Yaroslav Zheleznyak, people’s deputy from the parliamentary group “Golos”, reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reported.

He stated that 277 deputies voted for the adoption of the document numbered 6576.

The purpose of the law is an objectively determined need to model the legal regulation of civil-law relations between the performer and the consumer regarding the contractual provision of digital content and (or) a digital service. the legal establishment of an effective legal instrument for the protection of the rights of consumers to whom digital content and (or) digital services are provided.

The law defines the field of civil law relations in which its provisions apply, separates subjective and objective criteria for compliance of digital content and (or) digital service with the terms of the concluded contract, determines the legal consequences of not providing digital content, and (or) digital service under the contract and provided digital content and ( or) the digital service does not comply with the requirements, as well as the legal consequences and grounds for refusing the digital content and (or) the contract under it ) the digital service is determined to be provided.

Sanctions in the form of fines are imposed on commercial organizations that violate the requirements of the law.

In the event of infringement of consumer rights regarding the provision of digital content and/or digital service, the purchase of such digital content and/or digital service in the amount of ten times the value of the digital content and/or digital service, based on the prices in effect at the time, may only be granted by citizens at a minimum of five tax-exempt not less than his income.

At the same time, this law on the eligibility of digital content and/or digital service, at the rate of 300 percent of the value of the digital content and/or digital service provided, in case of infringement of consumer rights regarding the suitability of digital content and/or digital service, provides that the tax-free minimum income of citizens is 25 and if, according to the law, the business enterprise does not keep mandatory records of income and expenses or digital content and / or digital service is provided in exchange for the personal data of the consumer – in the amount of 50 tax-free minimum income of citizens.

The law is expected to contribute to the effective enforcement and protection of the rights of consumers to whom digital content and/or digital services are provided under the contract, as well as to identify clear trends towards an efficient market formation. .