Rada adopted the law within the framework of Ukraine's accession to the EU
The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the 2nd reading and in General the law On natural gas market ", this is one of the main documents coming into force which will enable Ukraine to connect to the third energy package of the EU.
In accordance with the third energy package owners located in the EU pipelines do not have the opportunity to be organizations involved in the production of gas. They must either sell their assets in the EU, or to give the right to manage the pipeline. The Russian side believes that the European Commission, under the slogan Of protection of competition, uses the third energy package for discrimination of Gazprom on the EU market.
The main purpose of the Ukrainian legislation stipulates the development of an effective competitive environment in the natural gas market taking into account the essential requirements of EU law, as well as among them as provided for in Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal gas market and regulation 715/2009 of the European Council on the conditions of access to gas pipelines. The document prohibits the use of state of gas pipelines of private operators on the rights of economic management. The lease or concession of gas distribution systems is not prohibited.
first Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Ihor Umansky has said that the adoption of this legislation is a condition for IMF and world Bank to resume lending. The head of "Naftogaz of Ukraine" Andrey Kobelev said that This Document will create the rules for the acquisition of gas to European companies on Ukraine's border with Russia.
According to the Deputy head of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Ihor Didenko, the law provides for the complete separation of the functions of supply, transportation and distribution. Also increases the role of the national energy regulatory Board, which, together with the Cabinet will decide the most painful question - market pricing.
"This bill finally enters the third energy package, the act finally provides equal access to all entities in the gas market, the law kills the monopoly of certain oligarchs ", - quotes the Deputy from "Blok Petro Poroshenko" Yuriy Lutsenko television channel " 112 Ukraine ".