The agenda of the ecocommittee of the Verkhovna Rada for June 2 has appeared: what bills will be considered

The agenda of the ecocommittee of the Verkhovna Rada for June 2 has appeared: what bills will be considered slovoidilo.ua
Katerina Belousova

People's deputies will consider two bills and two letters from people's deputies

A video conference will be held on Wednesday, June 8 sitting of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy and Nature Management at 10:00.

EcoPolitics prepared for its readers agenda Committee.

People's deputies will consider the bill № 2207-1-d on waste management (second reading) in respect of which the Committee has been designated as the principal.

Among the bills to which the Committee must submit its proposals are №0154 of 25.05.2022, submitted by the President of Ukraine, on ratification of the Amendment and the Second Amendment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context.

In addition, people's deputies will consider:

  • letter People's Deputy of Ukraine Olena Kryvoruchkina on the establishment of the Expert Council under the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy and Nature Management and its provisions;
  • letter of the People's Deputy of Ukraine Yulia Ovchynnikova concerning holding Committee hearings (online) on "The impact of hostilities on the environment in Ukraine and its restoration to the natural state."

Updated. On Wednesday, June 1, the committee meeting was rescheduled from June 2 to June 8 (at 12:00).

We will remind, Deputy Chairman of the EcoCommittee Alexander Marikovsky accused the people's deputy Anton Yatsenko in personal interest in delaying the adoption of the bill on waste №2207-1-d.

As EcoPoliticа reported earlier, The Verkhovna Rada was called ban asbestos and pass a law on waste.

Related
Ukrainians should learn to conserve drinking water — says a scientist
Ukrainians should learn to conserve drinking water — says a scientist

Cities need to adapt to the new circumstances, in particular by building rainwater storage facilities

The authorities will address the issue of waste resulting from the destruction of warehouses and retail premises
The authorities will address the issue of waste resulting from the destruction of warehouses and retail premises

The document will set out the procedure for identifying and inspecting such sites, as well as for determining locations for temporary storage

Fines for environmental offences could increase tenfold: on new draft legislation
Fines for environmental offences could increase tenfold: on new draft legislation

For breaching environmental safety regulations, an offender may face a fine of up to 170,000 UAH or be sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment

Immoral and anti-European: the Verkhovna Rada has criticised a draft law on hunting
Immoral and anti-European: the Verkhovna Rada has criticised a draft law on hunting

These provisions contravene a number of European standards and are unfounded