People’s deputies, representatives of the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, the State Agency for Investment and National Projects (“Quality water” project), the National Commission Performing State Regulation in the Sphere of Utilities, Antimonopoly Committee, the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kyiv City State Administration, Luhansk Regional Council and Regional State Administration, Luhansk, Odesa, Donetsk and Shepetivka (Khmelnytskyi region) City Mayors, specialized associations and non-governmental organizations, the Association of Ukrainian Cities, experts and scientists participated in the committee hearings.
Opening the hearings, the Chairman of the Committee Spiridon Kilinkarov stipulated consideration of the issues with need to elaborate for consideration in the second reading the bill to amend several laws of Ukraine on the peculiarities of transfer to the lease or concession of central heating, water supply and sanitation facilities of communal property (Reg. No. 0857).
He reminded that the bill was adopted as a basis on May 22, 2012, in order to create fruitful conditions for involvement of private investments to the sphere of central heating, water supply and sanitation facilities, setting transparent conditions for investments, securing guarantees of their return etc.
Participants of the hearings discussed the state of affairs in regions. In particular, they noted that the violations committed by the economic agents and local self-government bodies, including violation of legislation on economic competition, often are stipulated with ambiguity of provisions of legislative acts.
According to the majority of participants, it is impossible to solve current problems in the sphere without involvement of financial and intellectual resources of private sector.
As the result of the discussion, participants of the hearings entrusted the Committee on Construction, Urban Development, Housing and Communal Services and Regional Policy to contribute to the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada the Law “On amendments to several laws of Ukraine on the peculiarities of transfer to the lease or concession of central heating, water supply and sanitation facilities of communal property.”
The Committee will also send the respective recommendations to the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services, the National Commission Performing State Regulation in the Sphere of Utilities and local bodies of self-government.