The agenda of the EcoCommittee for September 13

The agenda of the EcoCommittee for September 13 slovoidilo.ua
Katerina Belousova

Deputies will consider changes in the work plan of the Eco Committee for the period of the eighth session of the Verkhovna Rada

On Tuesday, September 13, at 11:00 a.m., a meeting of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy and Nature Management will be held via video conference.

EcoPolitic prepared for its readers committee's agenda.

The deputies must consider draft laws, for which the committee is designated as the main:

  • #7327 regarding the state environmental monitoring system, information on the state of the environment (ecological information) and information support for environmental management;
  • #5159 – the second reading – regarding the introduction of liability for violation of the procedure for carrying out a strategic environmental assessment.

The committee must submit its proposals to the following documents:

  • bill #0167 regarding the ratification of the Agreement between Ukraine and the EU on participation in the LIFE Program – the Environment and Climate Action Program, submitted by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi;
  • draft law No. 7072 regarding state support for the development of production and processing of animal husbandry products;
  • draft law No. 7641 regarding the creation of the state fund for the development of fisheries.

In addition, the eco-committee will consider the issue on changes to the Committee's work plan for the period of the eighth session of the Verkhovna Rada of the ninth convocation.

As EcoPolitic reported before, EcoCommittee reviewed the state of development at the meeting on September 5 three European integration draft laws, in particular, draft law No. 4461 "On the territories of the Emerald Network".

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