Minutes № 4/2019 of the meeting of the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

November 05, 2019

m. Kyiv, str. Akademika Bogomolets, 10

Total members of the Public Council: 20 persons. Members of the Public Council
present: 13 persons. Invited — 14 persons:
from the Ministry of Internal Affairs —
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Gerashchenko A. Yu., Bulaiev V. P., Botnarenko O. M., Zheleznyi A. P., Sizonenko A. S., Lukashevich S. M., Yaremenko S. P.;
from the GSC of the Ministry of Internal Affairs — Smolyaninov Yu. S.;
from NAVS — Varyvoda V. I., Protsyuk O. V.;
from NPU — Kotula R. M.;
from the public — Grunskis R. P., Wojciechovskyj M. Yu., Maksymenko V. B. Start
time of the meeting: 14:00.

PERFORMED:

Skrynskyi O. V., Secretary of the Public Council, with information about the existence of the quorum and the proposal to open the meeting.

Martynenko V. O., Chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, opened the meeting, put to the vote the agenda of the meeting:

1. Discussion of the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Road Traffic”.

2. Discussion of the draft Laws of Ukraine “On Weapons” (№ 1222) and “On the circulation of weapons” (№ 1222-1).

3. Regarding cooperation with the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

4. About the work of the State Research Expert and Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

5. On conducting a public discussion of regulatory and legal acts.

6. Discussion of the preliminary results of the round tables “Determination of corruption risks in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, ways to prevent and combat corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs” (Dnipro, Severodonetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odessa, Mariupol, Kharkiv).

7. Miscellaneous.

VOTED:

“For” — 13.

“Against” — 0.

“Abstained” — 0.

DECIDED:

To approve the agenda of the meeting of the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine:

1. Discussion of the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Road Traffic”.

2. Discussion of the draft Laws of Ukraine “On Weapons” (№ 1222) and “On the circulation of weapons” (№ 1222-1).

3. Regarding cooperation with the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

4. About the work of the State Research Expert and Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

5. On conducting a public discussion of regulatory and legal acts.

7. Miscellaneous.

Before the start of consideration of the issues of the agenda, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Gerashchenko A. YU. He stressed that one of his tasks, as deputy head of the department, is to ensure interaction with the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in particular, to promote the realization by citizens of the constitutional right to participate in the management of public affairs, to implement within the framework of the legislation public control over the activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to promote the consideration of public opinion by the Ministry of Internal Affairs during formation and implementation of state policy. Gerashchenko A. Y. assured that the Ministry is ready to maintain bilateral communication with the Public Council and its initiatives, in particular and first of all, so that the public is aware of all areas of the ministry's activities and that cooperation will be regular. The Deputy Minister noted the importance of the issues included in the agenda of the Public Council meeting.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA: “DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT LAW OF UKRAINE “ON AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW OF UKRAINE “ON ROAD TRAFFIC”

LISTENED TO:

Smolyaninova Yu. S., Deputy Head of the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who briefed those present with the draft amendments prepared by the Ministry to the Law of Ukraine “On Road Traffic” and provided information on the activities of the GSC of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and on the need to conduct public monitoring of the activities of service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the new model.

PERFORMED:

Martynenko V. O., Nazarenko O. Yu., Yerzhov O. V., Kukharchuk I. AND.

Put to the vote:

1. To start and hold a public discussion of the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Road Traffic” until 20.11.2019.

2. To provide civil society institutions until 18.11.2019 information about the delegated representatives of the IGC to participate in the working group on monitoring the activities of the service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the new model.

3. Recommend to the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the period from 25.11.2019 to 02.12.2019 to hold a training seminar-meeting with representatives of the IGC delegated to participate in public monitoring.

VOTED:

“For” — 13.

“Against” — 0.

“Abstained” — 0.

DECIDED:

1. To start and hold a public discussion of the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Road Traffic” until 20.11.2019.

THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA: “DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT LAWS OF UKRAINE “ON WEAPONS” (№ 1222) AND “ON THE CIRCULATION OF WEAPONS” (№ 1222-1)”

LISTENED TO:

Martynenka V. O., who provided information about the work of the working group of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which includes 27 representatives, including the Chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Quantitative expansion of the composition of the working group is not envisaged. But for comprehensive discussion and submission of proposals, the draft Laws of Ukraine “On Weapons” (No. 1222) and “On Arms Circulation” (No. 1222-1)” were submitted for discussion by the Public Council.

PERFORMED:

Yerzhov O. V., Nazarenko O. Yu., Pogrebnyak. O. A. — members of the Public Council; Professor Varyvoda V. I., Professor Protsyuk O. B — representatives of the National Academy of Internal Affairs; Zheleznyi A. P., Head of the Department of Digitalization of the Department of Informatization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; Kotula R. M., Chief Inspector of the Arms Control Department of the NPU; Grunskis R. P., representative of the NGO “Shooting and Sports Club “Ibis”, Wojciechovsky M. Yu., representative of the NGO “Soul Hunter”, Maksymenko V. V, representative of LLC “Firm “Phoenix”.

Put to the vote:

1. To take as a basis for discussion the draft Law of Ukraine “On the circulation of weapons” (No. 1222-1).

2. To create an open working group for the preparation of proposals and amendments to the draft Law of Ukraine No. 1222-1 consisting of: Yerzhov O. V., Kukharchuk I. I., Martynenko V. O., Pogrebnyak O. A., Semydidko A. A., Grunskis R. P., Varyvoda V. I., Wojciechovskyj M. Yu., Zheleznyi A. P., Kotula R. M., Maksymenko V. V., Protsyuk O. IN.

3. The working group will prepare proposals for amendments to the draft Law and submit proposals and justifications to the working group of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

VOTED:

“For” — 13.

“Against” — 0.

“Abstained” — 0.

DECIDED:

1. To take as a basis for discussion the draft Law of Ukraine “On the circulation of weapons” (No. 1222-1).

3. The working group will prepare proposals for amendments to the draft Law and submit proposals and justifications to the working group of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

THE THIRD ISSUE OF THE AGENDA: “ON COOPERATION WITH THE MAIN SERVICE CENTER OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE”

LISTENED TO:

Martynenka V. O., who proposed to withdraw this item from consideration in connection with its discussion during the consideration of the first agenda item.

VOTED:

“For” — 13.

“Against” — 0.

“Abstained” — 0.

DECIDED:

Remove from consideration item 3 of the Agenda “On cooperation with the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine”.

THE FOURTH ISSUE OF THE AGENDA: “ON THE WORK OF THE STATE RESEARCH EXPERT AND FORENSIC CENTER OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE”

LISTENED TO:

Martynenka V.O. on issues of work of the DNDEKC of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Put to the vote:

1. To conduct a public examination of the activities of the State Research Expert and Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

2. Recommend the DNDECC of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine to revise and adjust tariffs for services and submit them for public discussion.

VOTED:

“For” — 13.

“Against” — 0.

“Abstained” — 0.

DECIDED:

1. To conduct a public examination of the activities of the State Research Expert and Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

2. Recommend the DNDECC of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine to revise and adjust tariffs for services and submit them for public discussion.

FIFTH ISSUE OF THE AGENDA: “ON CONDUCTING A PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF NORMATIVE LEGAL ACTS”

LISTENED TO:

Bulaieva V. P., Deputy Director of the Department of Communication of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on holding a public discussion of regulatory legal acts prepared by the departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

PERFORMED:

Martynenko V. O., Skrynskyi O. IN.

Voted:

1. Withdraw from discussion the draft order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of 01.10.209 No. 813 “On Amendments to the Activity Plan of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the preparation of draft regulatory acts for 2019” due to the loss of the deadlines for consideration.

2. To draw the attention of the Department of Communications to the need for timely submission to the Public Council of draft regulatory legal acts.

3. Recommend to the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to timely prepare and submit for public discussion the draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “Improving the mechanism of conducting trade activities in the field of wholesale and retail trade of vehicles and their component parts having identification numbers, ensuring inclusion in electronic a register of complete and reliable information on vehicles that have arrived at the business entities for their further sale”.

VOTED:

“For” — 13.

“Against” — 0.

“Abstained” — 0.

DECIDED:

2. To draw the attention of the Department of Communications to the need for timely submission to the Public Council of draft regulatory legal acts.

THE SIXTH ISSUE OF THE AGENDA: “DISCUSSION OF THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE ROUND TABLES “DETERMINATION OF CORRUPTION RISKS IN THE SYSTEM OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, WAYS OF PREVENTING AND COUNTERING CORRUPTION IN THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS” (DNIPRO, SEVERODONETSK, IVANO-FRANKIVSK, ODESSA, MARIUPOL, KHARKOV)”.

LISTENED TO:

Yaremenka S. P., Head of the Corruption Prevention Department of the Department of Corruption Prevention and Lustration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who provided information on the holding of round tables “Determination of corruption risks in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, ways of preventing and combating corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs” and using their results for the development of the Anti-Corruption Program of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for 2020-2022 years.

Voted:

Return to the consideration of this issue, within the framework of the preparation for the IV International Scientific and Practical Conference “Implementation of State Anti-Corruption Policy in the International Dimension”, after holding a communication event on anti-corruption topics in the form of a round table 08.11.2019 on the basis of Lviv State University of Internal Affairs.

VOTED:

“For” — 13.

“Against” — 0.

“Abstained” — 0.

DECIDED:

SEVENTH ISSUE OF THE AGENDA: “DIFFERENT”

Proposals for consideration at this point of the agenda were not received.

Chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine	V. O. Martynenko

Secretary	O. IN. Skrynskyi