by raising the Unified Tariff Scale grades for:

• Heads of centres (from grades 15–16 to 16–18),
• Heads of departments and branches (from grades 13–14 to 14–16), and
• Heads of sectors (from grades 12–13 to 13–14).

Additionally, the Resolution introduces a 20% increase in base salaries for senior instructors and instructors teaching general military knowledge and practical skills, and establishes a bonus of up to 50% of the base salary for employees who manage centres, conduct training, or develop training programmes — within the approved payroll fund.

On 17 September, the CMU adopted Order №996-r "On the Distribution of the Amount of Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets for Improving the Quality of Hot Meals and Financing Meals for Primary School Students of General Secondary Education Institutions under the Special Fund in 2025."

This Act regulates the allocation in 2025 of 250 million hryvnias received from the UN World Food Programme to a special account of the Ministry of Education and Science under the budget programme 2211380 "Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets for Improving the Quality of Hot Meals and Financing Meals for Primary School Students of General Secondary Education Institutions."

The funds are directed to ensure high-quality and safe meals for primary school students in general secondary education institutions across all regions of Ukraine, including Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, and Chernihiv oblasts, as well as in the city of Kyiv.

On 17 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1170 "On Amendments to the Procedure for Providing Housing Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons." The Resolution provides for additional payments to internally displaced persons (hereinafter – IDPs) who, during the six months of receiving assistance, are employed, engaged in entrepreneurial activities, or pursue independent professional work. The additional assistance, the amount of which is specified in paragraph 3 of the Procedure, is paid in the following month upon confirmation of such activity. Confirmation may include information on the payment of mandatory contributions in the register of insured persons, a certificate from the workplace confirming payment of the single contribution, or a copy of the single taxpayer declaration accepted by the State Tax Service.

On 17 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1169 "Certain Issues of Support for Internally Displaced Persons." The Resolution introduces experimental projects aimed at supporting IDPs during martial law until 31 December 2026, by paying healthcare institutions for long-term nursing care services and implementing a contractual form of social shelter services for less mobile IDPs, such as persons with disabilities or elderly individuals. Funding is provided under the budget programme 2501370, and coordination is ensured by the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity, and the Ministry of Health. The projects involve concluding agreements with service providers through the National Health Service of Ukraine and the Social Protection Fund for Persons with Disabilities, with clearly defined tariffs, reporting, and quality control. Amendments to CMU Resolutions N 1352, N 888, and N 1555 clarify the procedure for the use of budget funds, extend the implementation period of other experimental projects until 2026, introduce the possibility of cohabitation with pets, and improve the mechanisms for payment for services provided.

On 17 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1160 "Certain Issues of Providing a Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Construction of New Housing, Reconstruction of Existing Residential Buildings and Dormitories, and Conversion of Non-Residential Premises into Housing for the Formation of Temporary Housing Funds." The Resolution approves the procedure and conditions for providing, in 2025, a subvention from the state budget to local budgets in the total amount of 1 billion UAH for the construction of new housing, reconstruction of existing residential buildings and dormitories, and conversion of non-residential premises into housing to form temporary housing funds for IDPs and socially vulnerable groups. The funds are distributed among regional budgets in proportion to the number of IDPs, with a coefficient of 1.5 applied to regions with active hostilities, and are allocated for reconstruction (50%), construction (25%), and conversion of premises (25%), with mandatory co-financing by local budgets (up to 40% for most regions, 100% for Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv). Regional state administrations distribute the funds among local budgets within 25 days, considering the priority of works, accessibility for persons with disabilities, and a schedule for completion by the end of 2025, while the Ministry of Finance makes amendments to the state budget estimate to implement the subvention.

On 17 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1158 "On Amendments to the Procedure for Providing One-Time Cash Assistance to First-Grade Students ‘School Package’." This Act expands the list of goods that can be purchased with this assistance and clarifies organizational aspects of its provision. Books have been added to school supplies (stationery), and the list of retail outlets where purchases can be made has been expanded to include legal entities and individual entrepreneurs who, from 1 January 2026, are included in a special list. A flexible schedule for submitting information is introduced instead of a weekly one, the grounds for refusing assistance due to false or incomplete information about the recipient are clarified, and the possibility of notification of refusal is added. The list of activity sectors and seller category codes has been updated in Annex 1 to the Procedure, including the trade in books, and the codes for the sale of children’s clothing, footwear, and stationery have been clarified.

On 17 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1157 "On Amendments to Certain Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Resolutions Regarding Social Support for Internally Displaced Persons." This Act clarifies the conditions for providing housing subsidies, benefits, and additional support for the purchase of solid household fuel during the 2025/26 heating season. Amendments to the Regulations on Housing Subsidies (Resolution CMU N 848) and the Procedure for Providing Benefits (Resolution CMU N 373) establish that recipients of one-time cash assistance for fuel from international organizations do not receive subsidies or benefits for the purchase of solid fuel or liquefied gas in the current heating season, but may be eligible for subsidies/benefits for payment of utility services.

Starting from the next season (2026), payments will be made after verification of whether such assistance was provided. In addition, the Procedure for Using Budget Funds (Resolution N 1475) has been supplemented with provisions on additional support for IDPs residing in destroyed/damaged buildings or in the specified regions, through the Pension Fund of Ukraine by 5 or 25 November/December 2025, depending on the method of payment, if they have not received international assistance.

On 17 September, the CMU adopted Order №1000-r "On the Distribution in 2025 of the Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets for Additional Payments to Teaching Staff of General Secondary Education Institutions." This Act distributes a state budget subvention of 6.2 billion UAH among local budgets of communities in all regions of Ukraine. These funds are intended for providing additional payments to teaching staff of general secondary education institutions.

On 17 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1172 “On Amendments to the Procedures Approved by Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Resolutions N 859 of 23 September 2020 and No. 1040 of 6 October 2021.” The amendments aim to improve the mechanisms for granting and paying compensation to individuals providing social care services on a professional or non-professional basis. They clarify terminology, including replacing “place of residence/stay” with “address of declared/registered place of residence (stay),” introduce a comprehensive definition of the degree of individual needs of persons/children by a multidisciplinary team, establish clear criteria for determining the need for social services, set deadlines for appealing conclusions, improve procedures for information interaction through the electronic resources of the Ministry of Social Policy, clarify conditions for suspension of payments (e.g., staying abroad for more than 30 days), and add requirements for documentation and the frequency of providing professional services (up to 360 hours per month).

On 15 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1150 “On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Regarding the Provision of State Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons and Persons Residing in Territories Where Hostilities Are Ongoing (or Have Occurred), or Who Have Moved to Such Territories from Territories Temporarily Occupied by the Russian Federation.” The amendments aim to improve the mechanism for providing state assistance to internally displaced persons and to persons residing in or moved to territories where hostilities are ongoing (or have occurred), or from territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, for mortgage lending. In particular, the amendments clarify the procedure for transferring funds through escrow accounts, the conclusion of cooperation agreements between the Pension Fund of Ukraine and authorized banks, as well as mechanisms for returning overpaid funds in case of violations of credit conditions or submission of false information. Additionally, restrictions are introduced on the simultaneous use of state assistance and compensation for destroyed property, requirements for applications to receive assistance are clarified, and control over the targeted use of funds is strengthened, including the suspension of cooperation with banks in case of regulatory violations.

On 15 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1147 “On Amendments to Paragraph 2 of the Procedure for Preferential Mortgage Lending to Internally Displaced Persons Using Funds from Grants and Loans Provided by International Financial Institutions, International Organizations, and Foreign States.” The amendments clarify the definitions of “loan agreement” and “loan object.” They establish that the loan agreement is concluded between the financial institution and the beneficiary for preferential long-term lending to purchase housing, and that the loan object may be an apartment in a multi-apartment building or a single-family residential house commissioned no more than 50 years ago or reconstructed no more than 35 years ago, provided it is not located in areas of active hostilities or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, according to the list of the Ministry of Development, for which no end date of hostilities or occupation has been established.

On 10 September, the CMU adopted Order №972-r “On Amendments to Paragraph 2 of the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 15 April 2025 No. 358.” These amendments are aimed at expanding the targeted use of the additional subsidy from the state budget to local budgets by including measures to ensure the protection of critical infrastructure facilities in de-occupied, temporarily occupied, and other territories of Ukraine affected by the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation.

On 10 September, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine also adopted Order №971-r “On Amendments to the Annex to the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 25 June 2025 No. 614.” The amendments concern the update of the distribution of the state budget subsidy in the amount of UAH 1 billion among local budgets in 2025 for the implementation of projects under the Ukraine Recovery Program III, aimed at restoring and developing territories affected by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, by issuing the annex in a new version that clarifies or revises the allocation of funds for the relevant initiatives.

On 10 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1151 “On Amendments to the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 21 October 2015 N 835 and 30 November 2016 N 867.” The amendments are aimed at improving the procedure for publishing public information in the form of open data, in particular by clarifying provisions regarding the datasets to be published and the mechanisms for their publication, as well as regulating the transfer of open data portal software from state to municipal ownership of territorial communities, provided that the intellectual property rights belong to the Ministry of Digital Transformation, in accordance with the Civil Code of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine “On Copyright and Related Rights,” and other legislative acts.

On 10 September, the CMU adopted Resolution  №1130 “On Amendments to the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 23 June 2021 N 681 and 24 June 2022 N 722.” The amendments are aimed at improving procedures within the Unified State Electronic System in the field of construction by clarifying the requirements for the approval of urban planning, architectural, landscape, reclamation, road, and earthworks programs and projects, as well as scientific and project documentation for the restoration, conservation, rehabilitation, museification, repair, and adaptation of cultural heritage monuments of national and local significance. They introduce clear deadlines using the electronic cabinet and establish the principle of automatic approval or permit issuance in case the cultural heritage protection authority fails to respond within the specified timeframes.

On 10 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1129 “On Amendments to the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 31 January 2001 N 78 and 28 December 2021 N 1391 and on Recognizing as Invalid the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 5 June 2000 N 898 and 8 February 2017 N 67.” The amendments are aimed at improving the remuneration system for teaching staff in state and communal educational institutions by introducing an annual monetary reward of up to one official salary for conscientious work, expanding the list of positions to account for length of service, clarifying the conditions for establishing bonuses and salary increases for certain types of pedagogical activities, in particular for heads and deputies in institutions with inclusive education, and granting founders and educational institutions the right to establish additional bonuses from their own revenues with the approval of trade union bodies.

On 10 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1097 “On Amendments to the Procedure and Conditions for Granting a Subsidy from the State Budget to Local Budgets to Ensure Urgent Needs for State Functioning under Martial Law.” The amendments are aimed at regulating the use of remaining construction materials purchased for carrying out priority emergency repair works on objects damaged as a result of hostilities, by allocating them to the material reserves of local budgets for the prevention and elimination of emergencies, with subsequent use in accordance with the Procedure for the Creation and Use of Material Reserves, approved by Resolution N 775 of 30 September 2015.

On 10 September, the CMU adopted Order №1003-r “On the Approval of the Government’s Priority Action Plan for 2025.” Among other tasks, several relate to local self-government:

• Regulating the functioning of the system, ensuring the legality of acts during the exercise of powers by local self-government bodies;
• Improving the functioning of local self-government under martial law and in the context of European integration;
• Preparing an Action Plan for executive authorities and local self-government bodies regarding preparation for the de-occupation of territories;
• Involving funds from critical infrastructure operators and local self-government bodies to strengthen air defense coverage;
• Development of voluntary fire protection services.

On 10 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1173 “On the Approval of the Activity Program of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.” The activity program has been submitted for consideration to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

On 10 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1131 “On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 17 October 2012 N 1051.” The amendments are aimed at improving the procedures for submitting, correcting, and providing information in the cadastre. They clarify the list of electronic applications, introduce verification of applicants’ powers and documents using software, establish a mechanism for leaving applications inactive with the possibility of correcting deficiencies within 14 working days, strengthen requirements for qualified electronic signatures, improve the procedure for appealing decisions, add new categories of land (e.g., meadows, technical zones of the metro), clarify data on reclamation networks and land protection measures, and update annexes to comply with current administrative and technical requirements, including the use of the Diia Portal and KATO/TTG codes.

On 10 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1128 “On the Approval of the Procedure for Maintaining the Unified State Register of Integrated Environmental Permits.” This procedure regulates the creation, maintenance, and access to the register through the Unified Environmental Platform “EcoSystem”. The Act establishes mechanisms for information filling, electronic interaction between facility operators, the Ministry of Economy, competent authorities, local self-government bodies, and the public, as well as ensuring transparency in the process of issuing permits and operating facilities. The register contains applications, reports, decisions, public hearing protocols, and other documents, which are retained for at least 10 years after a permit is revoked, with free access through a web portal and protection of personal data; during martial law, the coordinates of critical infrastructure facilities may be hidden.

On 8 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1104 “On the Approval of the Procedure for Transforming a State Enterprise into a Joint Stock Company or a Limited Liability Company, 100 Percent of the Shares (Parts) of Which Belong to the State.” This Act establishes the reorganization mechanism, including the appointment of a transformation commission, inventory of assets, formation of the authorized capital at book or fair value, transfer of assets under usufruct in martial law conditions for assets in occupied territories, and the preservation of existing permits. In addition, the government recommends that local self-government bodies, when transforming a communal enterprise or joint communal enterprise into a joint stock company or limited liability company, follow the Procedure approved by this resolution.

On 8 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1103 “On the Approval of the Procedure for the Transfer of State and Communal Property under Usufruct of State or Communal Property, and the Control over the Use of Such Property.” This Act defines the mechanism for transferring movable and immovable property (excluding land plots) to state authorities, local self-government bodies, state or communal organizations, non-commercial associations, or legal entities where the state or territorial community holds a controlling stake, for a period of up to five years or indefinitely. The Procedure establishes the process for submitting proposals, the list of required documents, criteria for refusal, accounting of property under martial law, as well as control mechanisms through annual reports from usufructuaries to ensure effective use of property and prevent its deterioration.

On 3 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1094 “On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 24 December 2024 N 1503.” The amendments aim to improve the financing of primary healthcare under martial law by clarifying the conditions for applying the adjustment coefficient for visits to facilities located in areas of active combat or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, where hostilities continue, according to the list of the Ministry of Development. The changes provide for the submission by 20 September of a list of state- and municipally-owned healthcare providers operating in such areas to the National Health Service, as well as for setting a zero adjustment coefficient for visits for these facilities or those where the indicator does not exceed the 10th percentile, ensuring stable funding of medical services for the population during wartime.

On 3 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1084 “On Amendments to Paragraph 2 of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 28 December 2016 N 1038.” The amendments aim to improve the remuneration of journalists in state and municipal media by equating their official salaries to the salaries of civil service positions in the “Communication and Information Support” family, considering position levels, jurisdiction, and types of state bodies. They also introduce a monthly seniority allowance of 2% of the official salary for each year of service, capped at 30% of the salary, in accordance with the approved procedure for calculating work experience.

On 3 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1082 “On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 21 August 2019 N 792.” The amendments aim to improve the procedure for entering and terminating contracts with heads of state and municipal healthcare institutions by clarifying the scope of the procedure, excluding its application to military formations, law enforcement agencies, research institutions, and the penitentiary system. They define authorized management bodies and expand the list of grounds for early contract termination, including violations of healthcare legislation, corruption offenses, failure to meet medical care quality requirements, licensing conditions, military registration, critical infrastructure protection, or use of the Unified Web Portal for Vacant Positions. A 30-day period is established for reviewing requests for contract termination, with corresponding updates to standard contract forms.

On 3 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1075 “On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 16 June 2021 N 627.” The amendments aim to improve the procedure for exchanging information between authorities controlling budget revenues and local self-government bodies via the “LOGICA” information-analytical system. They include clarifying terminology, detailing deadlines and formats for transmitting data on taxes, fees, tax debt, exemptions, and rental payments to local budgets, as well as specifying the procedure for local self-government bodies to submit electronic request documents to obtain information by taxpayer, enhancing transparency and efficiency of budget administration.

On 3 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1073 “On the Implementation of an Experimental Project on New Construction, Reconstruction, Capital Repair, and Technical Re-equipment of Water Supply Facilities, Systems, and Networks in Settlements.” The amendments establish a two-year experimental project for new construction, reconstruction, capital repair, and technical re-equipment of water supply systems in settlements, aimed at restoring and developing water infrastructure. The Resolution approves a special Procedure for project implementation, excludes certain normative provisions regarding financing, asset transfer, technical inspection, and commissioning to simplify procedures, introduces changes to previous regulatory acts, including the State Target Program for Water Supply until 2030, and tasks the relevant authorities with ensuring land-related issues and reporting project results with proposals for further legislative improvements.

On 3 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1069 “On Amendments to the Annex to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 29 April 2025 N 482.” The changes update the allocation of the 2025 educational subvention from the special fund of the state budget to local budgets, totaling over UAH 770 mln for the purchase of school buses. The new version of the annex clarifies the distribution of funds among the regional budgets.

On 3 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1111 “On Amendments Regarding the Assessment of an Individual’s Daily Functioning to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.” The Resolution introduces changes to several resolutions aimed at improving the procedure for assessing daily functioning, particularly for persons with disabilities, to determine their needs for social assistance, rehabilitation, and other services. It clarifies terminology, replaces references to medical-social expert commissions with assessment expert teams, integrates the use of the Unified Social Sphere Information System, streamlines document management through electronic interaction, establishes rules for continuing social benefits during martial law, and sets procedures for appealing decisions, verifying data, and determining disability, including for persons injured as a result of hostilities, with emphasis on the use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.

On 3 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1080 “On Approval of the List of Mandatory Health Measures for Pupils of Preschool Education Institutions and Requirements for the Medical Unit, Infirmary, and Medical Office of a Preschool Education Institution.” This Act establishes the responsibilities of institutions regarding verification of medical certificates and vaccinations, monitoring children’s health, providing first aid, isolating sick children, organizing nutrition and preventive measures, and promoting a healthy lifestyle. Requirements for premises include equipping them with medical devices, emergency medications, disinfectants, and ensuring hygienic conditions aimed at preventing the spread of infectious diseases and maintaining child safety. The resolution repeals the previous 2002 medical service regulations, updating standards in accordance with current legislation.

On 1 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1068 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Setting Fees for Meals for Pupils in State and Communal Preschool Education Institutions.” The amendments aim to support large families by introducing a recommendation to reduce meal fees for children in such institutions by at least 50% of the amount set by the founder, based on official documents confirming the family’s large-family status.

On 1 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1066 “On Approval of the Procedure for Connection to Centralized Water Supply and/or Centralized Sewerage Networks.” This procedure establishes a clear process and conditions for connecting construction sites or existing facilities to the respective networks, regulating legal relations between customers (individuals or legal entities) and service providers (entities operating the networks). The document specifies deadlines, requirements for contract conclusion, technical conditions, payment procedures, responsibilities of the parties, and prohibits unauthorized connections. It also provides a detailed methodology for calculating connection fees, considering costs for design, construction, connection, flushing, disinfection, and quality control of the networks, ensuring transparency and compliance with urban planning and water supply legislation.

On 1 September, the CMU adopted Resolution №1065 “On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 5 April 2017 N 268.” The Resolution amends the procedure for granting the status of a child affected by armed conflict or war, clarifying the definitions of physical and psychological violence, expanding the grounds for receiving the status (including injury, abduction, deportation, unlawful detention, loss of parents, or disappearance of parents), and refining the procedures for submitting documents. The amendments allow applications to be submitted through the Unified Information-Analytical System “Children,” simplify access to information via electronic interaction, establish rules for processing personal data, and define reporting requirements for child protection services, ensuring more effective provision of status to children and persons under 18 affected by war.

On 11 September, the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine issued Order № 1374 "On Approval of Amendments to the List of Territories Where Combat Operations Are (Were) Conducted or Temporarily Occupied by the Russian Federation." Thus, the list of the above-mentioned territories has been updated.

On 8 September, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine issued Order № 1223 "On the collection of departmental administrative reports on pre-school, general secondary and out-of-school education in the 2025/2026 academic year."

In accordance with this Order, education authorities must appoint an authorised employee to compile and submit reports in the forms for preschool, general secondary, and extracurricular education and upload the data to the AIKOM PAC. Heads of educational institutions are recommended to establish an additional allowance for such employees for the complexity and intensity of their work in the amount of 50% of their official salary for the period of active entry of information into the AIKOM PAC.

On 28 August, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine issued Order № 1190 "On Approval of Methodological Recommendations for Monitoring the Implementation of Projects to Modernise Food Facilities in Educational Institutions." This ‘Methodological Recommendations’ were developed with the aim of forming a unified approach to monitoring, standardising reporting and ensuring coordination between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, regional (district) state administrations and local self-government bodies during the implementation of projects funded by subsidies from the state budget to local budgets for the implementation of public investment projects for the purchase of equipment and the creation and modernisation of canteens in educational institutions.

On 20 August, Order №116-25 of the National Agency for Civil Service introduced amendments to the General Rules of Ethical Conduct for Civil Servants and Local Government Officials. The Order introduced changes regarding:

• professional training, in particular on issues of ethics and integrity;
• ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence in the performance of official duties;
• the inadmissibility of spreading hate speech;
• proper treatment of persons who lived/live in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and territories of military operations, internally displaced persons, veterans;
• improving cultural and professional standards in terms of developing English or other foreign language skills necessary for the performance of official duties;
• showing respect for regional and local symbols of local self-government;
• conceptual approaches to resolving ethical dilemmas;
• ensuring the accessibility of information when it is presented, in particular considering the Recommendations on the presentation of information by public authorities in formats that ensure its accessibility, approved by the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine N 1046-r of 17 November 2023.

On 2 October, the NACP published the most common mistakes made by local council members who are sole traders in their declarations:

• failure to declare leased land plots and non-residential premises, agricultural machinery, other transport, the rights to which were acquired by the declarant or a member of their family as a sole trader;
• failure to declare valuable movable property – attachments and other equipment for agricultural machinery, GPS systems, drones (non-military), etc.;
• failure to reflect or incorrect reflection of information about income received in the declaration, including the indication of net profit instead of gross income;
• failure to declare financial obligations or one-time expenses exceeding 50 subsistence minimums established for able-bodied persons as of 1 January of the reporting year.

PUBLIC DISCUSSION

On 2 October, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine submitted for public discussion a draft Resolution of the CMU "On Approval of the List of Targeted Purposes within which it is possible to lease objects and property of state and municipal educational institutions for the purpose of providing services that cannot be provided directly by educational institutions related to ensuring the educational process or servicing participants in the educational process."

Comments and suggestions on the draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine are accepted until 15 October 2025 by email at maino@mon.gov.ua.

On 29 September, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine submitted for public discussion a draft Resolution of the CMU on the requirements for the appropriate level of English language proficiency for persons applying for certain positions. The establishment of such requirements is provided for in part one of Article 4 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Use of the English Language in Ukraine".

The draft act establishes requirements for persons who are candidates for the following positions:

• civil service categories ‘B’ and ‘C’;
• middle and senior police officers of the National Police of Ukraine, senior positions in other law enforcement agencies, senior positions in the civil protection service;
• in the field of education and science;
• in local government bodies (except for elected positions), whose main duties involve performing functions related to international cooperation.

Proposals and comments are accepted until 15 October 2025 at the following address: 10 Beresteyskyi Avenue, Kyiv, 01135, or by email: oleksandra.laktionova@mon.gov.ua.

CASE LAW

In its Decision of 17 September in Case № 140/6548/24, the Supreme Court formulated a legal position that a cultural heritage site - an archaeological monument - scientific and design documentation must be developed and approved to define the boundaries and modes of use of the territory of this monument with its integral component - a land management project for the organisation and establishment of the boundaries of the territory of the archaeological monument. If an archaeological monument is located on the territory of a village, settlement or city council, the owner of the monument or persons authorised by them shall act as the customer for scientific and design documentation defining the boundaries and modes of use of the territory of this monument and its integral component - a land management project for the organisation and establishment of the boundaries of the territory of the archaeological monument. At the same time, the executive body of the village, settlement, or city council cannot act as the customer of scientific and design documentation, since the landowner and owner of the monument is the state, represented by its relevant state authorities.

In its Decision of 16 September in Case № 320/18939/24, the Supreme Court formulated the legal position that assigning an address to a property is a public administrative act aimed at organising the address system of a settlement, ensuring the identification of real estate objects for state registration, and performing other public functions. Such decisions are made not in the order of civil or commercial legal relations based on equality of the parties, but unilaterally based on powers granted to local self-government bodies by law. The fact that such decisions may have consequences for the property rights of the plaintiff or other persons does not change their public law nature and does not remove the dispute from administrative jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court emphasised that the mixed nature of the legal consequences (when a public law decision may affect private law relations) is not a ground for changing jurisdiction. The decisive factor remains the nature of the disputed legal relations at the time of the contested decision, not its possible consequences.

In its Decision of 3 September in Case №  918/1177/23, the Supreme Court formulated the legal position that the purchase price of a privatisation object is determined based on the results of an independent assessment in accordance with the law and is not limited to the year in which the privatisation decision was made. The validity of the conclusion on the value of the privatisation object on the date of conclusion of the contract of sale of the object subject to privatisation by redemption is of decisive importance in determining the redemption price of the privatisation object.

In its Decision of 20 August in Case № 337/4651/23, the Supreme Court formulated the legal position that the Russian Federation's military aggression against Ukraine, the imposition of martial law, the occupation of the settlement where the enterprise was actually located, under occupation, shelling, are not circumstances that exempt the employer from the obligation to pay employees' wages.

The employer's obligation to pay wages to an employee is not a liability within the meaning of Article 617 of the Civil Code of Ukraine, from which the employer may be exempted because of an accident or force majeure. The provisions of part one of Article 617 of the Civil Code of Ukraine (according to which a person who has breached an obligation is exempt from liability if they prove that the breach occurred because of an accident or force majeure) cannot be grounds for exempting the employer from the obligation to pay the employee unpaid wages.

The employment contracts with the plaintiffs were not terminated or suspended, and therefore the employees remained in an employment relationship with the employer, who was obliged to ensure the realisation of the employees' labour rights, particularly the right to remuneration. The employer's failure to take appropriate organisational and legal measures in relation to employees who were unable to perform their duties for reasons beyond their control cannot be grounds for depriving them of their right to receive remuneration.

In its Decision of 13 August in Case № 392/404/22, the Supreme Court formulated a legal position that in the case of ongoing violations of labour discipline, characterised by continuous commission over a certain period of time, the date of discovery of the misconduct, from which the one month for imposing disciplinary sanctions is calculated, is considered to be the date of drawing up the act or report based on the results of the inspection, which definitively records such violations. The six-month period for imposing disciplinary sanctions for ongoing violations does not expire until such violations are detected.