Draft Law of Ukraine

"On Amendment of Article 6 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising"

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has already registered alternative draft laws N 4184 , N 4184-1, N 4184-2 introduced respectively by People's Deputies Yu.Artemenko, V.Yavorivskiy and L.Hrach.

The draft suggests determining that advertising on the territory of the Crimean Autonomous Republic may be distributed in Russian and Crimean-Tatar languages.

The draft, if approved, will permit bringing the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" to conformity with the Constitution of Ukraine, according to which Ukraine guarantees free development, use and protection of Russian and other languages of national minorities in Ukraine.

Apart from that, according to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Ukraine should contribute to use of regional or minority languages in oral and written form, in state and private life and/or encourage such use.