Article 18. Conditions for Handling Gifts in Public Civil Service

As a gift in the public civil service shall be deemed the property of material value, transferred to a public civil servant (members of their family) without consideration, or a service provided without consideration to a public civil servant (members of their family).

Acceptance of any gifts from natural persons and legal entities for the performance or non-performance of official powers by a public civil servant in their interests shall be forbidden. The exceptions shall be gifts received by a civil servant for special merits on the basis of a relevant decision of a state body, as well as gifts received as a result of achievements in championships and competitions, awards in connection with public holidays, significant dates and other official events.

Public civil servants may receive gifts during business trips, as well as in connection with international and other official events.

The value of a gift that can be received in connection with business trips, international and other official events by public civil servants, as well as the procedure for disposing of it, shall be established by a specially authorized state body for combating corruption.