29 April 2024 Association "Ukrkondprom" signed a Memorandum of Cooperation and Partnership with the Association of Polish Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturers "POLBISCO". During the signing of the Memorandum, the presidents of the associations: Oleksandr Baldyniuk and Marek Przezhdziaka discussed the urgent problems of the development of the confectionery and chocolate industry in Ukraine and Poland, partnership relations in matters of bilateral trade, unimpeded access to the markets of the two countries, organization of joint events, aimed at supporting Ukrainian and Polish manufacturers of confectionery and chocolate, etc. The issue of the Polish-Ukrainian crisis was also raised, associations spoke in favor of unblocking the borders, because such a situation complicates the circulation of goods, harms the economy and affects the processing industry more, consumers therefore suffer from this, that access to goods worsens.
Ukraine and Poland are trade and strategic partners, therefore, the restoration of the borders will renew the partnership between the two countries.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to Mr. Stefanchuk R.O.
Heads of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Law Enforcement Activities to Mr. Ionushas S.K.
Heads of the Committee on Finance of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, tax and customs policy Mr. Getmantsev D.O.
To the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on finance, tax and customs policy Mr. Zheleznyak Ya.I.
People's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Heads of TSC on the protection of investors' rights Ms. Yanchenko G.I.
Prosecutor General to Mr. Kostin A.E.
It is being processed in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
draft Law of Ukraine No. 10440 dated 29.01.2024 "On making changes to
Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and other legislative acts regarding
improving the work of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine".
Among the predictions of adoption and implementation
of this project, the improvement of the legal basis of the BEB activity was announced,
ensuring guarantees of compliance with the rights of legal entities during the execution of decisions
investigating judge, court on temporary access to things and documents and on search
other ownership of the subject of entrepreneurial activity, etc.
Specialists of business associations, without being
indifferent, and while waiting for real changes to be made to
current legislation, which will guarantee business protection from pressure
law enforcement officers and illegal interference in economic activity – in detail
analyzed this draft law and prepared a number of proposals, which are required
to take into account when finalizing it.
Given the difficult situation, when trust
business to law enforcement agencies needs to be restored – it is extremely important to make
changes to the CCP of Ukraine, which will contribute to the restoration of business confidence in
law enforcement agencies. Moreover, this step will be effective along with
by restarting the Bureau of Economic Security (draft law No. 10439 of
Business is being prepared for the second reading).
Changes are desperately needed, worked up
specialists of leading business associations, which are important to implement and implement
soon:
Predict, that of criminal
offenses, under investigation by the National Police and BEB, cannot be provided
assignment by the operational officer of the SBU.
Any actions or omissions, and
decision of the investigator, inquirer, prosecutor, accepted for any procedural action
can be appealed to the investigating judge.
Predict, that the prosecutor has after receiving
court decision, according to which it is necessary to return the temporarily withdrawn
property, duty appears during 24 hours to give an instruction to the investigator regarding
immediate return of such property and 72 hours to return such property,
the body that removed it.
Enter the term of validity of the decision of the investigating judge on
seizure of property. With a float 60 days, if the seizure is imposed on the property of a third party
(natural or legal person), at the same time, if such a person, the founder or
the employee of such a legal entity did not acquire the status of a suspect, the court must
cancel the arrest at the request of such a person, if the prosecutor does not prove the necessity
further seizure of such property.
Introduce the concept of critical property
(means of labor, which is a component of economic activity) and set exceptions
grounds for its removal
Predict, that failure to notify the owner
of property on the consideration of a request for seizure of property is an obstacle in the consideration of such
request.
Give the investigator the right to cancel as well
to arrest – by closing criminal proceedings, in agreement with
the prosecutor.
Install, that the maximum amount of the deposit
cannot exceed the minimum amount of incriminated damages, confirmed
expert opinion, also remove exceptional cases for assignment
pledge, which exceeds the dimensions established by the code.
To place the duty on investigative judges
checking compliance by the pre-trial investigation body with the requirements of the investigation, at
consideration of submitted petitions.
Predict, that violation of jurisdiction
criminal proceedings, illegal change of criminal liability
proceedings – can be appealed to a higher-level prosecutor, and the refusal of
the satisfaction of such a complaint may be appealed to the court.
Predict, that the person in whom it was held
search – must get the right to get acquainted with the materials that the prosecutor, investigator
substantiated the arguments of the petition. The right of cancellation is supposed to be granted
search warrants. The evidence received on the annulled decision will not be considered
evidence.
Prohibit seizure of things and documents,
which are not specified in the decision of the investigating judge.
Establish specific terms of pre-trial detention
investigation and the procedure for their continuation in actual criminal proceedings,
excluding crimes, assigned to the jurisdiction of NABU and DBR (for them
the current version of the CCP remains). It is also proposed to settle issues regarding
terms in criminal proceedings that fell on martial law (30 months
for investigation + they have all the terms they have left before military service
can be used by addition 30 months) with the right to continue such
terms of investigative judges.
Enter an injunction against the prosecution
to carry out examinations in bodies subordinate to such a party, in order to prevent
monopoly on conducting examinations and its abuse. Such a monopoly leads
before, that a law enforcement agency (for example, SBU, National Police) violates
criminal proceedings in their own NDEKTS of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or ISTE of the SBU appoint and
conducts examinations to confirm its position as a party to the prosecution.
This monopoly leads to bias in the implementation of criminal
proceedings.
Predict, that the investigating judge, court – they can
issue a separate resolution, якою визнати порушення строків повернення вилученого
майна та направити її до дисциплінарного органу, or to resolve the issue of
registration of criminal proceedings with the relevant authorities.
We emphasize, without making changes, what
will make the BEB the only body for investigating economic and other crimes
fundamental changes in the Communist Party of Ukraine, specified in the application – not possible
solve the problem of pressure on business.
We call on people's deputies to hold
discussion of proposals developed by the business and to finalize project No. 10440 to
first reading, включивши у нього запропоновані представниками бізнесу норми.
Sincerely,
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Ukrkondprom as a member of the Ukrainian Council
Business became a signatory of the appeal, in which the people are called upon
deputies to consider business proposals, including, of:
Prescribing the procedure for re-certification of all personnel, which
would contain key fuses, in particular, regarding the impossibility of renewal by the courts
employees, who did not pass such re-certification;
Strengthening the analytical function of the Bureau by
provision of free access for BEB to existing state information systems;
Establishing performance criteria for the updated Bureau
economic security and their constant control;
Granting the right to the personnel commission during
re-certification of personnel should be guided by reasonable doubt, which is based on
facts, documents, etc – during the integrity check of the candidate.
Disregard
of the above-mentioned proposals regarding the mechanism of re-certification of current employees and
strengthening the analytical function of the law enforcement body – carries a significant risk
saving personnel, that do not comply with the principles of integrity and repeatability
unsuccessful launch of the Bureau of Economic Security.
World prices for cocoa beans exceeded the mark 10 thousands of dollars per ton, setting another record. The market was shaken by a poor harvest from key West African producers, which led not only to an increase in the price, but also to a noticeable shortage of cocoa beans.Focus researched, what is happening and how the situation on the cocoa bean market will affect the cost of Ukrainian confectionery.
Reasons for shortage: production cuts and weather conditions
In the last week of March, the most active cocoa futures jumped to 4,5% before $10080 per ton in New York. And although later they decreased to $9 622, fordata Bloomberg, cocoa futures in London and New York have more than doubled this year. Experts explain, that this followed news of funding problems in Ghana, which is the second largest producer of cocoa beans in the world.The thing is, that the Ghana Cocoa Board relies on foreign funding, to pay farmers, who grow cocoa. But the country could soon lose access to a key financial mechanism due to a crop crisis.
President of the Association “Ukrkondprom” Oleksandr Baldyniuk draws attention, that price increases are unlikely to be temporary, because this is a big systemic problem. “For a long time, low prices were kept for cocoa beans, therefore, the field did not attract the attention of investors, - noted the expert in the comment Focus. —Cultivation of cocoa beans, which is localized in three African countries (Cote dʼIvoire, Ghana and Nigeria), has been declining over the years: the trees grew old, the area was not increased, harvests were decreasing. Lately, weather conditions have been imposed on it, which were unfavorable for cultivation and harvesting, and the world faced a shortage of cocoa beans. Prices do not stop yet: if over the past year they have increased by 50%, then for the first three months 2024 year - almost twice. For comparison: in September 2022, cocoa beans could be bought for 2,5 th. dollars per ton, in December last year — by 4 th. dollars per ton, and now the cost has exceeded 9 th. dollars”.
