Submitted to the Parliament of Ukraine the draft law allows the government to make the operator of the gas transportation system (GTS) of the country in which to 49% will be able to get investors from the US and the EU.

According to the amendments to several laws, the text of which is available on the Internet representation of the Verkhovna Rada, this operator is allowed to give Trunk pipelines and storage under the ground " in the management and/or concession or lease immediately paid basis without the right of alienation ".

in addition, in case of acceptance of the bill the Government of Ukraine will have the opportunity to make individual operator's underground gas storage facilities, in which American and European investors will also be able to receive up to 49%.

The government on Wednesday brought this draft law for consideration in the Parliament at the same time with bill on introducing the state of emergency in the energy sector. The latter is a reaction to the introduction of Gazprom's advance payment for gas for Ukraine and, accordingly, the termination of deliveries of " blue fuel " to this country.

As for the GTS, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk has stated many times That Kyiv is ready to discuss its overall operation and modernization with investors from the EU and the US. According to him, a number of European and American organizations have already sent the appropriate proposals.

The Ukrainian government first approved the reform of Naftogaz of Ukraine ", in which it highlighted the joint stock company " Trunk gas pipelines of Ukraine " and " Underground gas storage facilities of Ukraine. They are expected to subordinate directly to the " Ukrtransgaz ", which will be the operator GTS instead of " Naftogaz ". The latter will continue to deal with the gas supplies, including purchases in foreign markets.

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