Poroshenko has authorized the admission of Western organizations to manage GTS

The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the Law On the reform of the management system GTS, reports referring to the letter of the Verkhovna Rada.

The law " On introduction of changes to certain laws of Ukraine On governance reform of the uniform of the Ukrainian GTS has a gas transmission system and storage underground gas owned by the state, however, allows to transfer them to a specially created companies.

in still managing companies, the government will get a controlling stake, and the remaining shares will be able to purchase organizations from Europe and the USA.

The government plans to make two organizations serving the UGS and the GTS, with the assistance of American and European partners.

A law allowing the government to make the operator of the gas transportation system (GTS) of the country in which up to 49% will be able to get investors from the US and the EU, the Ukrainian Parliament on August 14.

The operator will be entitled to management and/or concession or lease " main gas pipelines and underground storage facilities. The law allows the government of Ukraine to make a separate operator's underground gas storage facilities, in which American and European investors will also be able to get up to 49%. The document was subject to normal approval of the shareholders of the operator GTS specifically by the Verkhovna Rada.


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