The Committee on Environmental Policy, Use of Natural Resources and Chornobyl Aftermath Mitigation does not uphold the draft law on amendments to article 244 of the Tax Code of Ukraine (re the tax rate for the most environmentally friendly types of fuel)

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
02 October 2013, 13:43

During the meeting of the Committee, it was noted that the bill (Reg. No. 3096) is aimed at encouraging people to use more environmentally friendly fuels by reducing the tax rate on emissions from mobile sources in case of import and trade of domestic liquefied petroleum gas, i. e. by means of reducing environmental tax.   

It was also noted that the author of the draft law did not provide respective financial and economic reasons and proposals for achieving the balance of the state budget after the bill will be adopted.