President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has adopted the law on amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine regarding the implementation of EU recommendations on specifying the jurisdiction of pre-trial investigation authorities.
The law was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on Nov. 10.
It is part of the so-called ‘visa-free package’ laws which need to be passed for the introduction of a visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU.
The law is aimed at implementing EU recommendations related to preventing and fighting crime by clearly demarking jurisdiction over criminal offenses between pre-trial investigation authorities and limiting the powers of the Security Service of Ukraine over pre-trial investigations into criminal offenses related to national security and defense and terrorism.
