The law applies during hostilities and six months after their end.
Volodymyr Zelenskyi supported the decision of the Verkhovna Rada regarding the moratorium on tariff increases for communal services and on August 18 he signed law #2479- IX, which finally approved the current prices for the duration of hostilities and six months after their end. This is stated in a report on the website of the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine.
According to the head of the department Olexii Chernyshov< /strong>, the president supported the relevant bill and believes that maintaining today's prices for utility services will allow the country to sustainably go through a difficult winter.
“The heating season will be without an increase in tariffs for heat and hot water for consumers. The President of Ukraine has signed extremely important laws that will ensure both price stability in the field of heat supply and the financial capacity of heating and communal energy enterprises during the 2022/23 heating season. After all, this heating season will be the most difficult during the period of Ukraine's independence. I am confident that we will all cope with all the challenges together and ensure a sustainable heating season,” said Chernyshov.
He noted that in accordance with Law No. 2479-IX, the postponement of debt repayment under debt restructuring agreements for TKE and VKG enterprises, whose production facilities are located in the temporarily occupied territory, or whose production facilities were destroyed or damaged as a result of shelling, or are in the war zone, is provided for .
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Previously, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal told how Ukraine is preparing for hard winter.
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