President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed the Law "On Amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine and the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine on Criminalisation of Smuggling of Goods and Excisable Goods, as well as False Declaration of Goods".
This information is contained in the draft law card on parliament's website.
The law amends Articles 201 (Smuggling of Cultural Property and Weapons) and 201(1) (Smuggling of Timber and Valuable Tree Species) of the Criminal Code.
At the same time, the CCU is supplemented by Articles 201(3) (Smuggling of Goods) and 201(4) (Smuggling of Excisable Goods), which establish criminal liability for smuggling of goods and excisable goods.
The document also defines the thresholds for criminal liability. In particular, under Article 201(3) ("Smuggling of goods") - committed in a significant amount if the total value of the smuggled goods exceeds UAH 6,710,000 or more, in a large amount - UAH 26,840,000 or more; under Article 201(4) ("Smuggling of excisable goods") - committed in a significant amount if the total value of the smuggled goods (except for electricity) exceeds UAH 1,006,500 or more, in a large amount - UAH 2,013,000 or more.
The law also amends Article 216 of the Criminal Procedure Code to deprive investigators of security agencies of the right to conduct pre-trial investigations in criminal proceedings under Article 201(1) of the CCU, and to empower detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security to conduct pre-trial investigations in criminal proceedings under Articles 201(1), 201(3), 201(4) of the CCU.
The pre-trial investigation of crimes under Article 201(1) of the CCU, which were registered in the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations before the entry into force of this law, continues to be carried out by investigators of security agencies.