Technical Reports Parts C,D - ICPDR

152 Danube Pollution Reduction Programme – National Review, Ukraine
Amounts of payments for water extraction from water body is established on a basis of payment
norms, actual volumes of water extraction and established water extraction limits.
Amounts of payments for polluting substances discharge is established on a basis of payment
norms, actual volume of discharge and established discharge limits.
Payment norms for special water use and procedure for collecting these payments are established
by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
3.5.3. Payments for Water Use in Hydro-Power Generation and Water
Transportation
Enterprises, institutions, and organizations engaged in hydro-power generation and water
transportation are obliged to pay for necessary services of water resources basin management, and
for accomplishment of measures of prevention and elimination of consequences of adverse effect
of waters (bank protection, protection of territories from being wet).
Payment norms for water use in hydropower generation and water transportation, as well as
procedure for collecting these payments are established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
3.5.4. Distribution of Payments for Special Water Use and for Water Use in
Hydro-Power Generation and Water Transportation
Payments for water extraction from water bodies of national significance are transacted to the
National Budget of Ukraine by 80 %, while 20 % of them are transacted to the budget of the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea and oblast budgets.
Payments for water use in hydropower generation and water transportation are transacted to the
National Budget of Ukraine by 100 %.
Payments for water extraction from water bodies of local significance are totally transacted to the
local budgets of the relevant Radas of people's deputies.
Distribution and procedure for using payments for polluting substances discharge into water body
and over-limit water extraction, as well as payments, which compensate damages caused to water
bodies, are determined by the Law of Ukraine "On Environmental Protection".
All mentioned payments are directed towards accomplishment of measures on water resources
protection and restoration and keeping water bodies in due state, as well as on execution of work to
prevent adverse effect of waters and to eliminate its consequences.
There are several documents in Ukraine dealing with the monitoring, control etc.:
1. On Approval of Regulation for Determination of Sizes and Boundaries of the Water
Protection Areas and Regime of Economic Activity within These Areas
2. On Approval of the Guidelines for Execution of the State Ecological Examination
3. On the List of Sections of the Bodies of Water Used
4. For Commercial Fishing (Parts of Them)
5. On Approval of Regulation on Protection of Internal Sea Waters and Territorial Sea from
Pollution and Littering
6. On Approval of Regulation on Reimbursement of Losses of Water Users, Resulting from
Cessation of Right or Changes in Conditions of the Special Water Use
7. On Approval of Regulation on Conducting State Water Monitoring