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Ukraine wants to introduce new eco-audit rules: analysis of the draft law
Ukraine wants to introduce new eco-audit rules: analysis of the draft law

The bill is designed to create a transparent eco-audit mechanism

The Verkhovna Rada registered the draft law "On energy security"
The Verkhovna Rada registered the draft law "On energy security"

The document introduces guarantee systems of energy origins

The agenda of the EcoCommittee of the Verkhovna Rada for April 19
The agenda of the EcoCommittee of the Verkhovna Rada for April 19

The Ecocommittee will consider the laws adopted by the Parliament from February 24, 2022, which contain rules related to the effect of martial law

Fireworks and firecrackers will be banned in Ukraine: the Council has taken the last step
Fireworks and firecrackers will be banned in Ukraine: the Council has taken the last step

The draft law prohibits the use of any fireworks against animals during any events

The Verkhovna Rada approved in the first reading draft law No. 8410 "On environmental impact assessment"
The Verkhovna Rada approved in the first reading draft law No. 8410 "On environmental impact assessment"

The document contains a number of positive and negative norms

The website of the Ministry of Environment was down 57% of the time in October 2022 — ecoactivists
The website of the Ministry of Environment was down 57% of the time in October 2022 — ecoactivists

NGOs are interested in when the website of the Ministry of Environment will stop going on indefinite leave

The EcoCommittee supported the scandalous draft law "On the management of NRF objects"
The EcoCommittee supported the scandalous draft law "On the management of NRF objects"

The document was criticized by people's deputies and members of the eco-committee, Yulia Ovchynnikova and Olena Kryvoruchkina

EIA procedure can be updated despite unresolved hot points in Ukraine
EIA procedure can be updated despite unresolved hot points in Ukraine

The Ministry of Environment rejected some of the experts' proposals, and did not consider some of them

Verkhovna Rada may adopt ambiguous draft law "Of NRF objects"
Verkhovna Rada may adopt ambiguous draft law "Of NRF objects"

The document contains a number of negative norms

The agenda of the EcoCommittee of the Verkhovna Rada for April 5
The agenda of the EcoCommittee of the Verkhovna Rada for April 5

People's deputies will review the conclusions to draft law No. 7438 "On the circulation of pyrotechnic products"

The EcoCommittee gave its assessment of the new draft law on EIA
The EcoCommittee gave its assessment of the new draft law on EIA

According to experts, the document also contains a number of negative provisions