Politically exposed person Explanation to the financial monitoring questionnaire
Do you belong to politically exposed persons, members of their families or persons related to them
According to the Law "On preventing and countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds of crime, the financing of terrorism and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction", politically exposed persons are individuals who are national, foreign public figures and figures who perform public functions in international organizations, namely:
- National public figures - individuals who perform or have performed important public functions in Ukraine during the last three years, namely: the President of Ukraine, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and their deputies; the head of the permanent auxiliary body established by the President of Ukraine, his deputies; the head and deputy heads of the State Administration of Affairs; heads of offices (secretariats) of state bodies, who are not civil servants, whose positions belong to category "A"; Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine; people's deputies of Ukraine; Chairman and members of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine, members of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine; chairmen and judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, the Supreme Court, higher specialized courts; members of the High Council of Justice, members of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, members of the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors; Prosecutor General and his deputies; Head of the Security Service of Ukraine and his deputies; Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and his deputies; Director of the State Bureau of Investigation and his deputies; Director of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine and his deputies; Chairman and members of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting, Chairman and members of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, Chairman of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and his deputies, Chairman and members of the Accounting Chamber, Chairman and members of the Central Election Commission, chairs and members of other state collegial bodies ; ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary; Chief of the General Staff - Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, commanders of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; civil servants whose positions belong to category "A"; heads of prosecutor's offices, heads of regional territorial bodies of the Security Service of Ukraine, chairmen and judges of appeal courts; heads of administrative, management or supervisory bodies of state and state-owned enterprises, business associations, the state share in the authorized capital of which directly or indirectly exceeds 50 percent; members of governing bodies of political parties.
- Foreign public figures are individuals who perform or have performed significant public functions in foreign countries, namely: the head of state, government, ministers (deputies); members of parliament or other bodies performing the functions of the legislative body of the state; heads and members of boards of central banks or accounting chambers; members of the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court or other judicial bodies whose decisions are not subject to appeal, except for appeals in connection with exceptional circumstances; extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassadors, chargé d'affaires and heads of central military administration bodies; heads of administrative, management or supervisory bodies of state-owned enterprises; members of governing bodies of political parties.
- Officials who perform public functions in international organizations are officials of international organizations who hold or held during the last three years the position of head (director, chairman of the board or another) or deputy head in such organizations, or perform or have performed during the last three years any what other leadership (significant public) functions at the highest level, including in international intergovernmental organizations, members of international parliamentary assemblies, judges and leading officials of international courts.
- Family members - husband/wife or persons equivalent to them, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, adopted person, person under guardianship or guardianship, son-in-law and daughter-in-law and persons equivalent to them, father, mother, stepfather, stepmother , adoptive parents, guardians or custodians.
- Persons associated with politically exposed persons are individuals who meet at least one of the following criteria: it is known that such persons have joint beneficial ownership of a legal entity, trust or other similar legal entity with a politically exposed person or have any other close business ties with politically exposed persons; are the ultimate beneficial owners of a legal entity, trust or other similar legal entity known to have been de facto created for the benefit of politically exposed person.
- Business relations - documented (in particular, legal documents) relations that arise between public figures and/or their family members and individuals or legal entities in the context, in particular: property rights (joint ownership, use or disposal of assets of family members of public figures; control, i.e. the ability to exert a decisive influence on the economic activity of a business entity, which is carried out, in particular, by exercising the right to own or use all assets or a significant part of them, the right to decisive influence on the formation of the composition, voting results and decision-making by the entity's management bodies of a business entity, as well as the execution of transactions that provide an opportunity to determine the terms of business activity, give mandatory instructions or perform the functions of the management body of the business entity; occupying management positions in the management bodies of the economic entity; representative offices: (a) representative office based on an administrative act; (b) representation based on law (representation by law); (c) representation based on a contract (voluntary or contractual representation); (d) commercial representation; business partnership.