Amendments to the Law”On Environmental Impact Assessment” will accelerate Ukraine’s post-war recovery

On July 13, 2023, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the second reading and as a whole the
government Draft Law on Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Environmental Impact
Assessment” (project No. 8410.).

The document was developed with the aim of:
– Simplification of the EIA procedure
– Helping to rebuild the economy
– Improvement of the norms of the current Law of Ukraine “On environmental impact
assessment”;, due to the need to implement the principles of digitization of the permit procedure.
– Shortening the terms of the environmental impact assessment procedure.

The main objective of the Law is to optimize environmental impact assessment processes and
maximize business support in Ukraine’s post-war recovery.

The law provides for the following changes:
– shortening the time for public discussion of the notice of proposed activity from 20 to 12
working days;
– reduction the time required to provide the enterprise with information on complaints and
comments from the public before the environmental impact assessment notification from 3 to 1
working day after receiving them
– shortening of the terms of publication of the notification, the Report on EIA and the conclusion
by the authorized central/territorial body in the Unified Register of Environmental Impact
Assessment from 3 to 1 working day after their receipt/issuance;
– notification of proposed activity and announcement of public discussion of the Environmental
Impact Assessment Report will be filled out in digital format directly in the Unified Register of
Environmental Impact Assessment. Authorized body will no longer be able to reject these
documents due to their non-compliance with the approved form;
– the requirement to publish notices and announcements in mass media is abolished. Instead, the
law proposes to involve territorial communities to ensure proper public information;
– the public will be able to register on the website of the Register for targeted information about
the publication of information and documentation in it;
– a comprehensive list of grounds for refusal to issue an environmental impact assessment
opinion and a shortened procedure for carrying out an environmental impact assessment in case
of elimination of deficiencies that caused the refusal are determined;
– establishment of grounds for declaring the proposed activity inadmissible;
– public hearings during martial law would be conducted b videoconferences;
– shortening of the term of issuing the opinion by the authorized body from 25 to 15 working
days.

Environmental impact assessment shall not be subject to restoration work to eliminate the
consequences of armed aggression and hostilities during martial law and during the reconstruction
period after the end of hostilities.

The adoption of the document will ensure the validity of decisions concerning proposed activity;
taking into account the interests of the public concerned; guaranteeing the right to a safe
environment, as well as allowing paper documents in the framework of the environmental impact
assessment procedure, which in turn will shorten the terms of its implementation, accelerate the
post-war recovery of Ukraine and stimulate business development taking into account the
environmental component.

Our company’s specialists analyzed this Law and prepared changes to project management programs
in order to provide services in accordance with the latest requirements of legislative initiatives.

During the implementation of the procedure in Ukraine, Center LTD prepared more than 500 reports
on EIA, which received positive conclusions.

Environmentalists of the Company “Center LTD” were among the first in Ukraine to confirm their
qualifications and received Certificates of compliance of the EIA Report executors.

Participation of a business enterprise in a complex of the EIA procedure of Center LTD Company
center-ltd.com.ua will contribute to the adoption of effective environmental solutions, which will
allow to pass the EIA procedure positively and speed up the post-war recovery of Ukraine.

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