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ESR

2.2.5.3. The excessive level of discretion in the exercise of powers by the Antimonopoly Committee has been eliminated, in particular when it comes to determining:
the commencement of examination of a case involving a violation of the requirements of legislation on the protection of economic competition, the estimated timeframe for consideration of such a case and, if necessary, the possibility of extending this timeframe with appropriate justification;
the timeframe for verifying information about illegally obtained government aid;
ways to improve the mechanism for appointing and replacing state commissioners responsible for examining cases involving violations of the legislation on protection of economic competition, taking into account their professional qualities, experience, impartiality, independence, legality and validity of their decisions;
ways to improve approaches to determining the amount of the fine and the procedure for calculating the fine imposed for violations of the legislation on protection of economic competition

Problem solving:

2.2.5. Insufficient information about the activities of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and the fact that it is vested with a number of discretionary powers complicate public control over its activities and cause a high level of corruption risks. There is no effective program to mitigate the liability of cartel members who have reported the cartel and provided evidence.

Deadlines for all measures within ESR

01.01.2025 - 30.09.2025

Implementation of SACP measures within ESR

Total number of measures – 1
1
Not started

Implementation of SACP measures within the scope of the Problem by main main performers

National Agency on Corruption Prevention

0%
1

Summarized general information on Measures

Name of the measure The main implementer Co-implementors Performance indicator Monitoring results (latest) Статус
1 2.2.5.3.1 Drafting and submitting to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine a draft law proposing to eliminate the excessive level of discretion in the exercise of the powers of the Antimonopoly Committee, particularly by:
1) establishing the maximum time frame for examining a case involving violations of the legislation on the protection of economic competition for each kind of violations;
2) establishing an exhaustive list of grounds and the procedure for extending the time frame for examining a case involving violations of the legislation on the protection of economic competition, as well as the maximum amount of time by which the time frame for examination of this case can be extended;
3) establishing a transparent and nondiscriminatory procedure for limiting the time frame during which the parties to the case can review the case files, as well as the procedure for determining the relevant time frame;
4) providing for the possibility of (and defining the conditions for) suspension of case proceedings for the duration of examination of violations listed in Clauses 13-15 of Article 50 of the Law of Ukraine On the Protection of Economic Competition, which commenced as part of the examination of the relevant case, as well as for the duration of examination of other cases (involving obstructions created during inspections, failure to appear when summoned by agencies of the Committee to offer explanations);
5) obligating the Antimonopoly Committee—where the Committee has looked into a complaint about unlawful government aid or misuse of government aid and has decided against initiating a case involving government aid—to provide the complainant with exhaustive and substantiated information about the grounds and motives for this decision;
6) establishing the procedure for designating and replacing state commissioners responsible for examining cases involving violations of legislation on the protection of economic competition or cases involving government aid;
7) providing for the right of the parties to the case to motion for disqualification of state commissioners responsible for investigating the cases, and establishing the list of conditions to be met in order for such motions for disqualification to be granted;
8) setting forth the principles of determining the amounts of fines within the limits established by legislation on the protection of economic competition;
9) stipulating that the procedure for determining the amount of fines shall be determined via a bylaw normative legal act and shall provide for the determination of the base fine amount for each respondent as well as subsequent adjustment of the base fine amount bearing in mind the severity, duration, and scale of the violation, and any aggravating or mitigating circumstances.
National Agency on Corruption Prevention Антимонопольний комітет України The draft law has been submitted to the Parliament of Ukraine. Not started

Indicators of achievement of ESR

Total number of indicators – 2

Indicators fully achieved – 0

Partially achieved indicators – 0

Indicators with a score of 0% – 2

Summarized general information about Achievement Indicators

Indicators Weight (%)
1 набрав чинності закон, яким усунуто надмірний рівень дискреції у реалізації повноважень Антимонопольного комітету, зокрема:
а) встановлено граничні строки розгляду справи про порушення вимог законодавства про захист економічної конкуренції для кожного з видів порушень (10 відсотків);
б) установлено вичерпний перелік підстав та порядок продовження строку розгляду справи про порушення вимог законодавства про захист економічної конкуренції, а також граничний строк, на який може бути продовжено розгляд такої справи
(10 відсотків);
в) установлено прозорий та недискримінаційний порядок обмеження строків ознайомлення сторонами у справі з матеріалами справи, а також порядок визначення таких строків (10 відсотків);
г) установлено можливість і визначено умови для зупинення провадження у справі на період розгляду порушень, передбачених пунктами
13—15 статті 50 Закону України “Про захист економічної конкуренції”, розпочатих в рамках розгляду відповідної справи, а також на період розгляду інших справ (щодо створення перешкод під час проведення перевірок, неявки на виклик органів Комітету для надання пояснень) (10 відсотків);
д) установлено порядок визначення та заміни державних уповноважених, відповідальних за розгляд справ про порушення вимог законодавства про захист економічної конкуренції, справ про державну допомогу (10 відсотків);
е) установлено право осіб, які беруть участь у справі, заявляти відводи державним уповноваженим, відповідальним за розслідування справ, та визначено перелік умов для задоволення таких відводів (10 відсотків);
ж) установлено, що порядок визначення розміру штрафів визначається на рівні підзаконного нормативно-правового акта (10 відсотків)
70%
2 the results of the expert survey have demonstrated that:
a) more than 75 percent of experts on the regulation of the economy and business evaluate the quality of legal regulation implemented pursuant to subclause 1 of clause 2.2.5.3 as high or very high (30 percent);
b) more than 50 percent of experts on the regulation of the economy and business evaluate the quality of legal regulation implemented pursuant to subclause 1 of clause 2.2.5.3 as high or very high (20 percent);
c) more than 25 percent of experts on the regulation of the economy and business evaluate the quality of legal regulation implemented pursuant to subclause 1 of clause 2.2.5.3 as high or very high (10 percent).
30%

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