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Presidential Decree No. 1863/2005 regarding realization of the decision by the National Security and Defence Council regarding the state of energy safety and the main tasks of the state policy in the sphere of ensuring thereof.

Country/Territory
Ukraine
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Energy conservation/energy production Renewable energy
Geographical area
Black Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Entry into force notes
The Presidential Decree enters into force from the date of signature.
Abstract

Energy safety is one of the most important components of the national security and the necessary condition for ensuring stable development of the state. Energy safety requires achievement of the technically safe, stable, economically efficient and ecofriendly provision with the energy supplies of economy and social sector. The main directions of the state policy in the sphere of ensuring energy safety shall be: 1) increase of effectiveness of the utilization of fuel and energy resources and the realization of the state policy of energy saving by means of introduction of the structural changes as regards manufacturing and consumption of energy resources on the basis of reduction of power-consuming industries, gradual reduction of the level of the required consumption of energy resources at the expense of the development of new technologies, expansion of the utilization of non-traditional and renewable energy and stimulation of energy saving. The reduction of the negative impact of the fuel and energy complex on the human well-being shall be achieved by means of the quality improvement of fuel and through reduction of hazardous emissions by fuel and energy complex.

Full text
Ukrainian
Website
www.rada.kiev.ua