President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma signed Decree No. 1208/2003 of 24.10.2003 "On Serious Shortcomings in the Work of the State Customs Service of Ukraine", according to which he instructed "the heads of the Volyn and Luhansk regional state administrations to consider the issue of dismissal from the positions held for failure to comply with the Order of the President of Ukraine of 27 June 2003 No. 185/2003-rp "On the Inspection of the Activities of Customs Bodies" in the part concerning the provision of proper working conditions for the Commission for Inspection of the Activities of Customs Bodies under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine for the first deputy head of the Volyn Regional State Administration V.Panchyshyn, and the deputy head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Ye.Makhortov".
The heads of the regional state administrations are obliged to report on the implementation of this Decree within a month's period (by 24 November). As reported from the press service of the Volyn Regional State Administration, this order of the President is still under consideration by Anatoliy Frantsuz.