The Parliament has approved in the second reading the draft law No. 12131 “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Restoration of Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, which provides for the restoration of the system of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions.
This was reported by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.
The draft law received 298 votes in favor from MPs. The adoption of this law is listed as indicator 401 under Reform 3 “Market-based carbon pricing mechanisms” of the Ukraine Facility Plan.
The system of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions has been operating in Ukraine since January 01, 2021, but after the introduction of martial law, it became voluntary in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of the Interests of Reporting Entities and Other Documents During Martial Law or a State of War”. Now, MPs have voted to make it mandatory again.
Svitlana Hrynchuk, Minister of Environmental Protection, emphasized that from now on, reporting by facility operators under the IED is no longer voluntary, but noted that the law's provisions take into account the realities of martial law. According to her, the approach to reporting depends on the location of the facilities and the degree of their destruction.
EcoPolitic analyzed the adopted document and the amendments that were taken into account during its preparation. The following information was obtained from the comparative table:
- the draft law allows not to submit reports for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 reporting years;
- operators will be required to submit a report for 2024. At the same time, the submission deadline is extended: the deadline will not be March 31, 2025, as before, but December 31;
- the document details the requirements for submitting documents for partially destroyed installations and installations that are located in the territory where hostilities are being conducted or are located in temporarily occupied territories. The authors of the draft law provided for a 90-day period for registration, making changes to the records of the Unified Register or canceling the state registration for such installations. It is counted from the moment of termination or abolition of martial law, de-occupation or resumption of work of partially destroyed installations;
- the authors of the draft law for the second reading shortened the term set aside for the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the preparation of regulatory documentation for this law from 6 to 3 months from the date of its entry into force.
The law provides for voluntary submission of reporting documents for previous years, as well as simplification of registration. The full text of the draft Law No. 12131 on the restoration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can be found on the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine at cards document
We would like to remind you that the restoration of the obligation of MIA is a prerequisite for the creation of an emissions trading system (ETS).
We will remind, November 21 Verkhovna Rada approved draft law No. 12131 as a basis. December 26 the ecocommittee considered amendments to draft law No. 12131 prepared for the second reading and recommended that the parliament adopt it in the second reading and as a whole as a Law.
