Do ministries or regulatory agencies develop forward regulatory plans – that is, a public list of anticipated regulatory changes or proposals intended to be adopted/implemented within a specified time frame?
Yes, in some ministries/regulatory agencies only
Ministries such as Ministry of Economic Development: www.me.gov.ua
Are these plans available to general public?
Yes
Through official sites of ministries and agencies.
Do ministries or regulatory agencies publish the text or summary of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations before their enactment?
Yes, in some ministries/regulatory agencies only
Where is the draft text or summary published?
On the website of the relevant ministry or regulator.
Do ministries or regulatory agencies have the legal obligation to publish the text of proposed regulations before their enactment?
Yes, throughout government
Art. 9 of the Law on Principles of Regulatory Policy in Economic Activity.
Is the entire text of the proposed draft published?
Yes, throughout government
Is there a period of time set by law for the text of the proposed regulations to be publicly available?
Yes
Law on the Principles of State Regulatory Policy in Economic Activity.
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Do ministries or regulatory agencies solicit comments on proposed (not yet adopted) regulations from the general public?
Yes, in some ministries/regulatory agencies only
How are the comments received?
Through targeted outreach to stakeholders, such as business associations or other groups; through email; through mail/courier.
Law of Ukraine No. 1160 provides the possibility of holding public discussions. Another way for comments to be received from producers and exporters is through email address that can be found on the Ministry website: http://www.me.gov.ua
Are received comments publicly accessible?
Yes, in some ministries/regulatory agencies only
Is the rulemaking body required by law to solicit these comments on proposed regulations?
Yes
Art. 9 of Law on the Principles of Regulatory Policy in Economic Activity.
Is there a specialized government body or department tasked with soliciting and receiving these comments?
No
Do ministries or regulatory agencies report on the results of the consultation on proposed regulations?
No
How does the government report on the results of the consultation?
n/a
Where does the government report on the results of the consultation?
n/a
Is reporting on the results of the consultation required by law?
No
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Do ministries or regulatory agencies conduct an impact assessment of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations?
Yes, throughout government
Are there criteria used for determining which proposed regulations are subjected to an impact assessment?
No
Are there any specific regulatory impact assessment guidelines?
Yes
www.rada.gov.ua (see the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of March 11, 2003 no. 308 on Approval of Methods for Impact Analysis and Monitoring of the Effectiveness of Regulatory Act).
Are impact assessments required by law?
Yes
Law of Ukraine on the Principles of Regulatory Policy in Economic Activity
Are impact assessment made publicly available?
Yes
How is this assessment distributed?
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Through the website of the relevant ministry or regulator; through public meetings; through targeted outreach to stakeholders, such as business associations or other groups.
Regulatory Impact Assessment is published together with a draft regulation for public awareness and discussion
Is there an obligation for regulators to consider alternatives to proposed regulation?
Yes, throughout government
According to the Law on the Principles of State Regulatory policy in the sphere of economic activity, the developer is obliged to consider at least two alternatives to the proposed regulatory options and argue why its chosen option is the best.
Is there a specialized government body tasked with reviewing and monitoring regulatory impact assessments conducted by other individual agencies or government bodies?
Yes
Please provide the name of this government body, and explain its functions.
State Regulatory Administration of Ukraine
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Are the laws that are currently in effect available in a single place?
Yes
How are the laws that are in force accessed?
On a unified website managed by the government On a unified website managed by the private sector Printed in an official gazette / journal or ot...
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On a unified website managed by the government On a unified website managed by the private sector Printed in an official gazette / journal or other publication
Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada, Governmental Courier, Voice of Ukraine
Are the secondary regulations that are currently in effect codified and available in a single place?
Yes
Are these websites or registries updated regularly?
Yes
Can these websites or registries be accessed by the public free of charge?
Yes
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Do ministries or regulatory agencies conduct ex-post reviews?
Yes, throughout government
Are there any criteria for which regulations are subject to ex-post reviews?
No
What specific approaches are used by your government?
Legislation-specific review requirement
Are ex-post reviews required by law?
Yes
Art. 11 of the Law no. 1160 on the Principles of State Regulatory Policy in the Field of Economic Activity of Ukraine of September 11, 2003.
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Can affected parties request reconsideration or appeal adopted regulations to the relevant administrative agency?
Yes
Interested parties may submit proposals to amend the laws on the consideration of a new draft law which can be designed any suggestions sent to another ministry, to which the authority applies policy in the relevant area.
When appealing against adverse regulatory decisions, which options are typically available to affected parties?
Judicial review Provision of proposals for changes in laws or regulations, in which changes were made to the regulatory act that is appealed.
Is there any existing requirement that regulations be periodically reviewed to see whether they are still needed or should be revised?
Yes
Law on the Principles of State Regulatory Policy in the sphere of economic activity provides basic and periodic monitoring activities of the regulatory act. In addition, changes in other laws and regulations may result in an automatic loss of the relevance of the regulatory act, in connection with which he recognized so that repealed.
