The bill (Reg. No. 4241a) suggests
supplementing article 47 of the applicable law by expanding the use of means of
environmental protection funds. Particularly, it is stipulated that Oblast councils,
the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, as well as local councils
of Kyiv and Sevastopol will acquire the right to approve additional measures (without
specific determination) that could be financed at the expense of these funds event
if they differ from those on the List of activities that pertain to environmental
protection measures approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 17/09/96
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Committee members stressed that the suggested changes do not conform to
several provisions of the applicable law and to article 116 “On the Rules of Procedure
of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine’
The people’s deputies believe that lack of legal regulation and
contradictions that could arise in case of adoption of the bill will cause
misunderstanding in the course of its enforcement.