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Technical Reports – Part D: Water Environmental Engineering 135
2.3.6. Regulation of Discharge of Substances, for which Standards in the Area
of Water Resources Use, Protection, and Restoration are not Established
Discharge of substances, for which standards of ecological safety of water usage and standards of
maximum allowable discharge are not established, is prohibited.
Discharge of these substances can be allowed in exceptional cases by the Ministry Of Health
Protection of Ukraine, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety of Ukraine and
the Ministry of Fishery of Ukraine on a condition that these standards will be developed and
approved during the established period.
Development of standards of ecological safety of water usage and standards of maximum allowable
discharge for these substances is ordered by water users, who discharge those substances.
2.4. Expected Impacts of EU-Directives to Water Pollution Control
The harmonization of Ukrainian Legislation with European-Directives has been carried out for
three main directives.
EU Directive 96/61/EU of September, 1996 on control and prevention of pollution
EU Directive 91/271/EU of May 21, 1991 on municipal wastewater treatment
Draft EU Directive “On EU Principles of Water Management”
Further activities on harmonization of Ukrainian environmental legislation with EU Directives will
be carried out providing availability of financial sources.
General comments on correspondence of Ukrainian legislation to EU-directives
For harmonization of Ukrainian acting legislation with above-mentioned EU Directives the
following priorities should be considered:
1. measures not connected with significant financial resources, including amendments and
additions to the acting legislation, regulations, standards and their presentation
2. measures requiring affordable finical resources: improvement of control system, and
optimization of monitoring that satisfy the information needs of environmental
management; an enforcement system for improved environmental legislation for water
users and polluters of water resources
3. measures that will require significant financial investments (including international
investments): reconstruction and improvement of existing manufacturing and wastewater
treatment technologies; construction of new wastewater treatment facilities (in
compliance with EU Directives 91/271/ªÑ of May 21, 1991 on municipal wastewater
treatment)
The identification of financial needs for harmonization of environmental legislation of Ukraine and
EU-directives requires a separate study.