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Resolution No. 616-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Concept of reform of the state supervision system in the sphere of environmental protection.

Country/Territory
Ukraine
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Policy/planning Monitoring Institution Offences/penalties Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Liability/compensation
Geographical area
Black Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Abstract

The Cabinet of Ministers defines the scope and the goals of the Concept of reform of the state supervision system in the sphere of environmental protection as follows: (a) creation of an effective system of prevention of the environmental offences and environmental monitoring; (b) reduction of pressure on the business environment, large-scale involvement of the public in supervision (control); (c) creation of unified integrated state body on nature protection, monitoring and supervision (control) – State Service. Implementation of the Concept shall be performed in three stages during 2017-2020. During the first phase (2017) it is envisaged: (a) approval by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of a plan of measures for implementation of the Concept; (b) setting up the State Service and validating its statute; (c) liquidation of the State Ecological Inspection and its territorial bodies; (d) run competition to fill the vacancies in the State Service and its interregional territorial offices; and transfer all the authority and competence from the State Ecological Inspection to the State Service. During the second phase (2018) it is envisaged: (a) amendment of the legislation to improve the supervisory system; (b) organization of monitoring and assessment of the state of the environment, ensuring functioning of the national environmental automated information-analytical system, and access to environmental information; (c) ensuring the adaptation of legislation in the field of environmental monitoring and supervision to the European norms; (c) formation of logistical and laboratory base for environmental monitoring and supervision by the State Service. During the third stage (2019-2020) it is envisaged: (a) creation and implementation an updated system of state environmental monitoring; (b) development and implementation of a new environmental standards and norms; and (c) introduce financial guarantee for environmental liability.

Full text
Ukrainian
Website
zakon3.rada.gov.ua