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Photo – Ukraine wants to increase fines for violations in the field of water protection
Ukraine wants to increase fines for violations in the field of water protection

Legislative proposals to increase fines for waste pollution and violations in protected areas are also being considered.

Photo – Ukraine will start presenting its progress in the environmental sphere to the EU
Ukraine will start presenting its progress in the environmental sphere to the EU

Before that, three rounds of simulation sessions were held

Photo – Lawyers find a bill that will allow development of coastal protection zones
Lawyers find a bill that will allow development of coastal protection zones

They insist on withdrawing it from consideration because it does not comply with the Constitution of Ukraine

Photo – The Cabinet of Ministers clarified the issue of current emission and discharge permits
The Cabinet of Ministers clarified the issue of current emission and discharge permits

Government officials plan to set a deadline for their validity if they are received from August 8 this year

Photo – MPs vote down draft law №12180 on Mining waste
MPs vote down draft law №12180 on Mining waste

198 MPs voted in favor

Photo – How the state and communities are losing land: activists cite 7 cases under the scandalous law №12089
How the state and communities are losing land: activists cite 7 cases under the scandalous law №12089

This regulatory act was supported by the Verkhovna Rada and signed by the President despite the opposition of the public, experts and even public authorities

Photo – Risks in the implementation of the REACH and CLP European regulations in Ukraine: what businesses should expect
Risks in the implementation of the REACH and CLP European regulations in Ukraine: what businesses should expect

New rules provide for large-scale changes for producers and importers

Photo – The Environmental Committee prepared the state program for radioactive waste management for the second reading
The Environmental Committee prepared the state program for radioactive waste management for the second reading

Among other things, it provides for the modernization of storage facilities for this type of waste, as well as the construction of new facilities

Photo – Business loses millions due to EIA procedure, – Tsyhanok
Business loses millions due to EIA procedure, – Tsyhanok

Experts called on the authorities to change approaches and unify criteria

Photo – More companies in Ukraine will be able to obtain a permit for waste treatment under a simplified procedure
More companies in Ukraine will be able to obtain a permit for waste treatment under a simplified procedure

The capacities of the treatment facilities that currently have permits cannot cope with the amount of waste generated during a full-scale war.