The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on European Integration has considered the draft law on interception of telecommunications. \nAccording to the Information Department of the Parliament's Apparatus, the need to develop this draft law stems from the fact that today there are no laws that would define the procedure for regulating legal relations in the field of interception of telecommunications. \nDuring the discussion, it was emphasized that for such interception of telecommunications in Ukraine it is necessary to create a unified system of automated remote interception of telecommunications. Such a system should ensure an optimal balance between the needs of law enforcement agencies and the public. \nFor citizens, this system, according to the people's deputies, should provide a mechanism for observing constitutional rights and freedoms in the use of traditional and modern types of telecommunications (in particular, the right to information, the right to respect for the confidentiality of correspondence, private and family life, and freedom of expression). And for law enforcement agencies – it provides an opportunity to effectively fulfill their duties to society and the state by applying clearly defined powers in the field of combating and preventing crime during operational-search activities and pre-trial investigation. \nThe draft provides that interception must be carried out under constant public and parliamentary control. To ensure effective parliamentary control, the functions of control and supervision over compliance with legality in the field of interception of telecommunications are assigned to the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights. \nThe draft provides that the effect of the Law will extend to relations arising during the development and implementation of the system of remote interception of telecommunications, during the obtaining of permission, commencement, implementation, and completion of interception of telecommunications in public telecommunications networks regardless of ownership form, as well as during the storage and use of the content of a communication session (sessions) that were the object of interception. The effect of the Law does not extend to telecommunications networks that do not interact with public telecommunications networks. \nThe draft defines the procedure for the creation and operation of the interception system in telecommunications networks, ownership rights to it, the rights and obligations of the specially authorized body, operational units, and telecommunications network operators participating in the creation and commissioning of the interception system, the procedure for carrying out interception of telecommunications and obtaining information based on its results, and regulates relations between legal entities in the process of creating and commissioning the telecommunications network interception system and in the process of carrying out interception of telecommunications. The Law also establishes the procedure for recording all actions of telecommunications interception bodies and the procedure for appealing such actions in the event of human rights violations. \nMembers of the Committee concluded that the draft law does not contradict EU law. Therefore, a decision was made to recommend that the parliament adopt it as a basis.