Placed adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 14 may, a government Law that allows to restrict the supply of natural gas to the debtors and to enforce collection of debts of " Naftogaz ".
The law was published in the parliamentary newspaper " Voice of Ukraine ", he begins on the day following the day of its promulgation.
The Cabinet plans to reduce the funding of "Naftogaz" from the state budget in 2015, at 5, 8%, to 29, 7 billion UAH.
in the explanatory paper to the act on stabilization of the financial wealth of Naftogaz said that on January 1, 2015 General customer's debt to the company for natural gas exceeded the 29, 6 billion hryvnia (about 1, 4 billion dollars at current exchange rates).
the government considers that the level of indebtedness of clients to the firm for the consumed natural gas is critical, "Naftogaz" has no real tools to recover debts. In this regard, the Cabinet has made the initiative to develop effective tools for debt recovery and the impact on debtors." For example, the Law proposes to allow the enforcement of debts owed to the state holding for the consumed gas, and to introduce technological limitations of gas supply for the enterprises-debtors, and among them heating utilities.
According to the document, the debt of the heat generating and/or heat supply organizations for natural gas consumption in the period from 1 January to 31 December 2014 (excluding fines, penalties and financial penalties recoverable as a consequence of a court judgment), outstanding on the day of entry into force of the act, subject to the restructuring by installments for 24 months.
Naftogaz and its subsidiary gas supply is permitted to initiate the bankruptcy procedure of the debtor companies, the Law also suspends from 1 July 2015, the moratorium on enforcement proceedings and enforcement of arrears with municipal heat plants.
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