Parliament adopts in first reading draft law on restoration of e-declaration

MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak from the "Golos" (Voice) faction said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

According to him, the corresponding draft law "On amendments to certain laws of Ukraine on determining the procedure for submitting declarations of persons authorized to perform the functions of the state or local self-government under martial law" (No. 9534) was supported in the first reading by 299 MPs.

The draft law provides for the restoration of electronic declaration submission and special verification during martial law, as well as simplification of the procedure for submitting the relevant declarations.

After the draft law is adopted, persons who did not file declarations in 2022-2023 must submit them no later than 90 calendar days after the date of entry into force of this legislative act. The declarations will be public, except for private information about the declarant and their family members.

The draft law also stipulates that data on an object owned or used by the declarant or their family members shall be indicated in the declaration if such object was owned or used for at least 183 calendar days during the period including the reporting period and/or two months preceding the end of the reporting period, and the market value of the use of such object during the period of its use within the reporting period by the declarant exceeds 50 subsistence minimums established for the right to work.

The procedure for submitting electronic declarations by military personnel, participants in international peace and security operations as part of national contingents or national staff, as well as people in the temporarily occupied territories or territories where active hostilities are taking place, is separately defined.

These citizens will submit declarations within the following timeframes: within 90 days from the date of determining the date of completion of hostilities or the date of determining the date of completion of temporary occupation; within 90 days from the date of returning to the point of permanent deployment or place of permanent work, except for rotation; within 90 days from the date of termination of powers (dismissal from office, service) or transfer of a person to positions that do not involve direct participation in hostilities, performance of combat (particular) tasks, strengthening the protection of the state border, conducting intelligence activities, counter-terrorism, etc. The deadline for filing the declaration starts from the date of the first of the above circumstances.

Family members of the declaring entities who perform tasks in the interests of national security or are in the territories affected by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine will have the right to file a declaration within the same time frame.

As Ukrinform reported, at the beginning of the full-scale war, the Verkhovna Rada suspended the process of mandatory asset declaration by officials, allowing them to submit data on their assets after martial law was lifted. At the same time, the NACP left the possibility for voluntary submission of declarations.