When importing medicines in foreign packaging that were manufactured for the markets of other countries, the distribution of these imported medicines is carried out in accordance with general rules.
As the Ukrainian Agency for Medicines notes, the possibility of importing medicines in foreign packaging is permitted for the entire duration of martial law and for 6 months following its termination. This provision is intended to ensure the supply of medicines to all healthcare facilities, including hospitals and pharmacies.
“The law does not require any additional notifications or special confirmations that a batch is being imported for a specific healthcare facility; the distribution of such medicines is carried out in accordance with general regulations,” the Ukrainian State Agency for Medicines clarifies.
At the same time, the agency notes that a drug in foreign packaging must be completely identical to the one registered in Ukraine—that is, it must match 100% in terms of the qualitative and quantitative composition of active and excipients, packaging, and must have the same approved manufacturing sites, specifications, quality control methods, and expiration dates, among other things.
However, differences in the labeling and design of the packaging itself are permitted.
Each package must be accompanied by a package insert approved in Ukraine.
“The responsibility to provide this accompanying documentation rests with the importer,” emphasizes the Ukrainian Agency for Medicines.
IMPORT, MARTIAL LAW, MEDICINES, PHARMACEUTICALS, Ukrainian Agency for Medicines
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has updated the procedure for crossing the state border: men aged 18 to 22 will be able to cross the border without hindrance during martial law, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.
“This applies to all citizens of the relevant age,” she wrote on Telegram.
According to the head of government, this decision also applies to citizens who, for various reasons, find themselves abroad. We want Ukrainians to maintain their ties with Ukraine as much as possible. The changes will take effect the day after the resolution is officially published.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the period of martial law has exempted from VAT operations on the supply of components for vehicles (including special and specialized), as well as fuel and lubricants for security and defense forces, said the Cabinet’s representative in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk following a government meeting on Thursday.
The government’s decision is enshrined through amendments to the government resolution from March 2, 2022 N178 “Some issues of imposition of value added tax at a zero rate during martial law”.
“It is established that until the termination or abolition of martial law, operations on the supply of goods (spare parts, batteries, car tires, coolants, components, additional equipment, etc.) for vehicles (including special, specialized vehicles), as well as fuel and lubricants … are subject to value added tax at a zero rate,” Melnychuk wrote in Telegram.
The Verkhovna Rada has approved the decree of President Volodymyr Zelensky on prolonging the term of martial law.
People’s deputies supported the corresponding bill No. 9532 by a total of 347 votes at the plenary session on Thursday, member of the Golos faction Yaroslav Zheleznyak said in his Telegram channel.
The term of martial law in Ukraine continued for 90 days from 05.30 am on August 18, 2023.
As reported, the Verkhovna Rada on May 2 approved the presidential decree extending the term of martial law until August 18.
The Verkhovna Rada has extended the period of martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for another 90 days.
The adoption of bills No. 9259 and No. 9260 on the approval of the relevant presidential decrees was supported by 324 and 333 deputies at the plenary session on Tuesday, said Yaroslav Zhelezniak, a member of the Holos parliamentary faction.
“The period of martial law and mobilization in Ukraine lasts from 05:30 on May 20, 2023 for a period of 90 days, that is, until August 18, 2023. This was the seventh parliamentary vote for martial law since the beginning of the war,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
The adoption of draft laws No. 9259 and No. 9260 provides for the approval of presidential decrees No. 254/2023 and No. 255/2023 of May 1, according to which the terms of martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine are extended from May 20 for 90 days.
The Cabinet of Ministers allowed for the period of martial law and within a year after it to build individual houses and farm buildings without obtaining a construction passport for the development of a land plot, Taras Melnychuk, a representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada, said on his Telegram channel.
According to him, the condition is valid for individual, garden, country housing no higher than two floors and an area of up to 500 square meters.
The construction of such houses shall be carried out in accordance with urban planning documentation at the local level, and in its absence – in accordance with the intended purpose of the land.
BUILDING INDIVIDUAL HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION PASSPORT, MARTIAL LAW
