Note: Actions provided for by this Article shall be deemed to have been committed in respect
of large amount, where the amount of a counterfeit equals or exceeds 200 tax-free minimum
incomes, and in respect of extremely large amount, where the amount of a counterfeit equals
or exceeds 400 tax-free minimum incomes.
Article 200. Illegal actions in respect of remittance documents, payment cards and other
means providing access to bank accounts, and equipment for their production
1. Forgery of remittance documents, payment cards and other means providing access to bank
accounts, and also purchase, storage, transportation or sending for selling purposes of
counterfeit remittance documents or payment cards, or their use or sale, shall be punishable by a fine of 500 to 1,000 tax-free minimum incomes, or imprisonment for
a term up to three years.
2. The same actions, if repeated or committed by a group of persons upon their prior
conspiracy, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of two to five years.
Note: Remittance documents shall mean any paper or electronic documents used by banks or
their clients to transfer remittance orders or information between those involved in remittance
(payment documents, cash remittance documents, documents used for interbank remittance
and payment notice, etc.)
Article 201. Smuggling
1. Smuggling, that is the movement of goods across the customs border of Ukraine bypassing
the customs control or by concealing from the customs control, if committed in respect of
large amounts, and also illegal movement of historic and cultural values, poisonous, strong,
radioactive or explosive substances, weapons and ammunition (except smoothbore hunting
guns and ammunition thereto), and also smuggling of strategically important basic
commodities, export of which outside Ukraine is regulated by appropriate rules established by
law, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of three to seven years with the forfeiture of
smuggled items.
2. The same actions committed by a group of persons upon their prior collusion, or by a
person previously convicted of the criminal offense under this Article, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to twelve years with the forfeiture of
smuggled items and forfeiture of property.
Note: Smuggling of goods is committed in respect of large amounts if the value of such goods
equals or exceeds 1,000 tax-free minimum incomes.
Article 202. Violation of business operation and banking procedures
1. Carrying out any activities which comprise elements of business, without state registration
of a business entity, or performance of any business operations subject to licensing pursuant
to the law without having procured such licenses, or performance of any such business in
violation of licensing conditions, where it involved the making of significant profits, -