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On 11 April 2023, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Law of Ukraine № 3054-IX "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Certain Issues of Issuing Identity Documents and Confirmation of Citizenship of Ukraine, Identity Documents and Confirmation of Special Status, as well as Entering Information on Registered or Declared Place of Residence in the Territory of Ukraine Temporarily Occupied by the Russian Federation and in the Territories Where Military Operations are (Were) Conducted". This Law amended the following Laws of Ukraine:

• «On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Citizens and the Legal Regime in the Temporarily Occupied Territory of Ukraine» of 15 April 2014, № 1207-VII;

• «On Temporary Measures for the Period of the Anti-Terrorist Operation» of 2 September 2014, № 1669-VII;

• «On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons» of 20 October 2014, № 1706-VII;

• «On the Provision of Public (Electronic Public) Services for Declaration and Registration of Residence in Ukraine», of 5 November 2021, № 1871-IX.

On 11 April 2023, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Resolution № 3045-IX "On the exercise by the heads of the Berestovo village and Andriivka settlement military administrations of the Berdiansk district of Zaporizhzhia region of the powers provided for in part two of Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Legal Regime of Martial Law". By this resolution, the Parliament entrusted the heads of Berestove village and Andriyivka settlement military administrations of Berdiansk district of Zaporizhzhia region with the powers provided for in part two of section 10 of the Law on the Legal Regime of Martial Law:

• except for the powers referred to their competence by the Law "On the Legal Regime of Martial Law", exercise the powers of the relevant village and settlement councils, their executive committees, and the relevant village and settlement heads;

• the authority to approve the temporary structure of the executive bodies of the respective village and settlement councils (for employees whose positions are not included in the temporary staffing lists, a simple idle period is announced or they are transferred to an equivalent or lower position);

• powers to manage the apparatus of Berestivka village, Andriivka settlement councils and their executive committees, other executive bodies, communal enterprises, institutions, and organizations of Berestivka village, Andriivka settlement hromadas.

On 14 April 2023, Presidential Decree № 226/2023 "On the Establishment of Military Administrations of Settlements in Donetsk Oblast" established Andriivka village, Bilozersk city, Hrodivka settlement, Illinivka village, Kryvyi Rih village, Novohrodivka city, Novodonetsk settlement, Oleksandrivka settlement and Udachne settlement military administrations in Donetsk Oblast. The President of Ukraine appointed the heads of these military administrations.

On 7 April 2023, Presidential Decree № 197/2023 "On the Establishment of Military Administrations of Settlements in Zaporizhzhia Region" established Blahovishchenske Village, Voskresenske Village, Dniprorudnianske City, Enerhodar City, Kamiansko-Dniprovske City, Kamianske Settlement, and Kamysh-Zoryanske Settlement, Malobilozerska village, Molochansk city, Novobohdanivka village, Orikhiv city, Osypenkivska village, Plodorodnenska village, Preobrazhenska village, Rozivska settlement, Smyrnovska village, Sofiyivka village, Stepnohirska settlement and Chernihivska settlement military administrations of Zaporizhzhia region. The President of Ukraine appointed the heads of these military administrations.

On 28 April 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (the "CMU") adopted Resolution № 420 "On Approval of the Model Regulations on the Commission for Review of Complaints". This Model Regulation defines the procedure for establishing a commission by an administrative body to review complaints regarding an administrative act, procedural decisions, actions or inaction of an administrative body, organizational and procedural principles of the commission's activities, pursuant to the Law On Administrative Procedure. The commissions will be formed by:

• for the village, settlement, city, district in cities (if formed), district and regional councils - at local councils that adopted an administrative act, performed procedural actions, and/or made procedural decisions or allowed inaction that is being appealed;

• for the village, town, city mayors, executive bodies of village, town, city, district councils (if established) on issues related to the exercise of their local self-government powers - at village, town, city, district councils (if established);

• for the village, settlement, city mayors, executive bodies of village, settlement, city, district councils in cities (if established) on issues related to the exercise of delegated powers by the council's executive bodies - at the relevant central executive authorities (their territorial bodies) implementing the state policy on delegated powers;

• for bodies of self-organization of the population - at the village, settlement, and city council;

• for another entity that is authorised by law to perform public administration functions, by the entity that is authorised by law to perform public administration functions and administrative acts, procedural decisions, actions, or inaction of which are to be appealed.

The commission, in addition to officials of the administrative body, may include representatives of civil society institutions (with their consent) in an amount not exceeding one-third of its total membership.

Main tasks of the commission:

• consideration of the complaint on its merits;

• reviewing the administrative case in full, based on the results of which an administrative act was adopted, a procedural action was taken, and/or a procedural decision was made or inaction was committed, ensuring verification of the circumstances of the case, re-examination of evidence and other case materials;

• making a decision based on the results of the complaint consideration, which is formalised in a conclusion, and submitting it to the relevant administrative body.

This Resolution shall enter into force on 15 December 2023.

On 28 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 419 "Some issues of providing a subvention from the state budget to local budgets for the provision of safe conditions in general secondary education institutions". This resolution approved the "Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Improvement of Safe Conditions in General Secondary Education Institutions" and allocated UAH 1.5 billion in 2023 to all regional budgets and the budget of the city of Kyiv.

On 28 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 418 "Some Issues of Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Purchase of School Buses". This resolution approved the "Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Purchase of School Buses" and allocated UAH 1.0 billion for 2023 to all regional budgets and the budget of the city of Kyiv.

On 28 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 400 "On Amendments to the Procedure for Reservation of Persons Liable for Military Service on the List of Persons Liable for Military Service during Martial Law". It introduced a five-business-day limit on the duration of the verification of the completeness of the list, the availability of justification for it, as well as compliance with the requirements for the number of persons liable for military service to be reserved by a public authority, other public authority that has established (proved) a mobilization task (order), as well as central executive authorities that manage the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations, before submitting the above documents for approval to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces must consider the received documents within no more than ten working days, and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine must decide on the reservation within no more than five working days from the date of receipt of the said lists.

On 25 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 391 "Certain Issues of Remuneration of Employees of State Bodies and Local Self-Government Bodies during Martial Law". It provides for the period of martial law for employees of state bodies who directly exercise their powers

• in the territories of active hostilities included in the list of territories where hostilities are (were) conducted or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, approved by the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, for which the date of completion of hostilities has not been determined, salaries are determined taking into account the coefficient 2;

• in the territories of possible hostilities included in the list of territories where hostilities are (were) conducted or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, approved by the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, for which the date of termination of the possibility of hostilities has not been determined, salaries are determined taking into account the coefficient of 1.5.

Employees who directly exercise their powers in the territories of possible or active hostilities and who receive salary increases in accordance with this resolution are not entitled to other payments for work with special working conditions as defined by acts of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

In accordance with paragraph 3 of this CMU Resolution, local governments are also recommended to be guided by it.

On 25 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 383 "On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 338 dated 25 March 2020 and Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1236 dated 9 December 2020". It extended the state of emergency in the unified state civil protection system and quarantine throughout Ukraine until 30 June 2023.

On 25 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 382 "On the Implementation of a Pilot Project for the Restoration of Settlements Affected by the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation". It approved the "Procedure for Implementation of the Pilot Project for the Restoration of Settlements Affected by the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation" and the Annex to this Procedure contains a list of such settlements whose local governments are recommended to participate in its implementation.

The restoration of settlements includes the preparation of project documentation (design estimates), new construction, reconstruction, restoration, overhaul, maintenance and purchase of goods.

Regional state administrations, based on proposals from local self-government bodies, form lists of objects, regardless of ownership, to be restored (newly constructed) within the framework of the pilot project, based on the priority of meeting the priority needs of the population, and submit them to the Recovery Agency. Within ten days from the date of receipt of the list of objects, the Recovery Agency considers the feasibility, efficiency, coherence, priority of restoration of these objects based on the need to meet the priority needs of the population and approves it or, if there are comments, returns it to the relevant regional state administration for revision.

On 21 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution "On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 5 March 2022 № 206 "Some Issues of Payment for Housing and Utility Services during the Period of Martial Law". This resolution extends the prohibition on the collection of debts for housing and communal services incurred after 24 February 2022, from the date of commencement to the date of completion of hostilities or temporary occupation of the territories, from consumers and/or their family members who have left their place of residence and provided the utility company with a certificate of registration of an internally displaced person or other documents confirming their absence in the residential and/or non-residential premises or building in which they are consumers.

The said prohibition also applies to legal entities that own residential and/or non-residential premises or buildings where internally displaced persons are accommodated and are the final consumers of utilities, if such legal entities are not entitled to receive compensation for utilities consumed during the accommodation of internally displaced persons in buildings (premises) of state, municipal and private property during martial law.

On 21 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 378 "Some Issues of Implementation of the Law of Ukraine "On Guaranteeing Property Rights to Real Estate Objects to be Constructed in the Future" " aimed at defining the peculiarities of civil turnover of real estate under construction and future real estate objects and aimed at guaranteeing property rights to such objects. The Resolution approved:

• a list of the main technical characteristics of the construction in progress, information on which is posted on the websites of the construction customer, construction developer, construction financing fund manager (if any) in case the construction of the real estate object (apartment building) is carried out with the involvement of non-state funds (direct or indirect) of individuals and legal entities, including management, for further acquisition of ownership of the relevant real estate objects by such persons (in accordance with Annex 1);

• a list of the main structural elements and engineering equipment of the indivisible object of construction in progress/divisible object of construction in progress, of which the respective future real estate object is an integral part (according to Annex 2);

• a list of the main structural elements and engineering equipment in accordance with the project documentation for the construction of the future real estate object, the description of which is specified in the contract of sale of the future real estate object (in accordance with Annex 3);

• a list of information about future real estate objects that have been sold and are being sold, information about which is posted on the websites of the construction customer, construction developer, construction financing fund manager if the construction of a real estate object (apartment building) is carried out with the involvement of non-state funds (directly or indirectly) of individuals and legal entities, including management, for the purpose of further acquisition of ownership of the relevant real estate objects by such persons (in accordance with Annex 4).

On 21 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 376 "On Amendments to Annex 3 to the Standard Form of the Agreement on Medical Services for the Population under the Medical Guarantee Programme". It sets out the new version of the "List of Provider Obligations to Ensure the Proper Level of Medical Services Under the Agreement" (Annex 3). This Resolution will come into force on 1 January 2024.

On 21 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 374 "On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 677 of 29 June 2021 "Some Issues of Formation and Use of a Certificate Confirming Vaccination Against Acute Respiratory Disease COVID-19 Caused by Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, Negative Test Result or Recovery from the Disease". It updated the "Clinical criteria for the formation of a COVID certificate", as well as the "Minimum and maximum periods between vaccination stages in the case of combining vaccine platforms-1 for use in the algorithm for checking the compliance of records of vaccination (vaccination, immunisation) against COVID-19 available in the central database, confirming the fact of vaccination (basic course or revaccination) against COVID-19" (Table 3).

On 21 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 369 "On Amendments to Certain Acts of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the Provision of Services in the Field of Physical Culture and Sports". The Resolution, inter alia, amended the Procedure for Lease of State and Municipal Property approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 483 dated 3 June 2020, as well as the Methodology for Calculating the Rent for State Property approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 630 dated 28 April 2021 "Some Issues of Calculating the Rent for State Property" and replaced the phrase "sports and fitness services" with "services in the field of physical culture and sports".

This Resolution comes into force on 4 May 2023, simultaneously with the Law of Ukraine № 2868-IX dated 12 January 2023 "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Regulation of State Social Standards and State Social Standards for the Provision of Services in the Field of Physical Culture and Sports".

On 21 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 362 "On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 765 "On Approval of the Procedure for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions" dated 15 July 1997. According to the amendments:

• in the territories where military operations are (were) conducted or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, accreditation of a healthcare institution is not carried out during the period of temporary occupation, military operations and six months from the date of termination of military operations in the respective territories;

• the accreditation certificate of healthcare facilities, which expired during the period of martial law or three months before the day of introduction of martial law, shall remain valid until 12 months after the date of termination of hostilities in the respective territories, the list of which is approved by the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories.

Changes have also been made to the body that will accredit healthcare institutions:

• The Main Accreditation Commission under the Ministry of Health of Ukraine will accredit the following types of institutions:

- private, mixed, state-owned institutions that provide specialised medical care and palliative care;

- municipally owned institutions managed by the executive bodies of Kyiv and Sevastopol city councils, city (cities of regional significance) councils and providing emergency, specialised medical care and palliative care;

- municipally owned organisations founded by regional councils that provide emergency, specialised and palliative care.

• Accreditation commissions will accredit the following types of institutions (except for pharmacies):

- municipally owned institutions managed by executive bodies of city (except for cities of oblast significance), settlement and village councils and providing primary, specialised medical care and palliative care;

- municipalities founded by district councils and providing primary, specialised medical care and palliative care;

- private form of ownership that provide primary healthcare.

• The Main Commission for Accreditation of Pharmacies under the Ministry of Health of Ukraine will accredit pharmacies regardless of their form of ownership.

On 18 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 353 "On Approval of Forms of Special Permits for Subsoil Use, Maximum Economically Justified Time Limits for Subsoil Use (Taking into Account Geological Features), Main Types of Work and Application Forms in the Field of Geological Exploration and Rational Use of Subsoil". It approved:

• form of special permit for subsoil use;

• form of special permit for subsoil use (for extraction of minerals of local importance in the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea);

• maximum economically feasible timeframes for performing work on the subsoil site (taking into account geological features);

• main types of works;

• application form for a special permit for subsoil use;

• application form for extension of the special permit for subsoil use;

• application form for amendments to the special permit for subsoil use;

• application form for amendments to the agreement on the terms of subsoil use;

• an application form for initiating the sale of a special permit for subsoil use at an auction (electronic bidding).

In addition, it should be noted that in accordance with the Procedure for Granting Special Permits for Subsoil Use (as amended on 18 April 2023), such permits are granted by the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine to the winners of auctions for their sale and without holding auctions in cases provided for in paragraph 8 of this Procedure. However, the granting of subsoil plots containing minerals of local importance for use is subject to the consent of the:

• relevant district, city, town, village and amalgamated territorial community councils;

• regional state military-civilian administrations - in the area of the anti-terrorist operation and/or national security and defence measures carried out through the Joint Forces Operation.

The subsoil user may be denied the extension of the permit in the event of

• failure to comply with the terms of subsoil use stipulated by the permit or the relevant agreement;

• a local self-government body or other authorised bodies decide to restrict subsoil use in accordance with the law;

• submission of incomplete documents by the subsoil user.

The permit may be suspended by the permit issuing authority directly or upon submission, in particular, of local self-government bodies, in the event of:

• violation by the subsoil user of the terms of subsoil use stipulated by the permit or agreement on the terms of subsoil use;

• if, as a result of works related to subsoil use, there is a direct threat to the life or health of employees or the public;

• failure to comply within the prescribed timeframe with the instructions of the authorised bodies to eliminate violations of the requirements of the legislation in the field of subsoil use or environmental protection;

• the existence of grounds provided for by the Law of Ukraine "On Sanctions";

• failure to comply with the terms of the environmental impact assessment conclusions and/or state environmental expertise conclusions;

• absence of an environmental impact assessment conclusion and/or a state environmental impact assessment conclusion for the extraction of minerals.

On 18 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 348 "On Approval of Criteria for Assessing the Admissibility of State Aid to Business Entities to Ensure Regional Development and Support for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises". It approved:

• criteria for assessing the admissibility of state aid to business entities to ensure regional development;

• criteria for assessing the admissibility of state aid to business entities to support small and medium-sized enterprises.

On 18 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 338 "Certain Issues of Providing Employers with Compensation of the Single Contribution to the Compulsory State Social Insurance for Employment to New Jobs". It approved:

• "The Procedure for Compensation to Employers of a Part of Actual Expenses Related to the Payment of a Single Contribution to the Obligatory State Social Insurance for Employment of Registered Unemployed for New Jobs";

• "Procedure for Compensation to Small Businesses of Actual Expenses in the Amount of a Single Contribution to the Obligatory State Social Insurance for Employment of Registered Unemployed Persons for New Jobs".

The Procedure applies to employers (business entities) that:

• create new jobs and employ employees by concluding an employment contract;

• within 12 months from the date of conclusion of an employment contract with a person employed to a new job, pay him/her a monthly salary of at least three minimum wages.

The compensation will be provided in the amount of 50 per cent of the amount of the accrued unified social tax for each person employed at a new job for the month for which it was paid. This mechanism will become effective from 1 January 2024.

It also establishes compensation to small businesses for actual expenses in the amount of a single contribution to the obligatory state social insurance for the employment of registered unemployed persons to new jobs. Small businesses will be compensated in the amount of the actual costs of the unified social tax paid for the employment of a registered unemployed person referred by the employment centre. The compensation will be paid provided that the employment period is at least 2 years and will be paid every second month during this period.

On 18 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 340 "On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Provision of Certain Types of Financial Assistance, Benefits and Housing Subsidies". It amended the following acts of the CMU:

• "Regulation on the Procedure for Awarding Housing Subsidies", approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 21 October 1995, № 848;

• "The Procedure for Granting and Paying State Assistance to Families with Children", approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 27 December 2001, № 1751;

• "The Procedure for Appointment and Payment of State Social Assistance to Low-Income Families", approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 24 February 2003, № 250;

• "The Procedure for Granting Benefits for Payment for Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Solid Fuel and Liquefied Gas in Cash", approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 17 April 2019, № 373;

• "The Procedure for Calculating the Average Monthly Total Family (Household) Income for All Types of State Social Assistance", approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 22 July 2020, № 632;

• CMU Resolution № 215 of 7 March 2022 "On Peculiarities of Calculation and Payment of Cash Allowances, Benefits and Housing Subsidies for the Period of Martial Law";

• CMU Resolution № 462 of 19 April 2022 "Some Issues of Provision of Benefits and Housing Subsidies under Martial Law".

Local governments have been instructed to ensure that public awareness is raised among the population on the procedure for implementing this CMU Resolution.

On 18 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 335 "On Amendments to Clause 19 of the Procedure for Exercising Powers by the State Treasury Service in a Special Regime under Martial Law". As a result of the amendments, the State Treasury Service will now also make the following payments on behalf of clients, subject to the resource availability of the single treasury account:

• providing grants for business creation or development;

• preparation of project (design and estimate) documentation, construction, reconstruction, overhaul of critical infrastructure and housing facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of armed aggression;

• preparation of design (design and estimate) documentation for new construction, reconstruction, overhaul of engineering and transport infrastructure facilities necessary for the creation and operation of the industrial park included in the Register of industrial (industrial) parks located outside its territory (boundaries);

• for other funds from non-budgetary accounts, expenditures of the Innovation Development Fund.

On 7 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 318 "On Amendments to the Regulation on Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centres". Thus, from now on, territorial recruitment and social support centres can carry out measures to notify and conscript citizens for military service during mobilisation, for a special period, regardless of their place of registration.

On 7 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 315 "On Approval of the Procedure for the Establishment and Operation of Fire and Rescue Units for Local Fire Protection". This Procedure defines the mechanism for the establishment and operation of fire and rescue units, which are formed by local governments in agreement with the SES or its territorial bodies to protect the life and health of the population, territories and facilities from fires, and to maintain an adequate level of fire safety in the hromada.

On 7 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 314 "On Approval of the Procedure for the Establishment and Operation of Fire and Rescue Units for Voluntary Fire Protection". This Procedure defines the mechanism for the establishment and functioning of fire and rescue units to provide voluntary fire protection, which may also be established as a fire brigade or fire brigade by local self-government bodies from among persons permanently residing in the hromada.

On 7 April 2023, the CMU adopted Resolution № 313 "On Amendments to the Procedure for Accounting for Fires and Their Consequences", approved by Resolution No. 2030 of the CMU dated 26 December 2003. It sets out in a new wording the above-mentioned "Procedure for Accounting for Fires and Their Consequences", which establishes general requirements for keeping records of fires and their consequences, including those caused by military (combat) operations and/or terrorist acts, which is mandatory not only for central executive authorities and local state administrations, but also for local self-government bodies and business entities. Therefore, local governments must:

• to keep fire logs in paper or electronic form (in the form according to Annex 2 to this resolution);

• submit information on all fire incidents and their consequences to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine by the 10th day of each month;

• within 10 days (up to 30 days during martial law) from the moment of fire extinguishment, submit documents (certificates, extracts, written statements, etc.) to the territorial body of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on the amount of direct and indirect losses caused by the fire and the amount of material assets saved.

On 25 April 2023, the CMU issued Order № 372-r "On Approval of the Action Plan for 2023-2024 for the Implementation of the National Strategy for Creating a Barrier-Free Space in Ukraine for the Period up to 2030". Local governments are recommended to ensure the implementation of the approved action plan within their powers, in particular:

• develop local plans for barrier-free space;

• collect and disseminate reliable information on the accessibility of administrative service centres, youth centres and cultural institutions for persons with disabilities and other low-mobility groups;

• to adapt the main entrances and premises of administrative service centres and cultural infrastructure facilities for use by low-mobility groups, including persons with disabilities;

• to ensure the functioning of the civil protection and security system for low-mobility groups, including persons with disabilities, in the context of martial law or a state of emergency;

• raise the level of awareness and professional competence of local government officials to create a barrier-free space in the community;

• provide the necessary software and means of access to the Internet for persons with disabilities, educational and cultural institutions, as well as libraries and other centres within the community;

• to ensure that the quality of educational services in general secondary education institutions is improved and that a network of special classes is functioning in accordance with the needs of the community;

• ensure the development of a network and support for inclusive resource centres.

On 7 April 2023, the CMU issued Order № 301-r "On Approval of the Concept of Security of Educational Institutions". It provides not only for the development of modern, comfortable shelters, but also new approaches to fire safety, access control, video surveillance, inclusiveness, and school security.

On 20 April 2023, Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine № 946 "On Approval of Amendments to the Criteria for Determining Enterprises, Institutions and Organisations that are Important for the National Economy in the Field of Agriculture in a Special Period" approved the above amendments.

The Criteria for Determining Enterprises, Institutions and Organisations Critical to the Functioning of the Economy and the Life of the Population in a Special Period are being developed pursuant to the Law of Ukraine "On Mobilisation Preparation and Mobilisation", as persons liable for military service who work in such organisations are subject to reservation.

On 10 April 2023, the Pension Fund of Ukraine published an explanation of who and when to apply to receive a subsidy during the non-heating season. Starting in May, housing subsidies and benefits for the non-heating season will be reassigned to the vast majority of recipients who received housing subsidies during the heating season automatically, based on the information available to the Pension Fund of Ukraine, provided that there have been no changes in their property status or family composition. If such changes have occurred, the recipients of the subsidy must provide information about them to the Pension Fund of Ukraine within 30 days.

However, there is a certain category of people who must apply for a subsidy for the non-heating season.

Who needs to apply and declaration?

A housing subsidy is granted for the next term upon personal application if:

• the household includes internally displaced persons;

• household members rent residential premises for living and pay for housing and communal services;

• the number of actually residing registered persons in the household is less than the number of registered persons;

• the household is applying for a housing subsidy for the purchase of liquefied gas, solid and liquid household stove fuel.