I did not mention in last email one important thing, version signed by Chairman of Verkhovna Rada have timeframe that was missed in the initial version (as it wasn't clear when that document accepted as a law). So, translation to English: Article 8. Final Provisions This Law comes into force on January 1, 2025, except for part two of this Article, which comes into force on the date of publication of this Law. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine shall ensure the implementation of legal acts deriving from this Law, simultaneously with its entry into force. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine shall inform the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine about the status of the implementation of this Law in 2025. Original Ukrainian text is here https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/pubFile/2496084. So, we have Jan 1, 2025 as the cut-off date. But still, we should wait for the final signature by the President, as the President has the right to veto. I will keep you posted On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 12:43 PM Yuriy Novostavskiy <yuriy@novostavskiy.kiev.ua> wrote:
Hi Tim and all,
Just to clarify, I mentioned earlier that to become law document should be signed by the Chairman of Parlament (Verkhovna Rada) and then by the President.
You are right, with the latest updates (update by 21.08.2024) is that the document was routed to the Chairman for signature and the signed document was returned, current status is "routed to the President for signature".
The full text of the final version (document signed by the Chairman of Verkhovna Rada) is here: https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/pubFile/2496084, link mentioned by Tim is to the version from 2020 (but the actual changes are cosmetic, like "draft of the bill" changed to "bill").
Document [2] was rejected (updated from the same day, 21.08.2024).
BR/Yurii
On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 2:53 AM Tim Parenti <tim@timtimeonline.com> wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 at 15:21, Paul Eggert via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote:
[1]: https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/Card/4294 [2]: https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/Card/44572
These pages on the Verkhovna Rada's website both have status updates dated Wednesday 21 August 2024:
The main draft law [1], which abolishes seasonal time changes in Article 5, §2, was submitted to the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada for signature, was returned signed, and has been sent to the President for signature. Per Article 10, §1, once signed, "the law enters into force three months after its official promulgation." Full PDF text (in Ukrainian) is linked from the page and available from https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/pubFile/319990
The page for the counterproposal [2] to keep the status quo of seasonal time changes now says that "the draft was not accepted".
-- Tim Parenti