On October 31, an international conference "Self-government of Private Entrepreneurs of Ukraine: International Experience for Assistance to the Ukrainian System" was held. The event was organized by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine together with the USAID New Justice Program, the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine, the EU Project "Support to Justice Reform in Ukraine", the Center for Commercial Law, the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation and the International Organization for Law and Development. "
Ukrainian private executives got acquainted with the peculiarities of the self-government of the bailiffs of Lithuania, Moldova, Germany, Georgia and France. The participants also learned about the activities and conditions for joining the International Union of Bailiffs, which Matie Chardon, the Secretary General of this organization, told.
During the first panel discussion, the participants of the event discussed the draft Charter of the Association of Private Performers, developed by experts of the EU Project "Support to Justice Reforms in Ukraine" jointly with the Center for Commercial Law. The second panel discussion of the conference, moderated by the director of the Center Valentyn Danishevsk, was devoted to discussion of the draft Code of Ethics and issues to be resolved by the First Congress of Private Entrepreneurs.
The hardest discussions were about the prohibition of advertising and the powers that a private player would have. Also, private executives actively discussed issues related to the performance by the officials of the Association of their duties on a fee or free basis, the combination of positions in the bodies of the Association, the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission, as well as the formation of the Association's estimates and the size of membership fees.
The Center for Commercial Law hosted all draft documents to be adopted by the I Congress of Private Entrepreneurs of Ukraine on its website ( http://www.commerciallaw.com.ua ) under the heading "To the attention of the delegates of the First Congress of Private Entrepreneurs of Ukraine ».
(translated using google translate)