President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has signed Bill No. 11533, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the second reading and as a whole on 21 August, into effect. This is the Law “Law on Amendments to the Civil Code of Ukraine and Certain Other Laws of Ukraine Regarding the Provision of Information from Public Digital Registers, Managed by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, and Certain Other Public Digital Registers” proposed on 29 August 2024, reports Holos Ukrainy.
The bill restricts access to the data in several public digital registers. Namely, to those related to “ensuring national security and defense”, as well as to data on the locations and cadastral numbers of real estate owned by all legal entities.
According to the adopted amendments:
- companies will be allowed to only list the oblast in public registers instead of their full address;
- the cadastral numbers of land plots will no longer be open access;
- some legal entities will be allowed to list any contact address, not necessarily the de-facto address of their HQ;
- access to information on intellectual property will be restricted.
In August 2025, civil society organizations called on the President of Ukraine to veto this bill.
On 21 August, the Verkhovna Rada unanimously (with 231 votes) adopted Bill No. 11533, restricting access to some of the open data in state registers for the duration of martial law and a year after it is lifted. The journalist community and anti-corruption organizations warn that the restriction on information outlined in the bill are too wide and will interfere with exposing corruption.