The agenda of the EcoCommittee of the Verkhovna Rada for May 31

The agenda of the EcoCommittee of the Verkhovna Rada for May 31 slovoidilo.ua
Katerina Belousova

The meeting will consider issues related to the personal composition of subcommittees and the activities of working groups

On Wednesday, May 31, a meeting of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy and Nature Management will be held via video conference at 11:00 a.m.

EcoPolitic has prepared the agenda of the committee for its readers.

The People's Deputies will consider the government bill No. 3751 "On amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On the disciplinary statute of the civil protection service", for which the eco-committee is designated as the main one.

In addition, the eco-committee must submit its proposals to:

  • Draft Law No. 7577 "On amendments to some legislative acts regarding the improvement of the management system of engineering infrastructure objects of State-Owned Land Reclamation Systems";
  • draft law No. 9138 "On projects of national interest in the field of energy";
  • draft law No. 9283 "On regulation of activities in the sphere of life protection and search and rescue of people at sea" and draft law No. 9283-1 "On additional measures to strengthen the maritime security of the state and regulate activities in the sphere of life protection and search and rescue of people at sea".

People's deputies will also consider issues of:

  • personal composition of sub-committees of the eco-committee;
  • the activities of working groups of the eco-committee.

Previously, EcoPolitic analyzed the reasons the backwardness of Ukraine in the development of environmental policy.

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