As it is noted, there are at least two major categories of inspections in Ukraine.
The first category to which there is a moratorium during quarantine is the so-called "state supervision (control) in the sphere of economic activity". It is identified by areas of control, not by authorities. That is, in the same State Food and Consumer Service there are about 15 areas of control, and some of them are subject to a moratorium (for example, plant protection), others - no (for example, a separate state regulation of prices). The moratorium includes inspections of fire safety, labor protection, environmental inspections, etc. (more than 80 areas). All this type of control is regulated by the Law of Ukraine №877 of 05.04.2007 "On the basic principles of state supervision (control) in the sphere of economic activity".
Thus, this same law establishes all the basic rules for conducting inspections, and it is for this type of control that the integrated automated system of state supervision (control) applies - the so-called "Inspection portal". It publishes plans, results, and reports on the implementation of plans for such inspections.
The second category is inspections carried out in areas that do not fall under this law (Article 2 of Law 877):
- currency control;
- tax control;
- customs control;
- state export control (except for some issues of space activities);
- control over compliance with budget legislation;
- banking supervision;
- state control over compliance with the legislation on protection of economic competition;
- state supervision (control) in the field of television and radio broadcasting;
- state supervision (control) over the observance by business entities operating in the fields of energy and utilities;
- legislation in the fields of energy and utilities;
- state market supervision and control of non-food products.
The Ministry of Economy paid special attention to state market supervision and control of non-food products. Control in this area is carried out by 7 bodies according to the list of products subject to control. Among these bodies are the State Labor Service, the State Emergency Service, and the State Food and Consumer Service. All of them, on the one hand, are under a moratorium for most of their areas of control, but can carry out any inspections in terms of market surveillance.
At the same time, Laws 530-IX and 533-IX prohibit scheduled inspections for the first category and tax inspections with some exceptions during quarantine.
In addition, the Ministry of Economy has identified three important conclusions about the inspections:
- checks during quarantine are possible;
- inspections of the second category do not fall under the moratorium (except for tax, prohibited separately);
- checks of the second category are not displayed on Inspection portal.