Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed Law of Ukraine No. 3486-IV "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine 'On Protection of Economic Competition'," adopted by parliament on February 23, 2006. This was reported to "proUA" by the President's press service.
The law is aimed at improving the procedure for conducting expert examination during the consideration of cases by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. In particular, the Law provides for granting persons participating in a case the right to submit proposals regarding the issues submitted for expert examination, obligating the body of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, when appointing an expert examination, to take into account the proposals of the parties and other persons participating in the case and to provide reasons for rejecting such proposals. The Law also provides for granting an expert the right to file a request for the provision of materials necessary for giving an opinion and to indicate in the opinion circumstances that are relevant to the case but regarding which no questions were put to him.