{"id":14752,"date":"2024-10-18T14:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/?p=14752"},"modified":"2024-10-30T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T12:31:34","slug":"enactment-of-the-law-on-lobbying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/monitoring\/enactment-of-the-law-on-lobbying\/","title":{"rendered":"Enactment of the Law on Lobbying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Draft bill #<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/itd.rada.gov.ua\/billInfo\/Bills\/Card\/45067\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">12120<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> of October 15, 2024<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Status:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">sent for review to the Committee on Legal Policy<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sponsor:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> MP Mykola Stefanchuk from the Servant of the People faction<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Who is affected: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">individuals and legal entities, state bodies, local self-government bodies, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), and the Cabinet of Ministers<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Summary:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the bill provisions that the Law on Lobbying will come into effect two months after the Transparency Register starts operating, but no later than September 1, 2025 (instead of January 1, 2025, as was previously planned)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Cabinet will have to ensure the creation and operation of the Transparency Register within 14 months after the Law on Lobbying comes into force.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is right:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the draft bill ensures the creation and operation of the Transparency Register, as well as the ability to fully implement the provisions of the Law on Lobbying after it comes into effect.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Background information: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on November 8, 2023, Ukraine received <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/qanda_23_5631\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">recommendations<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from the European Commission regarding EU membership, which included the adoption of a law regulating lobbying in accordance with European standards as part of an anti-oligarchic action plan. On March 12, 2024, the President of Ukraine signed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zakon.rada.gov.ua\/laws\/show\/3606-IX#Text\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">the Law on Lobbying<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Additional information:<\/span><\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=knebJGfmh2A\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ok, So What?<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> podcast, ep. 138<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> What penalties will unfair lobbyists face?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draft bill #12120 of October 15, 2024\u00a0 Status: sent for review to the Committee on Legal Policy\u00a0 Sponsor: MP Mykola Stefanchuk from the Servant of the People faction\u00a0 Who is affected: individuals and legal entities, state bodies, local self-government bodies, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), and the Cabinet of Ministers\u00a0 Summary:\u00a0 the bill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":12063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[259],"tags":[],"level":[],"area":[],"coauthors":[1023],"class_list":["post-14752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monitoring"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14753,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14752\/revisions\/14753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14752"},{"taxonomy":"level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level?post=14752"},{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=14752"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=14752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}