ANNEX III: EXCERPTS FROM RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS105 Civil Code of Ukraine106 Article 49: Civil status acts 1. Civil status acts are events and actions that are inseparably connected with a person and which start, modify, amend or suspend his/her capacity to be the subject of civil rights and obligations. 2. Civil status acts are: the birth of a person and establishment of his or her origin107, acquisition of citizenship, resignation from citizenship and its loss, achievement of the corresponding age, etc. 3. The birth of a person and his or her origin, citizenship, marriage, divorce in cases prescribed by the law, change of name, and death are subject to state registration. 4. Registration of civil status acts is performed according to the law. The birth of a person and his or her origin, […] adoption, deprivation and renewal of parental rights, marriage […] etc. are subject to mandatory registration in the State Registry of Civil Status Acts through the procedures approved by the Government of Ukraine. Law of Ukraine on State Registration of Civil Status Acts108 CHAPTER II THE SYSTEM OF BODIES OF STATE REGISTRATION OF CIVIL STATUS ACTS Article 4: Bodies of state registration of civil status acts 1. The bodies of state registration of civil status acts: 1) the central authority of the executive power implementing state policy in the field of the state registration of civil status acts; 2) the offices of state registration of civil status acts at the Main Department of Justice of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Main Departments of Justice in the regions, in the cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol, in districts, in municipal departments, in cities (of the cities of regional status), and city/district departments of justice (hereinafter referred to as “offices of state registration of civil status acts”); 3) the executive bodies of villages and city councils (except for cities with regional status). 105 The following excerpts are unofficial translations and provided for reference only. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, “Civil Code of Ukraine”, 16 January 2003, <http://zakon3.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/435-15>. 107 Origin here to be understood as a person’s affiliation with parents. 108 Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, “Law of Ukraine on State Registration of Civil Status Acts”, 1 July 2010, <http://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2398-17>. 106 44