The authorities will strengthen the independence, integrity and effective functioning of the judiciary, taking into account the opinions from the Venice Commission, including through legislative amendments, to ensure: a) the creation of a new High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine through transparent selection procedure conducted by a Selection Commission with international participation; and b) the creation of an Ethics Commission with international participation, which would have the mandate to 1) carry out a one-time assessment of the integrity and ethics of members of the High Council of Justice and recommend their dismissal to the electing (appointing)authorities in those cases where the members of the High Council have been found non- complying with the standards, and 2) establish a pool of pre-selected candidates from which the electing (appointing) authorities for members of the High Council of Justice, will draw their nominations.