President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed the law on fair lobbying. This is evidenced by the data in the card of draft law 10337 on the website of the Verkhovna Rada. On 23 February this year, the Parliament passed the bill as a whole.
The draft law contains:
- terminology in the field of lobbying
- rights and obligations of lobbying entities
- methods of influence
- rules of ethical behaviour of lobbying entities
- establishment of the Transparency Register, which is kept and administered by the NACP
- procedure for registration in the Transparency Register and exceptions to it
- access to the Transparency Register (open and free of charge)
- reporting of the lobbying entity to be entered in the Transparency Register
- mechanisms for controlling the activities of lobbying entities by monitoring compliance with lobbying legislation.
The introduction of fair lobbying is part of the EU's requirements in the fight against oligarchy.