June 10 the Verkhovna Rada adopted on second reading and as a whole the government bill on consumer protection (№ 6134).
According to the website of the parliament, 263 people’s deputies voted in favor of the bill, while the minimum required number of 226 votes, but the transcript of the meeting is still missing.
As noted by the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk in Telegram, the bill was developed in order to bring national legislation on consumer protection closer to EU legislation and harmonize the consumer protection system in Ukraine with EU principles, approaches and practices.
According to him, the document will, in particular, make it possible to achieve compatibility between the systems of consumer protection in Ukraine and the EU; increase the level of consumer protection in e-commerce; create a level playing field for e-commerce entities and fair competition and reduce the burden on businesses by eliminating obsolete regulations.
The bill was introduced in the Rada back in October 2021, passed on first reading in October 2022, and then further revised several times, including after the comments of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.
As the committee pointed out after reconsideration of the comments, 125 out of 324 proposals have been fully considered, and 6 were partially considered.
Among the innovations of the law, in particular, the portal e-buyer – a single state web portal for consumers in the field of e-commerce. This is an electronic information and communication system that collects, accumulates, processes, protects, records and provides consumers with information about e-commerce entities, as well as communication of e-commerce entities, consumers and the state regulator.
