President signs Law on Civil Service

President Viktor Yanukovych has signed the Bill 4050-VI “On the Civil Service" into Law, according to the presidential press office.

The law aims to establish a modern legal framework for developing a professional and efficient civil service in Ukraine, improving the quality of services provided by civil servants, raising the level of civil servants’ and civil office candidates’ professionalism and responsibility, fighting corruption, etc..

The Law comes into force on January 1, 2013.